Clive on Learning

MAY 4, 2012

Let's clarify what we mean by e-learning: content of all sorts, top-down or user-generated interaction with experts and coaches interaction with peers can be real-time or self-paced can be delivered through a multitude of devices E-learning allows to exploit the power of computers: all forms of digital content, including audio, video, animation, text (..)

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Clive on Learning

MARCH 31, 2010

I’ve been examining each of these in turn on the Onlignment blog: Text Audio Images Animation Video And I’ve now supplemented this series of postings with an online media history. All online communication, whether that’s published content, live online events or social media, make use of the same key media elements.

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Clive on Learning

JANUARY 10, 2012

If you're a serious graphic designer, you'll pay $3K for Creative Suite; and audio and video engineers pay similar prices for their software. Time was an authoring tool cost at very least $1K and often much more. Popular tools such as Captivate, Articulate and Trivantis' own Lectora still do.

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 23, 2010

All online communication, whether that’s published content, live online events or social media, make use of the same key media elements: text, audio, images, animation and video.

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Clive on Learning

JANUARY 22, 2012

Last time I looked, HTML was quite capable of displaying pages of text, combined with pictures, video, animations, audio and games. The difference is that iBooks Author creates a tightly formatted, packaged product that can be sold, just like a CD-ROM or a paperback.

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 7, 2011

So what do you do if your client wants it now? You could say no, insisting that it simply isn’t possible to cut any more corners.

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Clive on Learning

JANUARY 25, 2011

Simple isn’t it?

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Clive on Learning

MAY 1, 2008

As part of my session I asked the group to rate their proficiency in each of these skills: Using a digital camera Editing photos Using a camcorder Editing movies Writing textual content Laying out textual content Creating graphics Building presentations Recording audio Editing audio The rating scale was as follows: Five stars - professional Four stars (..)

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Clive on Learning

JULY 19, 2012

To develop this stuff you typically need a variety of specialities, including project management, learning design, graphics and, on occasions, audio-visual specialists and software engineers. By 'high end' I mean very professional-looking, multimedia-rich or interactively-complex materials.

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Clive on Learning

AUGUST 26, 2008

My original intention was to record the interviews online through Skype, using the Pamela add-on, but tests showed that the audio and video quality wasn't going to stand up. And even if you see them speak at a conference, it's unlikely they'll reveal much about themselves beyond what they feel about the topic of their talk. So that's why.

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 5, 2007

Nugent (1992) found increased achievement for combinations of audio and images, but not for audio and text. Paivio's dual-encoding theory (1971) supports the theory of multiple-channel communication, but not where there is redundancy between two linguistic forms (audio narration and text). It's almost impossible.

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Clive on Learning

JULY 31, 2009

He also put me right about the fact that you can synchronise audio using SlideShare and points to this example. PowerPoint + video > synchronised delivery. Alan Levine pointed me to Zentation , a free tool that displays a video of the presenter alongside the slides. The Presentation. Any more ideas?

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Who'd be stuck in the middle - the teacher or trainer who teaches mainstream topics but not at the top of the market. The tail is wagging the body of the dog but not yet its head.

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Clive on Learning

JUNE 23, 2010

It’s helpful for l&d people to explore the technical side (perhaps using a rapid authoring tool) or the creative side (simple image, audio and video editing), but never to venture into the extreme corners where lurk software engineers, graphic designers and other media professionals.

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Clive on Learning

MARCH 31, 2008

Embedded video or audio clips must be captioned. Hearing Make sure all audio or video is captioned before you embed it into PowerPoint. Mac user: There is no way to create alt text for an image in MS Office for Mac. This must be done in Office for Windows, or you must convert it to HTML and add the alt text manually.

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Clive on Learning

MARCH 3, 2009

There'll be plenty of rapid content and in a wide variety of forms, including audio, video and slide shows. A fair proportion of this formal learning will still be delivered in classrooms, but supported by self-paced content, work-based assignments and coaching. No-one will still be using e-learning to deliver lessons that go on for hours.

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 6, 2009

Instead you arrange your images, text, audio, video and PDF files on one great canvas that you navigate throughout your presentation. Prezi is the most exciting new presentation aid I've seen in ages and today sees its formal launch. Prezi is a Flash-based tool that does away with the traditional slide show metaphor.

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 30, 2009

You may be able to accomplish this using text alone, but many ideas will be more easily understood with the help of images, audio or video. Use activities that help the learner to relate the new material to what they already know. Present your idea clearly and simply. Eliminate all unnecessary detail.

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

What is much more feasible and much more useful is to concentrate on far simpler forms of content: taking an existing slide show and converting it into a self-contained resource using screen capture software to make a software demo using a simple audio editor to record and edit a podcast creating interactive learning resources (Articulate Engage is (..)

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Clive on Learning

AUGUST 25, 2009

You can record your own audio notes from your phone. You can copy and paste from PDFs or web pages, or import them wholesale. It will even find and read the text within any images you import. Perhaps one of the most remarkable differences that Evernote has made is in the quantity of hard copy notes that I keep.

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Clive on Learning

MAY 12, 2007

The vehicle looks like the right one too - a built-in, live, virtual classroom with all the facilities you're likely to need (whiteboard, PowerPoint slides, PDFs, audio, video). This looks like a promising idea - a site that puts learners who want private tuition in touch with teachers who want to make some money providing it.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 22, 2008

The content may be textual, video, audio or PowerPoint. " Essentially, Neulio provides a low-cost hosted platform for sharing content in a structured manner, whether that's for training, customer information or performance support. You can also create 'gates' between chapters using quizzes and the suchlike.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 18, 2006

Audacity , the free audio editor. Cubase 4 upgrade, for digital audio production. DimDim , open source web conferencing. Google Docs and Spreadsheets (formerly Writely), for word processing and the suchlike. Vyew , free web conferencing and collaboration. Wink , the free software capture/demo tool.

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Clive on Learning

MAY 21, 2008

Marc's take is that web conferencing right now is primarily an audio-led medium - sure you can add slides and interactions, but the dominant channel is auditory. I'm going to pick one particular favourite of mine and that's Marc Gamble's piece on Using Radio Production Techniques to Improve Synchronous Communication.

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Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

It allows you to build e-learning applications using a wide range of built-in templates, including all the usual question types, plus audio, video and a selection of games. Unison is created in Adobe Flex, with an attractive Flash interface. Users can build their own templates using Flash and XML and share them with the authoring community.

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Clive on Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Sharing slides that are accompanied by an audio narration that replaces the contribution of a presenter. So, have I missed something?

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Clive on Learning

AUGUST 5, 2008

Richard argued that, in designing self-study e-learning, the amount of effort you should put into elaborate forms of interactivity (scenarios, sims, games) or rich media content (audio, video, 3D, animation) should depend on two factors: "The greater the behaviour change that is required (ie, that the learner needs to put the learning into actual (..)

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Clive on Learning

JANUARY 20, 2009

These are heavy duty tools and not easy to learn - I would imagine most purchasers will use only 2 or 3 of these tools on a regular basis and dip into the others very infrequently - probably not often enough to justify the learning curve.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Creative people : Graphic designers, audio and video producers, writers, artists, musicians - you don't need to consult them all, but chances are at least one of these will be central to your project. They may even have some strategies for overcoming these obstacles.

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Clive on Learning

MARCH 16, 2007

It amuses me that I have done so well with my upgrade (I'm left with only Adobe Acrobat Writer, Captivate and Articulate yet to be installed with full Vista compatibility) while my friend, with whom I collaborate on music projects, has been waiting over a year for new versions of audio software that will work on his Intel Mac.

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Clive on Learning

JUNE 9, 2009

All in all it was competently produced and lively in its presentation. At this point you're expecting a 'but' and I don't intend to disappoint. question, you scored nothing.

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Clive on Learning

MAY 11, 2009

Some media options (video, animation, audio?) Methods and media (tactics) In this first phase, Patrick believed that engagement was essentially a product of the tactics employed by the designer, in particular the media and the methods that they chose to use. may be more engaging, some less (text?).

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 28, 2008

Over the past couple of years I have had cause to buy and sell some fairly high-ticket audio-visual items. If you wanted to provide someone with an impression of the Wild West, you could show them an old John Wayne film, you could create a virtual frontier town in Second Life, or you could just introduce them to eBay.

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Clive on Learning

SEPTEMBER 17, 2006

They should invest in a digital audio recorder because they won't be able to keep up with a pen and paper when the storytelling begins. They're not - they're probably your best chance of creating an interesting and a memorable programme.

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Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 5, 2007

appropriate rather than gratuitous) use of all the media at our disposal - photographs, diagrams, animation, audio and video. We keep the formal content to an absolute minimum (particularly the text). We make effective (i.e. If we can, we employ humour. We include plenty of opportunities for meaningful and challenging interaction.

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 9, 2005

These alerts can contain simple text and graphics, video and audio messages, and links to websites, PDFs and other documents. It's easy to produce audio files in MP3 format on your own PC. Just imagine how they could help to keep your training messages alive and kicking day in and day out. And the fun doesn't stop there.

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Clive on Learning

JANUARY 24, 2008

Audio recording (!!!!): #1 Captivate (44%). Just look at these results, showing the market share of tools in various categories: Rapid development tools: #1 Captivate (65% of Guild members); #4 Presenter (26%) Courseware authoring, i.e. more serious tools: #1 Captivate (60%); #2 Flash (47%); #3 Dreamweaver (43%); #5 Authorware (16%).

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