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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
have started reading this interesting book called Directing the Story by Francis Glebas. I am sure you have seen or heard of the movies Lion King and P ocahontas. Francis Glebas has worked on these really popular movies. am enjoying this book - Directing the Story in which Francis Glebas gives some practical tips on film making. Thought 1.
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Friday, June 4, 2010
A lot of people frequently ask me about the difference between Technical Writing and Instructional Design. had written a post about this earlier and also argued that you require more or less the same kind of skills for both these fields and it was completely my standpoint on these two professions. So here we go! Technical Writing. API Manuals.
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Monday, June 21, 2010
Here are the top 5 sites that give you good examples of e-learning: Enspire Learning: Demonstrations. learning Examples. MedlinePlus: Interactive Health Tutorials. Cathy Moore’s E-learning Samples. SkillSoft: Demonstrations.
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Monday, March 8, 2010
I recently came across this website called Amplify that works just like Twitter and other social networking sites. However Amplify seems to be a much more effective tool for collaborative learning than any other freely available learning tools today. say this taking into account some of the unique features in Amplify. You do not have to repost it.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
When you create tutorials for a software product, it is very natural to capture the following: Description about the product features. All tasks that one can do with each of the product features. Steps to complete each of the tasks. Most software product tutorials are product feature centric. The callout will refuse to get resized. Real problems.
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Monday, July 5, 2010
If you are into e-learning business, how much should you charge for the e-learning program you develop? If you are buying e-learning, is the price quoted by your e-learning vendor acceptable or questionable? These are common questions and a lot of experts have tried to answer these questions. The Cost of E-learning – Howard B. Schechter.
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Sunday, May 23, 2010
What if this happens? You enter this sentence in Google: &# I want to know where the best momos are available in Bangalore.&# Instead of throwing umpteen search results, Google gives you exactly the information you are looking for without you spending a lot of time on the web. This is something that might happen in the future. This is what Web 3.0
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Sunday, April 11, 2010
In organizations, when groups of people are working on a project, how they effectively collaborate and support each other is very critical to the success of the project. Let us consider an example of how collaboration might occur in an organization. How would the writer go about it? Instant Messaging tool such as MSN messenger.
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Monday, August 31, 2009
I am sure you have seen or heard of Avatars in e-learning courses. Avataars are characters used in e-learning as a substitute for a coach or an instructor. Avataars are usually used in e-learning to engage and guide the learners. Avataars Avataars could be static images of characters or animated characters. Their emotions dominate the movie.
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
In any e-learning development company, storyboards and e-learning courses go through rounds of testing to ensure desired quality levels. You should find a lot of blog posts on e-learning testing. All these articles talk about the importance of usability testing, learnability testing for e-learning courses. Is content structuring okay? Finally !
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Recently Linda Williams posted a discussion in the PINOT network. Linda in this discussion item talks about the importance of clarity of expectations. Let me repost the discussion here for you to quickly read it without signing into the network. The pitcher was always left by the sink in the room. Like clockwork, the pitchers were filled.
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
I am sure you must have read a lot about how audio and visuals must complement each other in e-learning courses. You must have heard experts say that voice-over used in e-learning must never read on-screen text. If you are using voice-over, try to minimize on-screen text and use a lot of visual elements. The Impact of Mute On/Off buttons.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
I get surprised when I hear people buying virtual stuff. always wonder why they do it and what kind of satisfaction they must be getting in buying things that they cannot touch and feel. Well, I realize I am not quite different from those people. When I bought my cottage, I felt as if I had bought it in real life. are used to drive interactivity.
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Sunday, January 3, 2010
Hello All, I am pleased to announce a training program on Instructional Design for beginners. You should consider this training program, if you are someone who has no clue about Instructional Design and wants to gain basic Instructional Design skills to get productive at work. Conduct gap analysis. Conduct target audience analysis.
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Monday, November 23, 2009
By ruparajgo | View this Toon at ToonDoo | Create your own Toon. In school I am sure all of us have go through reading comprehension exercises. am not sure how many of us enjoyed it though All of us understand what Reading Comprehension means. The The web definition of Reading Comprehension is the level of understanding of a writing.
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
I just finished a demo for a mobile application for a client and the good news is that he is really impressed. This demo was to introduce people to a particular feature in a mobile phone. It also had to cover the steps to use the feature. The objective was to make an impact and to draw people’s attention to a cool mobile feature. web cam.
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Saturday, October 31, 2009
This month’s game was suggested by Jacob Everist. The game Time Fcuk as Jacob puts it is really good mind-twisting game. It is perplexing and a lot of fun. This is what Jacob has to say about the game: I played it through and I’m not sure if there’s more than one ending. and shifting dimensions. Just look at. once had.
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Monday, October 26, 2009
by ruparajgo | Create your own Cartoon at www.toondoo.com. Have you seen a kid take a toy apart and fix the toy together again? This might seem like a childish act of taking things apart just for fun. But then this childish act of taking things apart can also be a huge learning process. . What is Reverse Engineering? How is the course structured?
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Friday, October 2, 2009
In India, there are very few training institutes or universities that offer certification courses in Instructional Designing. When you look at the courses that these training institutes offer, all these courses follow the classical approach to teaching Instructional Designing. Now this is one approach to teaching Instructional Designing.
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Monday, September 28, 2009
FarmVille is a highly addictive multiplayer strategy game that you will find in Facebook. The objective of the game is to build and manage your own farming business. You can easily play this game using simple mouse clicks. The game proceeds in levels. Here is a snapshot of my farm in FarmVille. am a level 8 farmer. Low Level Activities. Buying.
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