From the Coleface

OCTOBER 28, 2012

Many development tools claim that they produce learning content which will publish automatically to different models of mobile phone. So for the L&D manager commissioning mobile learning it’s just a game of finding out from IT which phones are on the standard list, cross-checking and then away you go…if only it was that simple…. Faced with the technical challenge of rendering content on different screen sizes and with different operating systems, developers have taken the pragmatic approach

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From the Coleface

OCTOBER 15, 2012

At last week’s eLearning Network conference I led a practical instructional design session on audio and e-learning. As Bill Miller’s earlier session had covered learner’s emotional states and readiness to learn, it was easy to make the point that audio used well can connect emotionally with learners in a way that screen text can’t reach. Here’s a lightly edited summary of the groups top ten tips on using audio.

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From the Coleface

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Next week I’ll be presenting at the eLearning Network on best practices for using audio in e-learning. One reason I wanted to speak was that this would give me the excuse to spend some focused time doing research: What scientific evidence can be used to ground day to day instructional design decisions? It’s many years since I was a Psychology undergraduate, so I relished the chance to see how science has moved on. .

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