The power of this process is realized after many iterations when you have created a personally contextualized knowledge base. created the following table to integrate my PKM process with Dave’s critical thinking process. Create online (reusable) mind maps,  graphics and text files of your thoughts In Sense-making with PKM I described some personal knowledge management processes using various web tools. The overall process consists of four internal actions (Sort, Categorize, Retrieve, Make Explicit) and three externally focused ones (Connect, Contribute, Exchange).

In this post I am going to help you create your first Captivate Widget in just a few steps. And by the end of this post you will be able to actually see your widget in Action inside Captivate. Today I’ll demonstrate how you can create a simple ‘Print Slide’ widget. Greetings, widget enthusiasts!! So, shall we get started?

Therefore online characters that speak and interact with learners can create a more meaningful experience, increasing trust, satisfaction, memory and learning, and a willingness to return for more learning. The study goes on to say that online characters can create a positive feeling towards the organization that sponsors the interaction, make people feel special, rather than one of a multitude of learners, and make the web less lonely. Characters have personalities that represent brands, create predictability and help to build relationships. This post summarizes a Stanford University study that was published in 2002.

One possible solution is to shoot your own photos, which I covered in a previous blog post on creating your own stock images . In today’s post, I’m going to show you some easy ways to create and use these characters in your elearning courses. Create Your Own from Clip Art Budgets are tight and stock photos cost money. Because of this you end up using the same stock photos over and over again.

When you’re done creating the template, lock all of the layers that don’t need to be edited. Go ahead and create a separate layer and call it “actions”. Create Folders in the Library The Create folder in the library to help separate the assets. We’ve been building a lot of eLearning Flash templates lately and I started to think what I’ve learned that I might be able to share. Lots of people like to use templates to start a project.

I’ve previously written about Winksite, a service that allows users to create free mobile websites using a CMS-like interface (simply switching on or off various tools and editing options). 8243; interface) uses a Web 2.0/AJAX interface to create mobile websites and integrate Web 2.0 It’s a terrific tool to help teachers or students create and present information Now there’s a new free mobile web site hosting and authoring service called Wirenode , which (instead of a CMS-like, “Web 1.0″ services including Twitter, LinkedIn, RSS, image galleries,

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There are many things to think about when creating eLearning. Always create an outline of the course Content creating will go more quickly. (it’s it’s faster than creating content and then starting over) There’s no way that I can mention all of them in this post but I’d like to mention a few that come to the top of my mind. Course Outline / Storyboarding

In today’s post we’ll explore a simple way to create objectives for your course. Create a main objective Start by creating your main objective and then use that to drill down to the additional content you need to meet it. You can either require it prior to starting the course or you need to create the additional content All courses begin with an overarching goal. Assuming that the goal is clear, you build learning objectives to meet the goal.

This real-life session focuses on the design , development , implementation , and effectiveness results of creating a true blended learning environment. (Again, Again, all very focused on creating and delivery from an instructor point of view. Rather than creating a training department or curriculum, we should be thinking about all the ways learning can happen within an organization and apply the correct ointment (WARNING - this is an unusually long post for me. And, as Mark Oehlert pointed out recently, I echo Mark Twain ’s quote, “I didn’t have