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TOPYX Topics Social eLearning Newsletter August 2010

by Jeff on August 26, 2010
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List of Social Media Tools That Can be Used in Social Learning

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How Much Can You Increase Your Training ROI with eLearning Software?

Emerging Technology: APIs and Mashups and eLearning

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   August 2010


What’s New
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We hope you enjoy our monthly newsletters highlighting the recent (and exciting) activities taking place with Interactyx Limited regarding TOPYX® – the affordable social eLearning software solution for businesses, schools, and associations of any size.

As summer draws to an end and still want to positively change your learning and development before the start of the Major League playoffs? Think TOPYX.

Did you know that you could be up & running with TOPYX in just 2 weeks? And, implementation is free?

The answer is: Yes. Not only can you have your very own fully hosted, branded instance of social eLearning software in 2 weeks, the implementation is free.

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See everything TOPYX has to offer with a live, personal demonstration. We can answer any question you may have and show you how you can easily get started with TOPYX.

Visit http://www.interactyx.com/eLearning/Request-Information.html to sign up for a demonstration or contact us at information@interactyx.com.

We have included some great content in this newsletter! Don’t miss the List of Social Media Tools That Can be Used in Social Learning an Emerging Technology: APIs and Mashups and eLearning.

August was a great month and there are going to be more exciting announcements about TOPYX- so stay tuned by following us on Facebook and Twitter! Another good way to learn ever more about what TOPYX has to offer is to check out our YouTube Channel.

Enjoy the August 2010 TOPYX Topics newsletter. If you want to reach out to us direct, email us at information@interactyx.com or call us at +1.888.575.2266 US / +44.(0)20.7084.6244 UK so we can help you reach your education and training goals!


Vote for TOPYX eLearning Software for the Best of Elearning! 2010 Awards

August is here and summer is winding down. This is also award-season for eLearning solution providers. So, when you get a chance, vote for Interactyx / TOPYX in the 2010 Best of Elearning! magazine Awards.

The balloting period has officially opened and runs through Sept. 30, 2010. In its sixth year, the Best of Elearning!Awards are the exclusive reader’s choice awards program for a diverse range of learning products and services. Nominations of technology and solution providers can be made by clicking on the Ballot or by visiting http://www.2elearning.com/fileadmin/php/selectBallot.html.

Please vote for TOPYX today!

TOPYX is best suited to be recognized in the following categories:

#1: Best Learning Management System
#16: Best Social Learning Platform
#17: Best Mobile Learning Solution

We would like to thank everyone who nominated our eLearning software solution, TOPYX, last year and made us a 2009 Best of Elearning! award winner. We are proud of this recognition and would like your help to once again make TOPYX a winner of this prestigious award.

Remember to visit http://www.2elearning.com/fileadmin/php/selectBallot.html before Sept. 30, 2010 for your vote to be counted.


List of Social Media Tools That Can be Used in Social Learning

Social MediaSocial media types are being created, identified and defined constantly. With the exception of crowdsourcing, all other social media types can be used in social learning. Many of these are new, rather than repeats from a previous post.

Social Media type is listed first followed by an example of that media type:

  • Social Bookmarking – Delicious – spelled often as del.icio.us Wists – social shopping with image bookmarking and creation of lists – ditch the shopping part, keep the image bookmarking and creating of lists, Yoono
  • Social Learning Management System (LMS) - TOPYX
  • Social Network Aggregator – Netvibes
  • Vlogging (Video blogging) – Blip.tv
  • Geolocating - foursquare, brightkite
  • Virtual Worlds/Reality – Second Life
  • Social eMail- Google Buzz
  • Crowdsourcing – Chaordix
  • Photo/Image sharing – Flickr
  • Forums & Message Boards – (Something Awful – If you visit the site, please be aware that the language and topics varies from G to PG to R and Beyond)
  • Livecasting – USTREAM
  • Blogs- WordPress, Blogger
  • Social Discovery – Stumble Upon(Wikipedia likes to stick this into social bookmarking, however IMO it does more than that)
  • Events – Meetup
  • Wikis – Wikipedia
  • Social Professional Networks- LinkedIn
  • Media Sharing (Video, Audio, Application) – (Video – YouTube, Audio- Last.fm, Application – P2P)
  • Social Networking – Facebook , Twitter
  • Product & Blogging & Niche Communities (Amazon.com – Product; LiveJournal – Blogging, Nibbledish – Niche)
  • Social News Aggregator – Digg
  • RSS Reader – Google Reader Bloglines
  • Reviews & Recommendations – Yelp or Epinions (the granddaddy)
  • Social Q&A - Askville or Answers.com
  • Social Search -Samepoint WhosTalkin BingTwitter Scour – My favorite
  • Presentation Sharing – SlideShare
  • Social Measuring - Technorati
  • Open Source/Mashups- APIs, open source – while open source and APIs are not social media, they will enable multi-faceted social media features and capabilities. Hence, I placed it in here, because it can cross into so many areas, and do so many things. Actually, in some circles, mashups are considered a form of social media.
  • Yet to be Defined – Squidoo Diigo

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TOPYX eLearning Software Provides Unique eCommerce Solution

The Protocol Institute™ has chosen social eLearning software, TOPYX®, as the market-facing eCommerce platform to provide integrated social learning features into their library of etiquette, manners and behavior eLearning courses . The use of TOPYX will provide state of the art social learning platform designed to enhance the online learning experience and to keep users engaged.

Jocelyn Woo, CCO at The Protocol Institute stated, “After seeing how TOPYX integrates social learning into the learning process, we recognized that their eCommerce solution was right for us to better reach our market with relevant and professional eLearning materials. And, it will help increase engagement and participation which is key to applying the life lessons needed by so many people today. We feel that TOPYX was the perfect choice to help us deliver our courses in a modern and effective way to support our mission to build confidence and preparedness in children and adults to act in an appropriate, considerate and truthful manner.”

Read the full article…


How Much Can You Increase Your Training ROI with eLearning Software?

In today’s work environment, it is becoming more and more important for every employee to have access to the information they need to perform their jobs. Having the right information can help save time and money (and critical errors). This is especially true in overcoming the learning curve with new employees or if new processes are added.

Luckily, we live in a time where the technology exists to overcome this problem.

By incorporating the right business eLearning software into the training process, companies can increase training return on investment (ROI). Here are some points on the benefits of implementing training software:

  • Reduce the need for costly in-person training which carries high travel and time-lost costs.
  • Training information can be stored electronically and administered to whomever, whenever in a centralized repository that is secure
  • Individual training performance can be easily managed, tested and reported on
  • Leverage informal information from the experiences of senior employees in a method that can applied as best practices (social eLearning software only)
  • Access to information on-demand and even remotely (via mobile devices) when it is needed

Training ROI Calculator
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Emerging Technology: APIs and Mashups and eLearning

If you want to take a peek into the future, then you should look no further than APIs and what they bring to the table. Unfortunately, too many vendors in the eLearning space have failed to see the power and potential of this capability, and have decided to ignore them. It is too bad, because what they can do far exceeds what is available today, and enables YOU the end user to have the power and control to unlock possibilities for your learners – regardless if they are your employees, customers, wholesalers, etc.

API

An API (Application Program Interface) enables an interface from a piece of software to communicate with another piece of software (in its simplest form) or multiple pieces of software (called a mashup). Facilitation now exists between the pieces of software, similar to interaction between a human and a computer (again, in a basic example).

Open Architecture

APIs are open source code, so that developers (inc. your IS/IT people) can make modifications or changes in the code to suit your needs. Some APIs are pre-built and thus, code access is not possible (depends on the API). Google code is open source code, so you can manipulate. If you choose not to manipulate the code, you do not have to. Twitter has APIs, so does Facebook, even Linkedin…

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Interactyx Limited Expands eLearning Software Offering with Embedded Course Authoring Tool

The combination of the TOPYX eLearning platform and the myUdutu course authoring tool provides a quick and easy course creation and delivery system hosted through TOPYX. TOPYX is available anytime, anywhere, so you can engage your development team even while they are in the field. You can easily teach procedures, policies, product features and benefits, case studies and a whole lot more. By using TOPYX with the embedded myUdutu course authoring tool, TOPYX/Udutu’s Web based training solution can be wholly online or a blended learning course by providing the online software to create interactive training, simulations, and online case studies and assessments.

eLearning Software VideoRoger Mundell, CEO of Udutu stated, “The marriage of content authoring and content distribution is a logical step in providing a complete eLearning solution to the market. Like Udutu, Interactyx offers innovative ways to approach your eLearning. Its TOPYX platform integrates social learning, eCommerce, mobile learning solutions and now, with myUdutu embedded, course authoring all into an affordable, hosted, SaaS platform that meets or exceeds the current demand for a ‘best in class’ eLearning solution.”

Interactyx, along with Udutu, also provide instructional design and custom course authoring services including graphic design, animations, multimedia development and final production. Everything you need to make your online training courses more effective by leveraging web 2.0 social learning resources is now available through the TOPYX eLearning platform.

Read the full article…


Why is TOPYX being recognized by the industry leaders in eLearning?

It’s time to see what an award-winning social LMS & eLearning software can do for you! There are a lot of people talking about the social eLearning software solution, TOPYX. TOPYX is a fully hosted, affordable social LMS that is like having your very own secure, branded Facebook®. We’ve taken modern social learning resources and integrated them into the traditional learning management system to enhance online learning environments with the collaboration and communication tools users are asking for.

eLearning Software Video

People are talking about everything TOPYX has to offer. See what they are saying:

eLearning Software TOPYX ranked as top Five Emerging LMS - Brandon Hall and Chief Learning Officer magazine See article

eLearning Software Editor’s Choice – ASTD International Conference & Exposition See article

eLearning Software 2009 Best of Elearning! Magazine Award Winner – ELearning! Magazine See article

TOPYX has gained acceptance as an innovative, affordable solution for businesses, academic institutions and associations of any size to deliver a complete eLearning software solution to meet the needs of today’s learner that is the best value in eLearning today.

Read the full article…


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  • The Revolution : Rise of the Tablets for eLearning
  • ‘Social’ LMS Comes to iPad
  • A Practical Guide to Using Social Media in Your Job
  • Five Emerging LMSs to Watch


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Contact Us

There is much more information regarding social eLearning solutions at www.interactyx.com.

We would like to personally discuss your eLearning and training needs. So, feel free to contact us at information@interactyx.com or call us at +1.888.575.2266 US / +44.(0)20.7084.6244 UK so we can help you reach your goals!

 

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