Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 17, 2012

I’m always asked what skills a rapid elearning designer should have. Because of this, an image editing application should be in your tool chest. But before we explore the free tools, a good budget-friendly option is Photoshop Elements. It’s relatively inexpensive and should be able to do what most people need for elearning.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 26, 2011

So I’m always looking for ways to help people get more out of the tools they have. Here’s a template I was playing with recently (and a few additional templates for you to download). Community PowerPoint Templates. Jeanette’s recently added a couple of templates to the Articulate community. Click here to view the demo.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Odds are that during the summer months elearning wasn’t on the top of your list. So I decided to weed through some rapid elearning information and pull out a few posts that you may have missed. And of course, there are some free PowerPoint elearning templates, too. Tips on building content for your elearning portfolio.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Many of you keep your elearning project files on a network drive. Download SyncToy. It’s in the Systems Tools folder. Access Task Scheduler from windows: Start > Accessories folder > System Tools folder. Let’s review the process: Create a folder on your PC for elearning projects. Saving to a Network Drive.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 15, 2012

In a recent post I made this comment about rapid elearning tools: Rapid elearning played a role in the evolution of elearning mostly because it took course creation out of the hands of a few programmers and placed it into the hands of anyone who wanted to create a course. A Tool’s Just a Tool.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 20, 2012

In a recent post, I shared my recent webinar with the E-Learning Guild and some of the conversation we had around rapid elearning. When I first started with elearning we’d have a team of people working on projects. It’s important to understand how people learn and how to build good elearning experiences. Instructional design.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 9, 2011

I get lots of questions from those who are just getting started with rapid elearning. They want to know what they can do to build good elearning. The same goes for elearning. You won’t necessarily build world-class elearning the first time you build an elearning course. Learn to use the tools.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 30, 2011

Many elearning developers are working with limited resources. Most elearning courses I see are info-centric and just push content out. Engage Your Learning Community. Now let’s go back to Urtak and discuss how we could use a free tool like this in elearning. What are ways that you’d use a tool like this?

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 10, 2011

Rapid elearning design is made up of three core functions: rapid authoring, rapid assets, and rapid instructional design. And this is a big challenge for many elearning developers. Having the authoring tools is one thing. Now that the elearning community is complete, I’ve been moving old demos and templates over to the site.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

For the most part these characters can be created in PowerPoint so you don’t need other tools. Free download to help you get started. Sketching doesn’t need to be perfect and the organic nature of it provides a novel contrast to what we usually see in our elearning courses. Community Blog Posts & Tutorials.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 1, 2011

As you can see we have a little work to do on the text-to-speech conversion, but we think this tool will be a very popular. Let’s change the subject and talk elearning. April 21 : Nashville, TN ASTD: Rapid E-Learning 101 and Building Shared Practice Communities. Here are a few sample tweets: Encouraging words.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 28, 2012

This post on how to build an elearning template offers some good tips on where to look. I noted those areas that I could incorporate into an elearning course template. In the following image, you can see my mocked up screen and one way I could use it for an elearning course. August 30 : Honolulu, HI ( ASTD Hawaii ).

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 26, 2011

If you have a Dell computer, here’s a link to download the file. With this tool you can make it much more interesting. If you’re working with a limited budget, a tool like this lets you add some creative flair to the assets you have access to as you build your elearning courses. October 25: Baton Rouge, LA (ASTD)—Webinar.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

This makes sense because it’s the most popular elearning tool out there. And once you understand how to use it to build rapid elearning courses , the sky’s the limit. Be sure to take advantage of the free templates & assets in the elearning community , too. How to Design An Elearning Course on a Budget.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 2, 2011

3 Things You Can Only Learn from a Real E-Learning Expert : Learn to work with subject matter experts and the tech-savvy millennials; and get a definitive explanation of how to finally spell e-learning eLearning elearning leearning. 3 More Free Tools to Help Build Better E-Learning Courses : We’re all on a budget.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 23, 2011

Two things always stand out during these trips: There is no one way to do elearning. Some people build courses, some create marketing material, and some use the rapid elearning software to create multimedia information. One of the sessions I did in Atlanta was on how to get the graphics you need for your rapid elearning courses.

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eFront

DECEMBER 12, 2010

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 12/12/2010 Free Storyboard Templates for e-Learning What I really like about the e-Learning community is that the most e-Learning professionals have a great passion of sharing their knowledge.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 19, 2011

At a recent session someone asked, “How do I measure the success of my elearning?”. While we may all use words like “elearning” we don’t always mean the same thing. On top of that, just because it’s built with an elearning tool doesn’t mean that the output is really an elearning course. Performance Improvement.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 3, 2011

In today’s media-rich world, we’re exposed to all sorts of multimedia which helps inspire ideas for elearning course, but it also can create customer expectations. Provide a list of diverse elearning examples where they can see different approaches to elearning. This is easy enough to do in a tool like PowerPoint.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

How we view effective elearning is somewhat subjective. For some it requires that all elearning center on performance. However, many elearning courses are less “learning” and more marketing. They’re about sharing information using elearning tools. Both types of courses have their place in the elearning landscape.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 7, 2011

PowerPoint’s a great authoring environment for elearning. If you can step away from the “bullet point” mindset and all of the complaints, you’ll see that PowerPoint’s got a lot to offer those who build elearning courses. With a rapid elearning tool, you’re using PowerPoint’s easy authoring environment to create Flash movies.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

But the reality is that not all elearning courses need to be that way. This isn’t a defense of bad elearning (that often is linear). Instead of injecting our personal views on what elearning should be, we need to focus on the type of course that is most appropriate for the organization’s goals.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

It’s really an issue with a lot of training and elearning programs. Recognize that elearning courses aren’t the objective. It’s easy to be seduced by solutions because these seem tangible and active, especially with the simple and quick authoring of rapid elearning tools. October 25: Baton Rouge, LA (ASTD)—Webinar.

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eFront

OCTOBER 24, 2010

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 10/24/2010 Free Stock Photos Sites for e-Learning As an e-Learning developer I had to invest a lot of time to find images for my e-Learning projects. I hope that the following list will be valuable to you.

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eFront

JANUARY 16, 2011

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 1/16/2011 Free and Open Source Text to Speech Tools for e-Learning Open source software can be used as we wish, without long-term commitments and with a community of professionals that extend and support them.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 25, 2011

PowerPoint’s designed as a presentation tool. While the application is versatile and great for elearning, many people still struggle to get past the PowerPoint look because the features are designed to encourage the use of the templates. They’re Just Tools That Build Multimedia. Vendors design tools with features.

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Marcia Conner

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

With the popularity of my stats to make the case for social tools in business , post I realized others may also appreciate information on where to find data about learning at work. From Training Magazine’s 2012 Training Industry Report (full download available for free): Total 2012 U.S. ASTD estimates that U.S.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 29, 2011

For my part, I decided to present on how to get better at building elearning courses. There’s an interesting convergence of social technology, mobility, and community. You may be employed as an elearning developer and not desire much more than having a job. Many were created by community members and blog readers.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 6, 2010

For example, I use the social bookmarking tool, Diigo , quite a bit. Currently, we use Diigo’s linkroll feature to track our community tutorials. It’s one of my favorite tools because it makes team collaboration and file syncing so easy. Let me tell you why and how it relates to elearning design. Sign up here.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 5, 2010

I find that most rapid elearning developers are working by themselves or with very small teams. In those situations, their organizations don’t offer a lot of support to learn more about elearning. Typically, there’s no access to more experienced developers or others who can help them grow as an elearning developers.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 18, 2010

Many of the blog’s subscribers are new to elearning. There are also a few community members who also shared what they use and recorded some demos. And you really hurt your elearning course it if looks great but sounds bad. There are a few common issues when working with rapid elearning tools.

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Learnnovators

APRIL 18, 2014

After an academic career, Dr. Quinn served as an executive in online and elearning initiatives and has an international reputation as a speaker and scholar, with four books and numerous articles and chapters to his credit. Environments where learners are using digital tools to create or annotate outputs of their collective work are needed.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 28, 2011

You Already Have a Great Mobile Learning Tool. And you already have the tool to do so. I’ve already proven in dozens of posts how great it is as an authoring tool. So you have the tool. The Articulate Community team uses Screenr every day. We also use it a lot for internal collaboration and communication.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Real learning isn’t a one-time event (like many elearning courses) where it’s just a matter of getting new information. But in an elearning course, I have a room and equipment that is always available. That’s one of the good things about elearning. And when she finally succeeded she let out a cry of joy. Free Willy!

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 4, 2010

It’s a fact that you CAN build effective elearning with rapid elearning tools. All it requires is that you craft a sound learning strategy and get the most out of your tools. To demonstrate this, I deconstructed an effective elearning course originally built in Flash and then built a mock up in PowerPoint.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

And when you’re the only one working on your elearning courses, eventually they all start to look the same. I thought that the way it was designed would work great in an elearning course. So I continued through the magazine, challenging myself to find at least 10 graphic design ideas I could use in an elearning course.

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Learnnovators

APRIL 16, 2014

After an academic career, Dr. Quinn served as an executive in online and elearning initiatives and has an international reputation as a speaker and scholar, with four books and numerous articles and chapters to his credit. Environments where learners are using digital tools to create or annotate outputs of their collective work are needed.

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