Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

A couple of months back, the Adobe Captivate blog demonstrated a twitter widget that can be integrated within a Captivate Flash output to send a tweet (as questions/suggestions/comments etc.) Recently Google has added support for authentication from Flash , so writing the data would also be possible in the near future.

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Upside Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Not that they’re trivial to write, as experience has let us know. first appeared on The Upside Learning Blog. Of course, you can test the individual decisions alone, or at least first. This is a time when mini-scenarios make sense. They’re easier to develop and deploy than branching scenarios.

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Simulations Performance Support Mentoring eBook 148

Upside Learning

MAY 17, 2012

In an earlier blog post, I wrote about how eLearning proofreading can sometimes get tricky. Writing eLearning content is a lot like squeezing the last remaining drops of toothpaste out, and proofreading the same content is like pushing the paste inside the tube again. I dare you to find them. Get Into the Proofreader’s Shoes.

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Content Tips Write Blog eLearning 255

Upside Learning

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In writing for films, text, or games, it’s generally recommended to put more detail into the character than appears in the experience. Consider having someone review your work or have someone who’s skilled at dialog handle that part of the writing. For each scenario, who are the players? What are their distinguishing characteristics?

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Design Performance Support Analysis Learning 148

Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

As Patti Shank defines scenarios in her book Write Better Multiple-Choice Questions to Assess Learning, they’re “a realistic situation that prompts participation to make decisions using provided details”. The post The What and Why of Scenario-Based Learning first appeared on The Upside Learning Blog.

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Simulations Mentoring Performance Support eBook 148

Upside Learning

JANUARY 8, 2013

We have compiled the 50 best eLearning posts of 2012 from our blog. Finally, a big ‘thank you’ to everyone who follows and subscribes to our blog. Your comments and feedback inspire us to write. Keep in tune with the latest in eLearning by following us on Twitter or subscribing to our blog through RSS.

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Best eLearning Blended Learning Augmented Reality LMS 277

Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

I’ve spent an inordinately long time writing a whitepaper on mobile learning trying to expound our thoughts about it and how it might be used in the workplace. One of the travails of my paper writing (still continues) was that good web resources were quite hard to find, so be spared the ordeal, this is a good place to start.

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Mobile Learning Mobile Resources Augmented Reality 279

Upside Learning

JANUARY 8, 2024

I was asked to write a book in 2018 addressing the persistent training myths hindering our industry. The post 2024 Trends We’d Like to See first appeared on The Upside Learning Blog. Of course, they’re not directly applicable, so we’ll need some inference. Still, better to begin with the evidence than from folk superstitions.

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Trends Cognitive Virtual World Second Life 148

Upside Learning

JANUARY 8, 2024

I was asked to write a book in 2018 addressing the persistent training myths hindering our industry. The post 2024 Learning and Development Trends We’d Like to See first appeared on The Upside Learning Blog. Of course, they’re not directly applicable, so we’ll need some inference. There are way too many of the latter, by the way.

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Trends Cognitive Develop Virtual World 130

Upside Learning

JUNE 13, 2023

Despite how powerful it is (for instance, to have enabled me to write this and to arrange for you to get it, separated by time and, likely, space), any implementation of smarts will have tradeoffs. first appeared on The Upside Learning Blog. There are gaps in our cognitive architecture.

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microlearning Cognitive Solution Performance Support 130

Upside Learning

JUNE 24, 2009

When writing the whitepaper about Casual games , I did a fair bit of research and looked at several hundred web links. I’d been mulling posting these to the blog. Serious Games Blog. Using computer games in education- ThirdForce Blog, January 30, 2009. The Learning Circuits Blog, October 13, 2007.

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Games Resources Simulations PDF 280

Upside Learning

JUNE 24, 2009

When writing the whitepaper about Casual games , I did a fair bit of research and looked at several hundred web links. I’d been mulling posting these to the blog. Serious Games Blog. Using computer games in education- ThirdForce Blog, January 30, 2009. The Learning Circuits Blog, October 13, 2007.

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Games Resources Simulations PDF 280

Upside Learning

APRIL 17, 2013

By allowing your staff to share their own blogs and media (photos/videos), you are allowing each one of them to ignite a thought. We had written about the unharnessed potential of LMS Wikis sometime back on our blog. Sharing & Rating. This could work well for areas where information is constantly evolving.

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Knowledge Wiki LMS Blended Learning 229

Upside Learning

APRIL 18, 2011

I came across a blog-post by Clark Aldrich titled – Using Serious Games and Simulations: A Quick and Dirty Guide. In November 2010 Michael Gibson presented a paper on the writing process at the International Conference on Interactive Story-telling in Edinburgh. Where simulations fit in an organizations’ flow of skills.

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Simulations Games Write Blog Web 211

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

It’s an HTML5 video player that will allow you to easily embed videos in any page, blog or site using the latest modern web standards. WordPress for Android and Blackberry is an Open Source app that empowers you to write new posts, edit content, and manage comments with built-in notifications. SublimeVideo [HTML5 Video Player].

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Flash to HTML5 Conversion Open Source Player Server 174

Upside Learning

MAY 4, 2010

Earlier this morning, I was trawling through my feeds and came across this interesting post on Cathy Moore’s blog. Sure plotting and writing the script takes a lot of time, but as Cathy mentions, there’s a fair bit of graphic design, flash programming, QA as well.

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Examples Toolkit Instructional Design Write Blog 207

Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

This article from Grow Blog highlights some of the facts and figures in a new study of the Fortune 500’s adoption of blogging and Twitter as observed by The Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts. Read it here. New Research Puts Fortune 500 Social Media Usage On Display. Read it here. Storytelling 2.0:

Social Networks 182

Social Networks Media Augmented Reality Technology 182

Upside Learning

JULY 5, 2012

Also contrast with a list of myths we posted on this blog a couple of years ago. With newer phones the screen size is getting bigger, and the ’small screen’ myth is being demolished as I write this. These myths are holding back widespread adoption of mobile learning in the workplace. It’s just elearning on the phone.

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Mobile Learning Mobile Compliance Training Blended Learning 279

Upside Learning

MARCH 26, 2009

I’ve just finished writing a basic paper on adopting DGBL (digital game-based learning). If you liked this paper, please recommend it on your blog, twitter feed, and social bookmarking service. It’s evident that they do need to, an audience familiar with game-based metaphors and interfaces are starting to enter the workplace in force.

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Adoption Adopt Games Digital 203

Upside Learning

MARCH 5, 2010

How to keep High Performers – Marshall Goldsmith in the Harvard Business Review Blog writes about steps that organizations can take to help them retain high-impact performers. He pointedly adds as the first point ‘show respect’ to your employees, it all starts there.

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eLearning Performance Support Write Blog Streaming 174

Upside Learning

MARCH 8, 2011

Here are handouts, lesson plans, worksheets, websites, blogs, wikis, forums and nings in digital storytelling that you need for teaching & learning. Read And Write Fun Collaborative Stories With Foldingstory. Different people write different sentences only knowing what the person before them wrote.

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Learning Technologies Media iPad Technology 238

Upside Learning

DECEMBER 28, 2009

He writes: “.I Just-in-time search support by letting employees search in company’s knowledge databases (wikis, blogs, forums) using their mobiles. Earlier this week Clark Quinn talked of Microcourses wondering if microcourses have any use. Providing application opportunities (through pop quizzes or learning games on mobile); ?

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Blended Learning Virtual Classroom Wiki Examples 174

Upside Learning

MARCH 26, 2013

A: Reading this blog post – The Four Stages of Mobile Maturity – might help you to find how most organizations move on an evolutionary path as they mature in their adoption of mobile learning. Featured Blog Posts. At what maturity level should a company look towards mobile Learning? Get in Touch.

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iPad Custom eLearning Development Flash to HTML5 Conversion Authoring Tools 270

Upside Learning

MAY 28, 2009

There’s more talk about Digital natives going around; Jeremiah Owyang blogged from the Corporate Social Networking Conference in Amsterdam. Jeremiah writes “Learning through browsing: Yes wrestles with amount & quality of information, generational ‘multitaskers’. They may not be able to identify qualified and expert sources.

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Digital Social Networks Multitasking Instructional Design 192

Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

This article on the Brandon Hall blog mentions new statistics on this new technology. This article on Read Write Web debates if HTML5 is good enough as it stands today or are native apps still much better. Learning Management System Acquisition Statistics. Read it here. What Makes Good Teaching? Read it here. Read it here.

Social Networks 199

Social Networks Google Docs Technology Learning Technologies 199

Upside Learning

JANUARY 30, 2013

It’s not easy writing about tech stuff, is it? – pointers on some of the tools out there, that you can use to help you take that ‘leap of faith’ into mLearning. Sencha Animator is a desktop app to create CSS3 animations for WebKit browsers and touch screen mobile devices.

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iPad Flash to HTML5 Conversion eLearning Tools Authoring 279

Upside Learning

MARCH 25, 2010

When I write about interaction, most people reading it view it in the context of software or some form of digital technology. Related posts: Our Blog Turns One Today Two More Apex Awards for Upside Learning How Can Adobe BrowserLab Help in eLearning Development? Interaction” isn’t only about technology or software.

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Interactive Digital Design Mash-up 213

Upside Learning

JANUARY 14, 2010

And when it matures, which is starting as I write this, it’ll become a substantial part of the training blend. Or would they use the mobile device to post to blogs or comment in forums? We need to determine from amongst these many options, which is most suitable for learners to use such that learning or performance is enhanced.

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Mobile Learning Mobile Blended Learning Methods 246

Upside Learning

JANUARY 19, 2023

The book has a lot packed in its 133 pages, and writing and building on these concepts is my way of thinking through these ideas. The post Make It Meaningful by Clark Quinn – Idea Extractions – Part One first appeared on The Upside Learning Blog. Watch this space for more on this.

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Ideas Cognitive Predictions Player 130

Upside Learning

JULY 2, 2012

Tom Spiglanin blogs about his mLearnCon experience here. I will be writing another post about the API and what Upside might be doing with it shortly, but before that we need to dig in and experiment with the API a bit. her blog – [link] ) She spoke about game mechanics to target behavioral change. Gamification.

Social Networks 184

Social Networks ADL Social Network Behavior 184

Upside Learning

AUGUST 5, 2010

Talks about Google App Inventor – a visual development tool that will allow anyone to create an Android app without writing even a single line of code, and debates if it can help in the development of mLearning apps. Comparative discussion on change in needs of Training Companies (& SMBs) vis-à-vis a year ago.

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