August, 2011

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Being a Good Coach through eLearning Feedback

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By Shelley A. Gable. I have a friend who plans to volunteer as an assistant coach for his son’s soccer team in the fall. He told me about some of the advice he found on the web about coaching, and I realized that much of what he learned can be applied to coaching in eLearning as well. Most eLearning lessons contain knowledge checks of some sort, such as scenarios followed by a multiple choice question, hotspot questions that prompt learners to recognize something in an image , and simulations in

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Using Captivate to Create Cool Text Animations

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by Jonathan Shoaf. Adobe Captivate 5.5 is a well suited e-learning development tool for simulations and the tool I turn to first for Flash-based e-learning development. It’s screen recording is top notch for creating simulations and its ability to track variables and advanced actions makes it very versatile to my needs. One of the cool features in Adobe Captivate I have found myself using lately is the text animation.

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Creating a Smart Next Button in Lectora

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by Jonathan Shoaf. Reducing the number of objects in your development project saves time to develop and makes project maintenance easier. Most e-learn development tools provide some sort of object reuse through inheritance or master pages. While not everyone is a fan of the next button, it is a common object found in e-learning. Its appearance on many pages makes it a prime candidate for reuse.

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Best Practices in the Next Generation of eLearning, Part 2

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By Dean Hawkinson. This article is a continuation from the article I wrote earlier this month on a webinar led by David Mallon of Bersin and Associates. In this webinar, Mr. Mallon outlined the top 10 best practices for the next generation of eLearning. I would like to expand on three additional items from that list of practices. What makes your organization relevant?

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Specifying a Criterion in Performance Objectives

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By Shelley A. Gable. If you’re in the Design phase of a training project, you’re likely formulating performance objectives and selecting instructional methods. If you follow Robert Mager’s model for writing objectives, they likely contain three elements (not necessarily in this order): Behavior : The observable behavior a learner must perform on the job Condition : The circumstances in which the learner must perform the behavior (consider workplace conditions and available resources for the task

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Using Custom Progress Bars in Lectora

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By Joseph Suarez. “You are here.”. Don’t you love when a map tells you that? Knowing exactly where you are can help you decide where to go and what to do next. Lectora’s progress bars are like a “You are here” marker for eLearning courses, providing visual feedback to users about their progress. The three types of Progress Bars in Lectora are Timer, Table of Contents, and Custom.

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Best Practices in the Next Generation of eLearning

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By Dean Hawkinson. I recently listened in on a webinar presented by David Mallon, with Bersin & Associates, called 10 Best Practices in the Next Generation of eLearning. He began by challenging us to think about what makes our learning organizations relevant in today’s environment, and he stated five types of learning that organizations typically use.