Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, September 05, 2007 Building Community The office park in which I work is right next to a big slab of conservation land. I dont think they were my original invisible community. I smiled at them and walked on by.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 7, 2014

E-Learning Jobs: Training, elearning, and instructional design jobs. Community Blog Posts & Tutorials. Day 2: Building Interactive E-Learning with Articulate Storyline. Day 2: Building Interactive E-Learning with Articulate Storyline. October 21 & 22 : Boston, MA. Perfect Your Text in Storyline 2.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 14, 2016

I’m a big fan of community and how it helps us learn from each other. And that’s why community is so important for us. The Value of the E-Learning Community. Community isn’t content. Here’s one example of how this happens in the community. The E-Learning Community Shares What They Learn.

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Learning Pool

MARCH 3, 2020

These companies provide strong and innovative capabilities to ensure organizations have the tools and features they need to easily create and design impactful materials in the corporate training landscape.”. Other 2020 Top 20 eLearning Authoring Tool companies include Adapt Learning, Articulate, gomo Learning, and Kineo.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 9, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, August 09, 2007 With Community Comes Great Responsibility In reflecting over the benefits of the first week or so of the 31 Days to Better Blogging Challenge , the biggest thing for me has been the overall boost in community.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 13, 2012

I read this interesting article the other day about how Google’s designers changed the look and feel of their products. It reminded me a lot of what we have to do when building elearning courses and it’s in line with many questions I get about elearning design during my workshops. Use White Space in Graphic Design.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 25, 2017

The challenge is that graphic design and visual communication are their own fields and it’s hard enough to be a good instructional designer let alone a good graphic artist. So in this post, we’ll review some common visual design mistakes that are easily fixed. Visual Design Mistake 2: Not Sure Where to Focus.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 6, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Instructional Design Central (IDC) is an online portal dedicated towards providing professionals, researchers, and students with instructional design (or instructional technology) resources and community collaboration.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 24, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, August 24, 2007 Building Community in Second Life: Renaissance Island As you know, Ive been trying to walk-the-talk and experiment a bit with Second Life, role my virtual sleeves up and see what all the fuss is about.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

We discussed that a bit when we looked at how to tap into your visual voice and planning your visual design. And while visual design and onscreen interactivity plays a role in engaging the learners, it’s not the main way to engage the learners. Challenge Activity: Flat Design Graphics for E-Learning. Weekly Updates.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 13, 2012

I read this interesting article the other day about how Google’s designers changed the look and feel of their products. It reminded me a lot of what we have to do when building elearning courses and it’s in line with many questions I get about elearning design during my workshops. Use White Space in Graphic Design.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, March 23, 2009 eLearning Network Instructional Designers Survey As Instructional Designers, it appears were a wide-ranging lot. Not only do we do instructional design, but we also do a whole lot of other stuff.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Create Characters by Using a Flat Design. Create Characters by Customizing the Articulate Characters. Many of you use the Articulate software. E-Learning Jobs: Training, elearning, and instructional design jobs. Community Blog Posts & Tutorials. Day 2: Building Interactive E-Learning with Articulate Storyline.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 27, 2017

Attend an Articulate Roadshow to Build E-Learning Skills. Here’s what we have coming up: Boston: July 18 & 19. Here is a previous post with good book recommendations that cover everything from instructional and visual design to gamification. Articulate Roadshows. Boston: July 18 & 19. Register here.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 20, 2017

Basic Course Design. We discussed this in the post on what every new instructional designer should know. It’s important to step away from info-centric design and step towards learner-centric design. Use a Backward Design Strategy to Focus On Meaningful Interactions. Articulate Roadshows. Register here.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 18, 2017

July 18 & 19 (Boston). Articulate Roadshow. Articulate Roadshow. Articulate Roadshow. Articulate Roadshow. Articulate Roadshow. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. Details coming soon.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 17, 2012

And if you’re challenged for ideas or graphic design skills they also help bring a consistent and clean look to your rapid elearning courses so that you avoid the Frankencourse. You still need to design the instruction and determine the appropriate content and activities. How To Design Custom PowerPoint Templates for E-Learning.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Included with the PowerPoint file is a matching Articulate Quizmaker template customized with a matching color scheme. The Glassy Blue template is designed around a series of click and reveal tabs. This template is designed using the PowerPoint design theme colors. Download the Articulate Storyline template.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 13, 2017

Articulate Roadshows. Boston: July 18 & 19. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro Upcoming E-Learning Events.

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Learning Visions

MAY 6, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, May 06, 2009 Describing What You Do: Instructional Design Youre at a playground and you start talking to the mom sitting on the bench next to you. Me: Im an instructional designer. What do you say? I create eLearning.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 26, 2016

As you know, the Articulate community regularly shares all sorts of free downloads. On top of that, many of your peers in the industry and elearning community regularly share free downloads. On top of that, many of your peers in the industry and elearning community regularly share free downloads. Joanna Kurpiewska.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 5, 2012

And often they’re given little latitude in how the courses are designed. This means that communities could excavate more wells, protect more sensitive areas, feed more malnourished children, introduce more agricultural innovations and implement more life-saving health programs – without additional resources! What’s in it For You?

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 10, 2012

A common frustration for many rapid elearning developers is wanting to build elearning courses that look good but not having the graphic design expertise or resources to make it happen. In a previous post we reviewed how to design an elearning course on a budget. Does the company have a designated font? Design elements.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 2, 2017

Of course, if you use Storyline, you don’t really need this because there’s an AutoRecovery feature built into Articulate Storyline. Articulate Roadshows. Boston: July 18 & 19. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. Or you can set it to autosave every app with some exceptions.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 12, 2012

The guiding principle for rapid elearning design is to be intentional. You don’t want existing content to dictate the design of your course. Getting to Intentional Design. And it has some visual design that usually comes from a template with specific colors, schemes, and fonts. Be Intentional about the Course Design.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 30, 2017

Articulate Roadshows. Boston: July 18 & 19. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro Upcoming E-Learning Events.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

I am starting to do some Articulate-specific events. This year we went to Toronto, Denver, Minneapolis, and Boston. Focus on good graphic design. Many courses would be better served with better graphics and visual design. Invest in a graphics designer to help take your courses up a notch. Weekly Updates.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 14, 2012

The template isn’t a replacement for analyzing the appropriate design needs for your course, but if you do determine that this type of template is appropriate, it’s a good head start, especially for those who have no graphic design expertise or access to graphic design resources. September 27: Boston, MA ( ADAPT ).

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 20, 2012

Someone did the instructional design, someone else worked on graphics, and then we had a programmer who built the courses in Authorware or some other application. Instructional design. Visual design. Experience design. This is a combination of user interface design and graphic design. Informal education.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 28, 2012

When building courses, many of you are in the role of instructional designer AND graphic designer. This can be a challenge when you don’t have the graphic design skills. An easy way to get around that is to look for places in your organization where they’ve hired graphic designers. September 27: Boston, MA ( ADAPT ).

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Learning Visions

MAY 18, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Twitter is a powerful platform for resource sharing, community building and connection. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? But Twitter is way more than that.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, February 08, 2008 Instructional Designer as Consultant? With the rise of rapid eLearning tools and the ease with which virtually anyone can now create a course, whats changing for the instructional designer?

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 6, 2017

There are also some portfolio sites designed to showcase projects. Most of them are designed for people who have images or videos. You’ll need something like Articulate Review (part of your subscription) or Amazon S3 to host the course and provide a URL link you can insert in the portfolio. Articulate Roadshows.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 20, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, August 20, 2007 Getting Started in Instructional Design Many readers find their way to this blog because they are interested in learning more about instructional design. My learning has all been completely informal.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 23, 2017

Combine Trello with Articulate Review and you have a really powerful way to not only manage projects but also manage the review cycle with your clients and subject matter experts. Articulate Roadshows. Boston: July 18 & 19. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. Some Bonus Tips. Register here.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 15, 2012

So that level of interactivity wasn’t even a consideration in course design. Does it mean that I am a better instructional designer? And that only creates more opportunity for my course design. I see the tools used in various industries for more than course design. Not necessarily. And that’s good. A Tool’s Just a Tool.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 21, 2016

The software is designed to give you a very specific output. This is great because you don’t have to be a programmer or designer to use the tools. The programming and design is all done by the software. But you don’t have to make any design decisions. Another good example of a form-based tool is Articulate Engage.

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