Below is a list of course authoring tools – think “rapid e-learning authoring software&#.   Rapid E-Learning Course Software. The best sound editor and yes, you can record your voice or input into the solution.You can use it to do V/O’s tutorials, use it with e-learning courses – audio editing and recording.  Tags: Open Source Uncategorized WBT authoring tools e-learning elearning rapid e-learning content authoring tools assessment tools course software All software below is free. MOS Solo - Content authoring tool. LAMS -  Very, very nice solution. MORE >>

Of late, many of our clients have asked us to develop courses for deployment over PCs but which can also be viewed over the iPad. While the demand for HTML5 courses is yet to catch up, the demand is growing stronger nevertheless. Claro comes complete with layout themes to get you started quickly, and a robust set of in-tool authoring features to help you create mobile learning courses. Mobile Learning ipad mLearning Publish Courses For iPads Rapid Authoring Rapid Authoring ToolsThis hardly comes as a surprise given that the iPad dominates the worldwide tablet market. MORE >>

It wasn’t until later, after further rumination, that I realized the better answer to the director’s question is, “Throw out the course catalog!” . Like HRD departments in many large organizations, each year they offer a long list of courses and programs that have all of the current buzz words in their titles. have no doubt that her department delivers excellent, world-class courses and programs. And I’m sure employees enjoy the courses and even say that the knowledge and skills will be very useful to them in their work. Can we throw out the course catalog? MORE >>

Shouldn't our learning courses also engage our learners, connect with them, and motivate them to learn? The easy way out of this controversy has been "add audio" on all screens so that a course has audio consistently. Tags: effective course effective learning storyboarding (Warning and Disclaimer: Those who have not watched the movie 3 Idiots may find it difficult to relate to the 3 I references. No attempts to lay claims on the box office proceeds from the movie. ;). enjoyed watching 3 Idiots so did 200 odd people sitting in the theater. 1) Creating a Persona. MORE >>

Facilitators using Moodle start with an empty course container and use a handy collection of tools/apps/modules to build a collection or series of focussed collaborative activities for a group of people. Tags: Designing Online Courses Moodle Elgg Via Jane Hart. George Siemens is discussing whether the future of learning is in Learning Management Systems (LMS) or Social Networking Systems. In his post, George describes Moodle as being one of many "content-centric" systems. Martin Dougiamas (founder of Moodle) then comments: Moodle itself is actually activity-centric. Related posts. MORE >>