OpenSesame (www.OpenSesame.com), the elearning marketplace, and Reviewsnap (www.Reviewsnap.com), the leading cloud-based performance management software solution, today announced a powerful partnership. ... [more]
Yesterday the OpenSesame team had the distinct pleasure of hosting two real E-Learning Heroes, David Anderson and Tom Kuhlmann from Articulate, for a workshop in Portland, Oregon, our hometown. We had a great day, full of learning, discussion and treats like Stumptown Coffee and cookies. Tom and David travel all over the country conducting these roadshows to share their ideas and models for making elearning accessible to anyone. ... [more]
Interactivity is not just built in Flash anymore, Toto! With tools like HTML5 and Javascript, developers can create rich interactive experiences that load quickly, work on any device and provide full accessibility for readers of any kind (whether human or robot!) - all big challenges elearning developers face when developing and delivering interactive experiences. Last week at the Learning Solutions Conference in Orlando, instructional designer Judy Unrein gave an excellent presentation on using HTML5 tools for content development. ... [more]
As mobile devices represent a fast and growing proportion of overall web use, one of the big, knotty challenges web developers face is whether developing a native app (one, for example, that’s bought or sold in the App Store) or a web app (one accessed through the mobile device’s browser) is the way to go. ... [more]
OpenSesame is proud to partner with LINGOs (Learning in Non Governmental Organizations), a fabulous nonprofit working to create, gather and connect learning resources for humanitarian organizations. Each year, LINGOs partners with The eLearning Guild and OpenSesame to organize the eLearning Global Giveback Competition. The Global Giveback competition connects LINGOs members to volunteer elearning developers who create custom courses on a volunteer basis. As a LINGOs partner, I was honored to represent OpenSesame as a judge in this year’s Global Giveback competition. ... [more]
At last week’s SXSW interactive conference, blogger Betsy Corcoran of EdSurge convened a panel discussion among venture capitalists on the future of education technology: “Classroom 2020: VCs and the Education Revolution”. Participants included Mitch Kapor of Kapor Capital, Phillip Bronner of Novak Biddle Venture Partners and Rob Hutter of LearnCapital. Education startups are “hot” right now, with stories on TechCrunch, big funding rounds and pop culture attention. But what really matters is not tech hype, but the need: Better solutions for schools, universities and workplace training. ... [more]
The great folks at OnlineSchools.com do an excellent job gathering and curating resources for adult and child online education, and we love their blog! So we were thrilled when they recently interviewed our co-founder Tom Turnbull for a blog post. Check out this great interview, with Tom's insights on the future of learning technology and how OpenSesame fits into the elearning ecosystem. ... [more]
OpenSesame is more than just a marketplace for English-language training content - our Global Team is focusing on developing a worldwide network of buyers and sellers who create and share content in any language. Tera Wu, our International Business Development Manager, was recently interviewed for Online-Edu, a Chinese language blog covering educational technology in the Chinese market. ... [more]
If you’re a seller in the OpenSesame elearning marketplace, your course pages are a key opportunity to make an impression on potential buyers. Here are the five essential steps to creating a great OpenSesame course page: Add an interesting selection of images. Customers’ eyes are captured by images - so upload several beautiful screenshots of your course to capture their interest. Allow customers to preview your courses, so that browsing buyers can sample your course and get a feel for the content. Be detailed but not long-winded. ... [more]
Check out the OpenSesame Course of the Week: Mastering Management by Enspire Learning ... [more]