Clive on Learning

MARCH 25, 2008

I complained how difficult it was with current rapid development tools to write more conversational inductive questions in which you as author are able to comment on each selection that the user makes. In my post last week, Whatever happened to inductive learning?,

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Clive on Learning

MAY 12, 2008

I don't know where this appeared from or why but it seems that Microsoft has a rapid e-learning development tool. My best guess is that this is a tool used by Microsoft itself or by one of its contracted developers, and someone suggested making it more widely available. although I couldn't get my test material to play in Moodle).

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 19, 2007

First of all this person did not like Word-based scripts or storyboards - he wanted each programme to start life as a PowerPoint that approximated the finished product. Fair enough. We had no time to discuss this 'interesting' development, so I decided to get back to him with some suggestions when I'd investigated further. may need replacing.

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Clive on Learning

JUNE 4, 2008

The form may be a simple interactive tutorial, a short video, a podcast, a screen capture movie, a PowerPoint or a PDF. tools for informal learning. Rapid development The lower tier would be 'good enough' digital content, designed to communicate simple information or provide basic knowledge without fuss.

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Clive on Learning

JUNE 11, 2008

he writes: I continue to believe in the linear, author-driven narrative for educational purposes. Instead, let's praise old narrative forms like books and sitting around a flickering campfire — or its modern day counterpart, the PowerPoint projector — which have been around for 500 and 32,000 years, respectively.

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 4, 2006

A plea to IT user trainers in five thrilling instalments Looks like another case of death by PowerPoint Welcome to the fifth and final part of this mini-series on the new IT training. In case you're undecided, here are some facts to consider: Thirty million PowerPoint presentations are made every day. I left you to ponder this option.

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 31, 2008

So, here goes, a selection of postings I've made this year, which might throw some insight into how we all learn: January Communicate with gamers using the tools and methods with which they are most comfortable, i.e. gadgets, games and gizmos. March Inductive e-learning works best but is not well supported by rapid authoring tools.

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Clive on Learning

MAY 29, 2009

In an anonymous reply to my posting yesterday on the pirating of PC software, an elearning developer asked "How do real people actually afford/justify purchasing something like the Adobe eLearning Suite?" Quite clearly, Captivate is now the centrepiece of Adobe's e-learning authoring efforts.

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