Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JANUARY 17, 2013

His idea was to allow the course designer to input a dialog, and then for the software to render it in speech bubbles in a sequence. Another user on the community wrote about the need for cliparts, backgrounds and such media elements people need in course design.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JANUARY 31, 2012

Designing e-Learning is like shooting a moving target while standing on a moving platform. Does this mean that all e-learning designed using Flash needs to be re-written? The designers at Raptivity talked to several power users to understand what keeps them up at night. Take, for instance, mobility. Here is what the users said.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

AUGUST 25, 2011

JP: Course designers must understand the differences in the various mobile devices, operating systems and browsers. So, is there a ‘right way’ to design interactive content for mobile devices? Give us examples of interactivity on mobile devices. JP: Real time polling, games, interactive diagrams. there are several more. 264 formats.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

What is important for course designers to understand is that the state-of-the-art in interactivity is further along. This leads some users to believe they are getting course authoring and interactivity building in one package! Of course, we do welcome the efforts by authoring tool vendors to help their users build engaging courses.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JULY 30, 2011

Here is the quick learning interaction look-up table I promised in an earlier post for instructional designers to locate some of the best examples of the various types of ready-made interactive elements.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JULY 31, 2009

Take e-learning design, for example. Often we design courses that spoon-feed learners. Are you a helicopter instructional designer? Yes/No) Assessments I design have multi-level hints: I do not give it all away at once. instructional design social informal learning. Take this simple quiz. (Yes/No)

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

DECEMBER 31, 2012

In specific, the paper suggests instructional designers and trainers consider the following techniques. A new complimentary whitepaper titled 5 Creative Ideas of using Raptivity in Online Training outlines five innovative ways to make online learning interesting and engaging with the help of learning interactions.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JULY 23, 2013

The design of the classroom and seating arrangements should encourage interaction - it has a big impact on the learning outcomes. When the learner understands that enjoyment of learning is directly proportional to the preparation beforehand, no additional motivation is needed to flip the classroom.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

MARCH 26, 2013

A well-designed job aid helps in improving efficiency, cuts down time to get the work done, and reduces frustration. Since time immemorial, job aids have been in use by workers and artisans of all kinds. We recently spotted one opportunity for a new kind of job aid for Raptivity users.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

MARCH 15, 2011

Even users with no page design experience can create visually appealing courses with Elicitus. The newly announced version 8.0 of Elicitus, a leading desktop authoring tool for trainers, educators, subject matter experts and other e-learning creators worldwide, makes this happen. Creating great courses with Elicitus requires no programming.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

APRIL 22, 2010

Here is a useful interactive resource for course designers to review key ideas in Bloom's Taxonomy. Just hover your mouse pointer on any accordion panel to start viewing key verbs related to a level in the taxonomy. Click on icon at the bottom of each panel to explore the level further.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

MAY 30, 2011

The goal was to outline the various aspects trainers and educators need to consider while designing their training material for next generation learners. Here, I also had the opportunity to deliver a session on the next generation content authoring. Content authoring has moved way beyond creation of simple textual pages and assessments.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

It is easy for learner to get distracted, and e-learning designers endeavor to prevent this. Also, the instructor is absent from the scene at the time of learning, so the instructional designer carries a greater weight on his/her shoulders at the time of designing. Here, the key is engagement.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

AUGUST 27, 2012

Some instructional designers believe that throwing in some multiple choice questions make learning sufficiently interactive. There is no assessment unless the learner interacts with the e-learning course in some way. What then does 'infusing assessments with advanced interactivity' mean? We would like to question that.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

APRIL 15, 2011

Why, then, do several course designers avoid using avatars? Avatar by Melissa Clark Clearly, the benefits of using avatars in e-learning seem to be overwhelming. One should expect to find them everywhere. Here are the top 4 reasons, according to Janhavi Padture, Director - Learning Solutions at Harbinger Knowledge Products.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

It is not easy to design HTML5 interactions from the ground up and make them behave exactly like their Flash counterparts. While it was a very useful collection of interactions, it mainly featured a bunch of memory aids such as flash cards.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2011

He interacts with instructional designers and training managers in several countries regularly. Vinod Ganjoo is an e-learning enthusiast who works as Senior Manager - e-learning Business Development at Harbinger. Vinod has traveled throughout the Middle-east, Africa and South Asia on business. VG: The stage is set for m-Learning in Africa.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2011

In designing interactions, you often need collections of similar elements. One recently implemented feature of Raptivity 6.6 has got me thinking. It is the Enhanced Element Collection Management functionality. I know that sounds a mouthful - but the idea is really basic.

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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

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

The product has made eLearning interactivity quick and easy for thousands of instructional designers, subject matter experts, course creators, trainers and educators in corporations, government and education.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

MARCH 9, 2012

We designed custom scroll bars. We had coded these relatively effortlessly in Flash. To make them work as smoothly in the HTML5 version wasn't easy. Standard scroll bars don't work on iPad and iPhone. Also, until recently drag-and-drop functionality was hard to implement. We are now betting on new libraries that will make this easy.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Moodle captures most of the data, but getting it out in meaningful reports needs some statistical analysis and design effort. Business Reports How do you assess the effectiveness of a course delivered? What questions are learners failing consistently? How about showing a recap of 'your recent learning activity'?

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JANUARY 25, 2012

This webinar, conducted on Novermber 11, 2011 in three different time zones, was attended by hundreds of instructional designers and e-learning producers worldwide. I recentntly spoke at a webinar on “ Interactive Courses on a Shoestring Budget ”. One topic discussed during the webinar was the top five e-learning budget breakers.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JANUARY 1, 2010

Every learning professional - whether a teacher, trainer, course developer, subject matter expert or instructional designer - must think about building interactive experiences for learners. Interactivity is no more the exclusive province of bespoke suppliers. Clearly, technology is advancing rapidly to help make this happen.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JANUARY 27, 2010

As learning professionals we will need to design learning applications that effectively exploit the new capabilities iPad offers. Sporting a 9.7 inch multi-touch screen, the iPad is supposed to revolutionize the way we surf the internet, watch television and movies, read books and newspapers. Can it revolutionize the way we learn?

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

MAY 30, 2009

For example, Nike air cushion shoes use a technology that was designed for Neil Armstrong's first expedition to the moon. The history of human innovation is full of stories where an idea took root in a niche, and soon broke out into the mainstream. How does this process work?

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JANUARY 10, 2006

Conversely, you may map an instructional goal with several models that are designed for it. The Raptivity-generated learning experiences are instructionally sound, easily embeddable, and professionally designed. It also helps to tag the models with the instructional goal they serve.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

MAY 31, 2007

The symposium for May 17 and 18, 2007 was titled 'New Techniques for Designing and Developing e-Learning Interactions' and would be keynoted by Patty Shank. eLearning Guild’s online symposium is a great way for people to meet at a conference without the need to travel. My topic was 'Rapid Interactivity Building for True Learning Outcomes'.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

It is important to note that every line, curve, and object you see in these images has been drawn through programming effort (which in turn involved thinking, planning, design, geometry, and calculations). It's all their work. A: Absolutely.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JANUARY 22, 2009

The design of the activity is based on its purpose: "We're going to get you thinking with this brainstorming session", or "We will cool off a bit with this trivia game". One needs a concept that helps us put our heads around this problem. One such concept is a Group Activity.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JANUARY 27, 2014

e-Learning course designers have traditionally turned to traditional classroom instruction for insights in instructional design. Now with a couple of decades experience of e-learning, classroom instruction can incorporate some of the best practices in e-learning. The use of learning interactions is one such example.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

Now suppose the tutorial designer wants to provide a link to a Wikipedia article on Android - or to a Youtube video featuring the phone device. How cool will it be if the designer could add a button to the interaction itself, linking to the article or the video? Raptivity Media Toolbox. A button can also pop up a video (.flv/.f4v),

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JUNE 16, 2007

Interactivity and Instructional Design Dont wait till too late in the course development cycle to apply interactivity. In the ADDIE model, you need to think of interactivity as you prepare a variety of intermediate deliverables, including design documents, storyboards and prototypes, not just the final course. It’s a waste of time.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Computer-based games, on the other hand, are designed primarily for self-paced e-learning, and largely leave out the instructor when used in a classroom. One reason for the lack of momentum in classroom game usage could be the dependence of traditional classroom games on the instructor for successful facilitation.

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