Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

APRIL 3, 2012

The upper part of the doughnut has processes such as special artifacts creation, interactivity building, content authoring and integration. Interactivity building makes the course content more easy to adapt and retain in an interactive format through games, puzzles, etc. Every course designer will follow some variation of this process.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JULY 30, 2011

Build guided adaptive scenarios, explorative branching simulations, immersion learning situations and whiteboard simulations Click Raptivity Standard 3 technical training -overview visuals, flow diagrams and software simulations.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Users found it a chore to delete sample content from interaction templates before adding their own. Another area where course developers faced some inconvenience was in putting together media content for use in interactions. They needed the sample the first couple of times, but later on they wanted a way to start with a clean slate.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

APRIL 15, 2011

An avatar doubles as a learning assistant (learning aid) that guides the learning by either answering questions, or guiding the learners, linking to external content and so forth. It should augment content, not be the content. A life-like ‘human’ interface makes the learning experience more ‘real’.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JULY 15, 2011

Flash is a free cross-browser plug-in that allows interactive content to play on most browsers and computers.The sophisticated Flash development environment allows programmers and designers plenty of room for creativity. No wonder then, a lot of e-learning is built using Flash.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Example: An interactive pyramid diagram template where the course designer controls the size and location of the pyramid - in addition to its levels and content. Video Support : With the explosion of video content over the web, users are expecting video support in several interactions. The recently released Raptivity 6.5

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

APRIL 20, 2012

Preview Capability Due to the wide variety of form factors mobile devices come in, preview of learning material is a crucial step before publishing content. Both the creation and consumption of m-learning content on mobile devices is substantially different from traditional e-learning.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JANUARY 31, 2012

I should be able to track learner performance with m-Learning content. Once the entire Raptivity library goes HTML5, content authors who target non-Flash devices will be able to play their content in an interactive way, conduct assessments, provide evaluation results and track scores. Needless to say, the Flash option will stay.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Over several years of working with clients in corporate, educational and government organizations, we have noticed that some business scenarios come up time and again, when it comes to e-learning content development. I have just rolled out in-house e-learning development, and my content authors must get up to speed fast.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Jazz up presentation Flip the Book Present a fun page-turner with embedded video and other media (H5S) Circles Create interactive concentric circles with callouts (H5S) Hub-and-Spokes Illustrate radial relationships with interactivity (H5S) Slide show Build image transitions with a soundtrack (H5T) Encourage exploration Show-and-tell Create a step-by-step (..)

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JANUARY 31, 2011

For delivering e-learning content, there appear to be two ways to go. Two, use the browser to deliver content and reduce development costs. Static content can be delivered through browser, with minor modifications to suit the screen size. Even much of the interactive content can be delivered using HTML5, through the browser.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JULY 1, 2014

Last week, Vikas Joshi shared his thoughts on opportunities inherent in crowdsourced learning content. How are tracking systems keeping pace with the opportunities inherent in crowdsourced learning content? In my opinion, content creation should be at the center stage of crowdsourcing, other challenges would revolve around it.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

For one thing, not every piece of content has to be an original creation. If there were a way of openly sharing small pieces of content for repurposing and reuse, with due acknowledgement to the author, it would help build high quality curricula faster. Virtually everything we build is based on the work of those who came before us.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JUNE 15, 2011

In my last post, we looked at the next generation content authoring. In this post, I include an interactivity that will help you explore the five types of interactive elements for next generation learning.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

OCTOBER 9, 2014

There are software applications which help the students to create content or to interact with content. Good quality education has become easily accessible to thousands of students studying worldwide, thanks to the IOT. Teaching methods and classrooms have become more open through voice, video and text based collaborations.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

MAY 25, 2012

Here's a brief outline of the webinar: The need for interactivity in mLearning Characteristics of mLearning interactions Challenges in mLearning, native vs. web apps Flash vs. HTML5 Why HTML5 Tips for creating interactive content for mobile In case you missed it, you can access the slide deck and the recorded webinar here.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

AUGUST 2, 2010

Reliance on internet bandwidth should be minimal once the content item is downloaded. Mobile learning content should be engaging, light on text and graphically rich. relies on Flash - which means Android, Blackberry and other smart phone devices will play Raptivity content without the need for any proprietary download.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

This is the province of content display and catalog management. DRM Support Worried that someone may copy proprietary content? Here we deal with problems such as grade data privacy, activation and deactivation of users for business reasons, and protecting sensitive business information arising from learning systems from prying eyes.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

MARCH 26, 2009

So is a scenario simulation where you can easily change the content, learner actions and their consequences - building multiple scenarios without coding. When working with pre-built IMs, your focus is on selecting the right IM, customizing it using your content, and finally adding it to your course.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

MAY 15, 2010

Social bookmarks allow learners to collaborate and quickly -as well as frequently- visit important pages, helping memorize their content. Tagging and bookmarking causes a learner to understand online content and attribute it with appropriate labels. Learners have to evaluate the content of a blog post in order to comment on it.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

APRIL 27, 2011

It will be interesting to see the kind of video usage in interactions - given the high speed connections content authors can take for granted. Harbinger Knowledge Products has introduced a Korean version of Raptivity , the e-learning interactivity building software.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

AUGUST 27, 2012

When the nature of the learning content drives your decision, you might choose interactions accordingly. Formative assessments, sprinkled throughout the learning material, aim to perform a knowledge-check. Here, there is huge potential for using a wide variety of exciting interactions.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2011

What according to you is the biggest challenge in developing content for m-Learning? And best of all, there is no need for additional devices such as personal computers. You can reach the fringe student simply using a mobile phone. VG: I can name three challenges: One, interactivity is necessary. Two, Flash won't work on all phones.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2011

In working with collections, here are some common situations the course developer comes across: Add a new element Delete an element in between Duplicate an element along with its contents Drag an element from somewhere and place it somewhere else You can imagine how hard life would be if you could not perform these seemingly simple actions easily.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2007

In this post, I present some thoughts on how to effectively use 3D metaphors and virtual worlds to enrich content presentation with little effort. 3D Objects for Content Navigation This sound different from navigation based on the ubiquitous Next and Previous buttons, right? Sounds exciting? Yes, there is. Use 3D objects.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Apple is known to enjoy an edge in the educational sector because of its Macintosh, and already has a presence in educational content through iTunes U. Compass Intelligence, a market research firm in Scottsdale, Ariz., estimates that technology spending in the U.S. educational market could grow to $61.9 billion in 2013, from $47.6

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2008

The root causes of learner boredom are traced to the lack of interactivity, learner isolation and content obsolescence. Important questions remain unanswered: How to ensure that informal learning happens ‘in the context’ of self-paced online content? Better yet, how to ensure that interactions lead to content enrichment?

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Besides, a lot of e-learning content is already developed and optimized for Flash. Now, the problem with HTML5 is that not all browsers support consistently all its features. The situation is likely to remain unchanged for several months. How do you walk away from that investment? Here is a solution.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

Raptivity started as an innovative solution to the eLearning developers dilemma - how to create interesting and engaging content without spending the time and money for programming interactivity. At the same time, Raptivity's growing customer base and growing sales charts imbue us with a sense of expectancy towards the future.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

MARCH 9, 2012

Course developers who have already made an investment in Raptivity Essential are looking for a solution which quickly migrates their existing content to tablets and smart phones without hassles.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

MARCH 7, 2010

The paper, authored by Dr Patti Shank, reveals interesting facts and new insights in the evolving landscape of content creation applications. eLearning Guild's lastest research paper presents a survey of Rapid e-Learning Tools.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

Template based interactions, on the other hand, are pre-coded, so you need no additional programming to customize them using your own content. Traditional custom interactions meet unique needs by offering full programming freedom. Seema stated five misconceptions about template-based interactions. Are hard to customize 2.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JULY 31, 2009

Tags: interactivity e-learning custom content development Learning 2.0

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JANUARY 10, 2006

For those people who need to build interactive content, there has been a need for something on those lines. For example, a labeling exercise which allows you to change the diagram to be labeled, label locations and contents is an interaction model. With Raptivity, users can rapidly add interactivity to their eLearning content.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JANUARY 14, 2010

You pick a template, fill in the content, customize the look, tweak the behavior and publish the interactive object and include it in your course. The best way to enhance training with interactivity is to re-use interactive templates that are customizable. So you build a learning game in minutes rather than days!

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Learners were expected to consume the content and then respond to the questions raised in the blog post. Blog posts provided a guiding theme and then pointed to a web resource such as a YouTube video, or a podcast or a news story article or a case study.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JANUARY 27, 2014

Course authors typically use ready templates of such interactions, and add content as appropriate. All of us know that slides after slides of ‘training’ content can be boring. content authoring games in training instructor-led training interactive learning interactivity building tool learning interactions presentation'

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