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Agile eLearning development (2): Culture

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I planned to write this second post on agile eLearning development about the backlog and estimations. It is also a very different attitude to planned development. The developers will commit to these user stories and build them in short sprints (periods of one or two weeks) and then they will demo them.

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Agile eLearning development (4): Planning and execution

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Very large developments (epic) stories are divided into smaller stories that fit in one sprint. The development team will give rough estimations on the stories with the highest priorities (the ‘must haves’ and ‘need to haves’). An ideal way to time box development. Grooming and estimates.

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Agile eLearning development (3): Best practices, Demo’s, user stories and backlog

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In the previous post on agile eLearning development I wrote about culture. Agile development offers a range of best practices that are relatively easy to implement. Agile development works in short sprints (one or 2 weeks). Agile development works in short sprints (one or 2 weeks). A demo takes 1 hour.

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Agile tips that will improve your eLearning development

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I love agile development. We use it at Easygenerator to develop our software. You can apply the lessons learned from agile software development to eLearning development as well. This post contains some simple tips that you can apply to eLearning development. Work in short sprints and demo your work!

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5 quick wins for more agile e-learning development

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I write and present on agile e-learning development since 2011. 5 quick wins for more agile e-learning development. You do a demo every week or every two weeks, showing them what you have done so far and you will get feedback on what you have created. At the end of each sprint the development team does the demo.

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Agile eLearning development (5): Chatty Kidz

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One of the people who responded to my posts on agile development is Ken Taggert , He is developing an Ipad app (Chatty Kidz) which combines video conferencing with educational activities for kids. He just launched a kickstarter project to find funding for the further development of the app.

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Day one: My agile eLearning development presentation from #DevLearn

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We launched our new free eLearning software and our booth had so many visitors that I haven’t been able to attend a single session at the conference, no sessions reports from me this time. So for day one I will limit myself to my presentation on agile eLearning development. Agile eLearning development (2): Culture.

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