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Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning.

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning? by Paul on April 13, 2011 in Informal Learning , social learning Last week my girlfriend and I ate dinner at Darbar Indian Grill in Uptown Minneapolis with another couple (good food, but overpriced), and we got on the topic of surfing the net on the job.

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The 4 S’s of mobile design

E-Learning Provocateur

Given that smartphone sales are estimated to exceed PC sales by the end of this year, and mobile Internet users are expected to exceed desktop Internet users soon after, I have finally concluded that the time is ripe for mobile learning. Heeding the advice of start small and fail quick , I have dipped my toe into the m-learning space by converting an existing online course into a smartphone-friendly format.

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8 Top Learning, Technology & Media Links: Weekly Digest – 20

Upside Learning

This week we get serious about serious games. It’s a known fact that the best kind of learning comes as a result of well-designed experiences and as such games, with their high level of engagement and interaction, serve as the right mode for learning. That iPads and smartphones have made their presence felt inside the classroom is a given now. Know how they will soon replace the classroom computers.

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Adobe Captivate: Internalize or Externalize?

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Kevin Siegel. The common way to publish a completed Captivate eLearning video is as a SWF (small web file). When the publish process is complete, you will end up with three files: an HTML file (which is what your learner will need to open the lesson in a web browser), a JavaScript file (called standard.js) and the SWF containing your lesson.  The three-file output is typical.

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11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

Elevate your member education initiatives This eBook will explore: Why measure content consumption rather than (or in addition to) completion rates and member satisfaction? What are some proven tactics to create quality learner content and raise your content consumption rates? You’ll discover why measuring content consumption is pivotal for program success and explore effective tactics to boost overall engagement.

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Congrats to Lesley Scopes aka Light Sequent

Kapp Notes

My 3D colleague and contributor to Learning in 3D, Lesley Scopes recently won the Best Poster Peoples Award 1st place at VWBPE this year. The poster is about an EU project ~ Architecture (ARCHI 21) and language teaching & learning (CLIL). Below are some images from the poster session and a great video. So congratulations to Lesley!! Trophy and Poster.

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Educate the world, don't just feed it

Learning with e's

Some of my Twitter buddies have reminded me today of the torrid picture that was taken of me jokingly emulating Edupunk Poster Boy Jim Groom. There's an image of me floating around the web with 'PUNK IT UP' on my knuckles. I guess it's timely, because I travel to Hamburg tomorrow to keynote the German Moodlemoot conference (#mootDE11n) on Thursday, and one of the key themes of my speech will be 'do it yourself' education, the ethos of edupunk.

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Meet Tom Crawford April 21 on The Forge

TechSmith Camtasia

You remember Tom Crawford , right? We did a screencast together on a gondola ! Tom is our guest on this month's episode of The Forge. Tom is an expert at Visual Communication. I need your help. What do you want to know from Tom about Visual Communication? Here's your chance to ask him questions that he can answer on The Forge. Leave a question in the comments here on this blog post or email them to us.

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Twitter: it's still about the connections

Learning with e's

The current consensus is that Twitter is for oldies, and that younger people (particularly those under 30) don't tend to use it. Whilst we must avoid sweeping statements, and accept that some young people do actually use Twitter on a regular basis, some recent polls such as the Pearson and Babson Survey have suggested that only 2% of teachers have used it to communicate with their students.

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Captivate Training: Adding Assessment to Your Courses with Adobe Captivate 5

Adobe Captivate

Topic: Adding Assessment to Your Courses with Adobe Captivate 5 Date and time: Thursday, April 21, 2011 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM US/Pacific Description: Join Dr. Pooja Jaisingh and Vish to learn about creating quizzes, adding various types of questions, editing question screens, enabling the quiz for reporting and publishing the quiz. Registration Link: [link].

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HIA Technologies Turns a New Chapter in Interactive Learning

HIA Technologies announces the launch of Qvio™️ interactive video platform for learner-driven, AI-enabled, education. Viewers get instant answers to their questions directly from videos, interrupting when needed, and getting an author-validated answer!

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Training Lessons from Seinfeld: Lesson #3 – Do the Opposite

Mindflash

It’s easy to get stuck in a design rut whenever there’s too much to do and not enough time to do it. Re-using and re-purposing design elements that have served you well in the past is one great way to enhance your efficiency, but over time, it can lead to a course library that lacks visual identity or personality. When your 20 th course starts to look and feel like a carbon copy of your first course, it may be time to stop what you’re doing and apply George Costanza’s 

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Captivate Training: Customizing the Project Interface with Adobe Captivate 5

Adobe Captivate

Topic: Customizing the Project Interface with Adobe Captivate 5: TOC, skin editor and project resize Date and time: Thursday, April 14, 2011 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM US/Pacific Description: Join Dr. Pooja Jaisingh and Vish for an introductory session on customizing the table of contents, playbar and the appearance of the final SWF. They will [.].

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PPT courses to the iPAD - Which way to go?

Take an e-Learning Break

I recently experimented with various methods of getting aPPT course developed with Articulate Presenter to the iPAD. HTML Articulate player from eLearning Enhanced: Works great. Just wish they had a quiz component (it's in the works). [link] Flash on iPAD from iSwifter– works ok. It executes the Flash content in its own data center and then sends video down the pipe to the user’s iPAD, which has to be connected to a Wi-Fi connection.

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Captivate Training: Advanced Actions and Variables in Adobe Captivate 5

Adobe Captivate

Topic: Using Advanced Actions and Variables in Adobe Captivate 5 Date and time: Thursday, May 19, 2011 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM US/Pacific Description: Join Vish and Dr. Pooja Jaisingh while they demonstrate how to create exciting eLearning content and add complex interactivity by using Advanced Actions and Variables. Registration Link: [link].

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The Ultimate LMS Buyer’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Purchasing an LMS

Whether you’re shopping for your very first learning management system (LMS) or looking to upgrade, the process can be overwhelming. With so many vendor options, each with its own multitude of features and pricing structures, even the most seasoned educators, trainers, and business leaders can feel lost in a sea of choices! Finding the LMS that’s best suited for your organization requires a planned, strategic approach.

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Beyond Seth Godin: The Best Professional Advice I’ve Heard

OpenSesame

I spent last evening helping my best friend revise her cover letter and resume for a fabulous job opportunity. As we worked back and forth on a few drafts, the text began to reflect her personal ethic and approach to work in order to make her application stand out from the rest. As my friend worked to articulate her perspective on approaching work, I reflected on some of the great professional advice I’ve received in the last few years.

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Captivate Training: Project Templates and Master Slides in Adobe Captivate 5

Adobe Captivate

Topic: Working with Project Templates and Master Slides in Adobe Captivate 5 Date and time: Thursday, May 5, 2011 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM US/Pacific Description: Join Vish and Dr. Pooja Jaisingh to learn how to use project templates and master slides to give a consistent look and feel to your projects and templatize the [.].

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Beyond Seth Godin: The Best Professional Advice I’ve Heard

OpenSesame

'I spent last evening helping my best friend revise her cover letter and resume for a fabulous job opportunity. As we worked back and forth on a few drafts, the text began to reflect her personal ethic and approach to work in order to make her application stand out from the rest. As my friend worked to articulate her perspective on approaching work, I reflected on some of the great professional advice I’ve received in the last few years.

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Captivate Training: Object Styles and Effects in Adobe Captivate 5

Adobe Captivate

Topic: Using Object Styles and Effects in Adobe Captivate 5 Date and time: Thursday, May 26, 2011 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM US/Pacific Description: Join Dr. Pooja Jaisingh and Vish to add some style to the eLearning content by using object styles and object effects in Adobe Captivate 5 projects. They will discuss how to [.].

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Wake Up Your Customer Education Strategy With a New Approach to Content Sharing

Speaker: Tammy Rutherford, Ian McConnell

You invest a lot of time and energy into building training courses for internal use and for your customers and partners. As your reach grows, so does the number of LMSs you need to deliver training to, often both externally and internally. And chances are, you want to deliver that content in a way that’s compatible with every LMS, manageable for administrators, and easy for learners to access.

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Over 150 Free Fonts to Use in Your E-Learning Courses

Rapid eLearning

Many of us are on a limited budget. So when there’s an opportunity to get something for free I’m all for taking advantage of it. So today, we’ll look at how to get 174 free fonts from Google. Quick Overview. In the past when you wanted to display text on a web page you had some limitations. Your choices were to use a generic font or you make an image of the text in a special font (if you wanted more than the basics).

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Captivate Training: Question Banking Made Easy with Adobe Captivate 5

Adobe Captivate

Topic: Question Banking Made Easy with Adobe Captivate 5 Date and time: Thursday, May 12, 2011 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM US/Pacific Description: Join Dr. Pooja Jaisingh and Vish to learn how to create Question Banks with Adobe Captivate 5. They will show you how to create a question pool, create a quiz with random [.].

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Captivate Training: Preferences and Publish Settings in Adobe Captivate 5

Adobe Captivate

Topic: Preferences and Publish Settings in Adobe Captivate 5 Date and time: Thursday, April 28, 2011 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM US/Pacific Description: Join Vish and Dr. Pooja Jaisingh to explore the various preferences and publish settings available in Adobe Captivate 5. Registration Link: [link].