Thu.Sep 01, 2011

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August 2011 Review

Jane Hart

Meteorologically speaking, Autumn begins today here in the UK – the summer has passed all too quickly. Although manypeople were away on holiday in August, it was still a very busy month online and I saved nearly 50 articles and resources in my August Reading List. But here are my 5 picks for August: Managing learning: feel the need to manage learning , Charles Jennings, presentation to elearning network, July 2011.

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Six 3D Virtual World Facilitation Tips

Kapp Notes

Here are 6 things to keep in mind when facilitating a 3D virtual world class or discussion. Preparing for a class discussion in a 3D virtual immersive environment. Maintain proper social distances between your avatar and others. People treat the 3D virtual space as an actual physical space. In physical space, social norms require distances between people when they are engaged in conversation.

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Flash Animation Bounce Effect

eLearning Brothers

Today I’ll show you a how to add a little more “visual interest&# to an Flash animating object. I call it the bounce effect. It’s a very simple technique but can really be awesome. I’ve recorded a screencast to show you how to do it. Here is a quick demo I created showing this “bounce&# effect: eLearning Brothers Intro.

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Does The Food We Eat Affect Our Productivity?

Mindflash

According to the flagship study released on the subject by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 2005, our nutrition habits have a direct impact on our productivity. In fact, the World Health Organization says that adequate nourishment can raise national productivity levels by 20 percent! This begs the questions: What foods are brain foods and drain foods?

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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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HTML5 – Coming Soon!

Adobe Captivate

Always wondered how to publish Adobe Captivate projects to HTML5? “Like” us and be the first to know If you are looking to create HTML5 based content or have created HTML5 based content, we would love to talk with you, please leave us a comment.

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How To Write A Visual Style Guide for eLearning

The eLearning Coach

The most efficient way to achieve consistency in visual design for an eLearning course or presentation is to write a visual style guide. It’s nearly a necessity when working on a team and it’s also valuable when working solo (though a shorter guide may suffice). In either situation, here are some benefits of writing an eLearning visual style guide.

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Creative learning

Learning with e's

I took some risks today during a workshop I gave at Plymouth University. The workshop was all about creativity and how we can tap into imagination in learning contexts. I tried out several things I had not attempted before in workshops, but that was the idea - often, creativity requires some kind of risk. The Your Idea, Our Health event was a health related conference, so there were lots of delegates of the nursing and midwifery persuasion in attendance.

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Fear of the “Upload” Button

E-learning Uncovered

Launching a new e-learning course is exciting—and a little bit scary. Did we remember everything? Did we make all the last-minute changes? Did we catch all the typos? Do all the buttons work? When creating an e-learning course, we need to balance perfectionism with reality. We want every course to be perfect, but there are only so many times you can look at something without going over budget or over schedule.

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4 Great Resources to Help eLearning Presenters Prepare for DevLearn

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

With DevLearn 2011 only a few weeks away there are over 100 speakers preparing to tell their stories to their eLearning colleagues. While many of the presenters are seasoned professionals, some are not. I think that's a good thing. I believe everyone has something to say. Everyone has a story to tell. Everyone has an eLearning tip to share that someone will benefit from hearing.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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My Experience Starting Out with Google+

Learning Developments

I got my Google+ invite back in July (Thanks Derek) but it's been quite a busy summer so I put off getting to know Google+ until now. Being the big Google/Android fan I am, this is long overdue. In this post I write up my first impressions. You can get to Google+ by going to [link]. My first reaction after getting into it was very reserved. I found myself making lots of comparisons to Facebook.

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Some useful e-learning resources

e-Learning Academy

I have recently refreshed and updated recommended e-learning resources on the Connect Thinking e-learning resources page. Here you will also find access to a free e-learning gap analysis. Also, a new article from Colleen Kavanagh and myself: 10 Things That Make Webinars Work, in September 2011 HC Magazine, pages 34-36. Enjoy.

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Easy and powerful e-Learning authoring

easygenerator

Ease of use is very important for an authoring tool; this becomes even more important since subject matter experts participate more and more in the development process. For easygenerator this is one of our main focal points. That makes sense when your name is easygenerator. One of the reasons easygenerator is so easy to use, is our intuitive interface.