Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Because it was so popular I decided to make another post that highlights all the ones that include free PowerPoint templates or other free assets. Be sure to take advantage of the free templates & assets in the elearning community , too. Here’s a Free PowerPoint Template & How I Made It.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 14, 2011

With a budget you can hire a graphic artist who can come up with some different design ideas for your elearning courses. Feel free to download and use the template as you wish. Tidbits: I’ll be in North Carolina on Thursday doing a free Articulate jam session. I’ll be in North Carolina and hosting a free Articulate jam session.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 21, 2010

The past few days I’ve been pulling some content together for a couple of workshops I’m doing at the ASTD TechKnowledge conference in San Jose. The workshops are for those who are just getting started with the Articulate tools. The main challenge is working on one or two-person teams with a budget of $12.37.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 10, 2012

It’s a trick I share in many of my workshops. In a previous post we reviewed how to design an elearning course on a budget. July 18: Knoxville, TN ( Smoky Mountain ASTD ). July 25: Portland, OR (ASTD). July 31: Austin, TX (ASTD). August 15 & 16: Houston, TX ( ASTD Houston ). Great price. Sign up now.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 28, 2012

If you’re interested in having a workshop in your area, have your local ISPI or ASTD chapter contact me. August 30 : Honolulu, HI ( ASTD Hawaii ). Two workshops: Rapid E-Learning (AM) & Build Interactive E-Learning (PM). Rapid E-Learning Workshop. Comes with all sorts of free resources, too.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 26, 2011

Use the free images you get with Microsoft Office Online or buy some from sites like istockphotos. Convert Simple Clip Art: Don’t limit yourself to real images, feel free to experiment with some of the clip art that’s available to you. But the software’s free (for those with a Dell computer) or inexpensive. Details to follow.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 9, 2012

In today’s post we’ll look at two free applications you can use to synchronize your files between your computer and a network drive or Dropbox folder. SyncToy is a free application from Microsoft. Here are the rest of my workshops for 2012. October 17 : Bloomington, IL ( CIC-ASTD ). Rapid E-Learning Design Workshop.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 2, 2011

3 More Free Tools to Help Build Better E-Learning Courses : We’re all on a budget. Here are three free applications that may help you build elearning courses. 3 Simple Ways to Find the Resources You Need to Build E-Learning Courses : Here’s a list of resources that are free and easy to find. Give them something to do.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Feel free to share your comments here. Tidbits: Here are the rest of my workshops for 2012. Rapid E-Learning Workshop. Great price for an all day workshop. October 17 : Bloomington, IL ( CIC-ASTD ). Rapid E-Learning Design Workshop. Rapid E-Learning Design Workshop. October 4: Seattle, WA (ASTDPS).

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

I’ve just finished a number of workshops and capped it off with a session at Devlearn. I don’t have a large budget or a lot of time, but I’d like to use more video in my courses. We discussed it in this blog post on finding free stock images. Usually the local ASTD, ISPI, or STC chapters contact me about doing workshops.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

By compressing the time and ensuring consistent delivery of the content, it frees up time for more meaningful conversation and learning activities in the classroom. If you’re interested in a workshop in your area, have your local ISPI or ASTD chapter contact me. Rapid E-Learning Workshop. Rapid E-Learning Design Workshop.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 20, 2012

Free tutorials. More Than 100 PowerPoint Tutorials & a Free Template. The point is that if you want to learn then you’ll find a lot of free resources that help. Years ago if you wanted to meet industry experts you had to go to trade conferences or workshops. It also shares expertise and offers free resources.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Should You Use the Free Assets? Here’s how I’ve treated it in the past: Internal: For internal projects that weren’t public, I was comfortable using the free assets. Public: For public-facing projects I tried to stay away from using the free assets. My rule of thumb: if you have a budget, then buy the images you need.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 23, 2011

It doesn’t matter if you’re from a big company or small; odds are you are working on a limited budget. You can do a search online for “CRAP design” and find all sorts of free help. Microsoft Provides Free Resources. Rapid E-Learning Workshop: How to Create a Tabbed Notebook. People don’t have money. Take Your Own Photos.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 5, 2011

In addition, even if they wanted to do more, most don’t have a budget to hire a graphic designer or buy the appropriate graphics. On top of all of that, applications like PowerPoint provide a lot of free graphics and templates and it’s easy to rely on those for the design part of the course. October 25: Baton Rouge, LA (ASTD)—Webinar.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

You can find a lot of stock images for free. Free download to help you get started. I tried it myself at the workshop in Denver, which you can see below. In an ideal world you have access to a graphics person or a budget to buy the characters you need. Upcoming Events & Workshops. Two rapid elearning workshops.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 10, 2011

Many people don’t have the skills to develop the screen elements, and they also don’t have the budget to acquire the assets they need. So in today’s post, we’ll look at a few ways to scrounge for some free resources using the tools you do have. Take Advantage of the Free Stuff. Deconstruct Your Free Assets.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 4, 2011

And as far as conferences, I’ll be at the usual ones like ASTD ICE and Devlearn. Here Are More Than 200 Free Rapid E-Learning Tutorials. Rapid E-Learning Workshop: How to Create a Tabbed Notebook. Here’s a Boatload of Free Hand-Drawn Graphics. Bunch of Free Stuff. Here’s a Free PowerPoint E-Learning Template.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 5, 2011

There’s lots of free stuff. Who doesn’t like free? But the reality is that you have limited time and if you get the template for free, why not just use it (which you’re free to do)? So take advantage of all of the free assets in the user community. So take advantage of all of the free assets in the user community.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

So now’s a good time to offer some quick answers and links to additional resources for those just getting started, I have no budget. Where can I get free elearning assets? The first thing I recommend is to ask for a budget. If you do get a budget then you can stretch your money by purchasing the lower resolution images.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 11, 2012

At a recent workshop someone asked how to demonstrate that they were successful and that the courses they built made a difference to the organization. That’s a good question, especially in this economy because the training group is usually one of the first groups targeted when an organization needs to make some cuts to the budget.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 9, 2009

. #1 - "Self-Directed Learning" Increases Due to economic pressures, companies are going to reduce training budgets to a point where it doesn't make sense to create content on marginal topics. The first half of the prediction – budgets being reduced was on the mark. We are now offering a Work Literacy Skills Workshop.

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 26, 2009

1 - "Self-Directed Learning" Increases Due to economic pressures, companies are going to reduce training budgets to a point where it doesn't make sense to create content on marginal topics. In some settings, free authoring tools may do better, but they probably won't get much traction in workplace training. #7 2 - eLearning 2.0

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 1, 2011

I saw a study once that showed about 90% of the course budget was committed to the design and implementation of the course. I’m in town and coordinating a free Articulate jam session. March 9 : Central Missouri ASTD ( webinar). Rapid E-Learning Workshop. Support Ongoing Learning. You can find the details here.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

You need to know which one is best for you considering your budget, time, and resources. If you’re a licensed user of the Microsoft products you have free access to the many templates and media assets they make available. Free Assets. Interactive Web Sites : Today you can find all sorts of free content creation tools online.

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Learnnovators

JANUARY 8, 2015

Of course, we do recommend continuance of whatever you’re currently doing if it produces the quality of product you want within budget and on schedule. It makes more complex interactivity affordable and frees authors from the restrictions of templates. It stimulates creativity while providing a process that manages time and budget.

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eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 5, 2012

ASTD TechKnowledge. Excluding the seminar side, ASTD TK always has a very nice amount of vendors and thus products to take a look at. . Be prepared to be disappointed in the free Wi-Fi. I know there were quite a few education people who believed that the education systems should be free. Do we hit two sh0ws?

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Learnnovators

JANUARY 7, 2015

Of course, we do recommend continuance of whatever you’re currently doing if it produces the quality of product you want within budget and on schedule. It makes more complex interactivity affordable and frees authors from the restrictions of templates. It stimulates creativity while providing a process that manages time and budget.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Karl recounts a workshop he ran one summer to teach business concepts to middle school kids using the game Railroad Tycoon. We dont have the budget for that." ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. The first level objective was to build a park with high customer satisfaction ratings. Thats not in our plan."

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Feel free to replace the content with your own if you need a quick interactive module. If you’re interested in a workshop in your area, have your local ISPI or ASTD chapter contact me. Two workshops: Rapid E-Learning (AM) & Build Interactive E-Learning (PM). Rapid E-Learning Workshop. Use Multiple Layouts.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 31, 2012

If you do a search you’ll find that there are a ton of screenshot products on the market—both free and paid. The free ones are hit and miss. But what do you do if you don’t have the money for a paid tool and you don’t want to download risky free product? August 15 & 16: Houston, TX ( ASTD Houston ). Honolulu, HI.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 2, 2012

It fulfills the requirement of the branding interests and it frees up valuable real estate. Here are the rest of my workshops for 2012. Rapid E-Learning Workshop. Great price for an all day workshop. October 17 : Bloomington, IL ( CIC-ASTD ). October 17 : Bloomington, IL ( CIC-ASTD ). Why is that?

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 21, 2012

Download: free PowerPoint template and practice file. August 30 : Honolulu, HI ( ASTD Hawaii ). Two workshops: Rapid E-Learning (AM) & Build Interactive E-Learning (PM). Rapid E-Learning Workshop. Comes with all sorts of free resources, too. October 17 : Bloomington, IL ( CIC-ASTD ). Demo 1: office.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 7, 2012

August 15 & 16: Houston, TX ( ASTD Houston ). Two workshops: Rapid E-Learning Design and Getting Started with Articulate Storyline. August 30 : Honolulu, HI ( ASTD Hawaii ). Two workshops: Rapid E-Learning (AM) & Build Interactive E-Learning (PM). Rapid E-Learning Workshop. Rapid E-Learning Design Workshop.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

. …more often a professional event is canceled because the number of prospective attendees has shrunk as companies lay off employees and cut travel and professional education budgets for remaining workers. Free wireless. Response 18 not having free wifi throughout venue, meals not included. Give us a few examples.

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eLearningArt

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Download additional analysis and all the commentary in the free 2017 eLearning Learning Trends eBook. He is a frequent speaker and workshop leader and known as a thought leader in the eLearning industry. She is an author, workshop leader, frequent conference speaker, and eLearning blogger. Learn more about Will here.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 8, 2012

For the most part I work by myself, I’m not a programmer, and I have to make do with the tools I have…and I have no budget. And you’re always free to create your own controls within the slide. Download the free mobile player and you’ll see that you get a really rich experience. That’s what DFLearning did in this example.

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