Challenge to Learn

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

In stead you end up with a powerpoint like course that reports based on page progress. Michael Allen, the CEO of Allen interactions came over to me in a bar and told me that he loved our approach of learning objectives. You work from learning objectives and design a course based on that. That’s another sign that we are on track.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Playing with the site reminded me of a few core principles that are often neglected when building interactive e-learning; so here are a few brief thoughts. How to design good interactivity. I always see interactive e-learning as two considerations: touch the screen and apply the content. October 26-27 : Devlearn.

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Learning Dojo

SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

I am currently working on an interactive video template just because I want to see something different in the industry. DevLearn 2017. This is why I always try to speak on web technologies at major learning industry events like this years eLearning Guild’s DevLearn Conference. So why learn Bootstrap? Video Trailer.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 16, 2011

A lot of rapid elearning hinges on PowerPoint. That means your success building courses is influenced by how well you know PowerPoint. To help you learn more about PowerPoint I pulled together a solid list of PowerPoint resources. 5 PowerPoint tips essential for effective rapid elearning. Tips on Using PowerPoint.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 31, 2023

We have this shoplifting prevention document that we often use during our workshops on creating interactive e-learning. Ready for an interactive learning experience? October 25-27 (Las Vegas) : Devlearn. Follow some classic hero archetypes to create a memorable case study. Switch the perspective. They need to make decisions.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

There are 16 free PowerPoint templates and 15 free Storyline templates. Free PowerPoint Templates. Here are a bunch of free PowerPoint templates. Interactive Office Template. Realistic Desktop Interaction Template. Interactive Desktop Template. Interactive Conversation. Timeline Interaction.

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Mike Taylor

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Bianca Baumann and I are putting the finishing touches on our DevLearn pre-conference workshop and I’m getting pretty excited about it. If you are going to DevLearn this year, please hit reply and let me know. add-in for PowerPoint. Tiled is a great option for creating interactive content online.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The three options I recommend are: simple linear course linear plus some simple learning-based interactivity decision-based interactivity. The customers generally choose the second option because it’s a type of course they understand, includes some focus on performance and interactivity, and is a lot quicker to build.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 18, 2015

July 2012 T&D Article: Games, Gamification and the Quest for Interactive Learning. Information on how to add notes right within PowerPoint. Take Notes Right on a PowerPoint Slide from Karl Kapp. If you like the artwork, you can purchase a PowerPoint template which includes all the artwork here. Zombie Run!

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Kapp Notes

MAY 14, 2015

July 2012 T&D Article: Games, Gamification and the Quest for Interactive Learning. Information on how to add notes right within PowerPoint. Take Notes Right on a PowerPoint Slide from Karl Kapp. If you like the artwork, you can purchase a PowerPoint template which includes all the artwork here. Zombie Run!

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 4, 2015

I used the free image to create an interactive course prototype for an upcoming workshop activity. PowerPoint (no zoom). How to Create an Interactive Course Using a Single Image. It’s a simple way to create an exploratory interactive course. Download the Free Templates to Create an Interactive Course.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

During the recent Articulate User event at Devlearn, Sarah Hodge from SlideSugar shared a really cool example that she built in Storyline. She incorporated the 3D models from PowerPoint to create videos that she added to her e-learning course. Learn to work with 3D models in PowerPoint and bring them into your e-learning courses.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

And at the end of the post you’ll find the original PowerPoint file for you to download and deconstruct. I combined shapes in PowerPoint 2010 to cut a hole in the lid and make it transparent. As you can see, building your own illustrations in PowerPoint isn’t that difficult. Do you want to try building it in PowerPoint?

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 2, 2018

I’ve been working on interactive scenarios for a few upcoming workshops and created some background images that we’ll use to build interactive branched scenarios. This way you can have one starter file for those interactive scenarios and then dynamically select the layout when creating new slides. Free Downloads.

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Mike Taylor

JULY 9, 2021

Check out this interactive site that accompanies Brian Washburn’s book ”What’s Your Formula?: Kansas City ATD – August 17 Nashville ATD – Using Technology for Training – September 16 DevLearn October 20-22 New Jersey ATD – Future of Work – November 10. Periodic Table of Learning Experiences.

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Mike Taylor

OCTOBER 8, 2021

I’m starting to get excited for DevLearn which is coming up in a couple of weeks. Where do you go for design inspiration to break out of your PowerPoint rut? Does an interactive table of contents promote learning from videos? DevLearn October 20-22 New Jersey ATD – Future of Work – November 10.

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eLearning Brothers

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Andrew Scivally got a sneak peek of Trivantis’ in progress virtual reality course builder, CenarioVR at DevLearn 2017. Interactive video-based learning. Videos can stand alone or be combined with quick polls and discussions, or include interactive branching scenarios. Organizations are now applying that same concept to training.

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Mike Taylor

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

DevLearn Resources & Handouts. Even when you aren’t able to attend, the Learning Guild always shares resources and handouts from all the DevLearn sessions which are often super helpful in and of themselves. Here are the DevLearn DDX session resources from this year’s conference. A few other things just because I can.

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Mike Taylor

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

It indexes all the documents and interactions happening in a company and shows you trending topics, people most affiliated as experts, and documents most relevant to a topic. webinar] A short webinar with Will Thalheimer on PowerPoint tricks —specifically those aligned with his Presentation Science Workshop. urspace.io

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Mike Taylor

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Nashville ATD – Using Technology for Training – September 16 COATD Annual Conference – September 21 Free Elearning & ID Tools with Tim Slade October 6 DevLearn October 20-22 New Jersey ATD – Future of Work – November 10. You can send them here to sign up.

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Mike Taylor

MARCH 5, 2021

This weekend I’ll be working on some DevLearn proposals that I’m excited about. PowerPoint’s New AutoFix Feature. Formatting PowerPoint slides and making them “perfect” can be time consuming and frustrating. PowerPoint has rolled out a new feature called Autofix to help with that. Happy Friday!

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Many course developers focus on making the content interactive, which is good. But much of the interactivity is novel or exists at a very basic level. What tends to be missing is the more complex decision-making interactivity. Interactive E-Learning 101. instead of pushing content, getting them to pull it. Register here.

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eLearning Weekly

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

I was very lucky to catch Mark Lassoff in between speaking at DevLearn, working on his forthcoming book from Focal Press, and producing his next training video for the company he founded, LearnToProgram.tv. But the baseline still appears to be Powerpoint (or some easier/ more powerful modification to Powerpoint) and that’s sad.

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Mike Taylor

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Twas the weekend before DevLearn and all through the house the speakers are buzzing taking care of all the last-minute tweaks to their slides and other details. (At If you’re there, I’ll be doing a pre-conference workshop along with a concurrent session, morning buzz and serving as a DevLearn ambassador. I hope to see you there.

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Mike Taylor

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Best of DevLearn DemoFest. Since this is Work Out Loud week, I think it is appropriate to share this webinar showcasing some of the award-winning learning projects presented during DemoFest at DevLearn 2019 Conference & Expo including Dan Keckan ( @dankeckan ), Cath Ellis ( @cathellis ), Diane Elkins ( @dpelkins ) and more!

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Mike Taylor

JULY 19, 2019

I´m looking forward to a mostly unscheduled weekend and some time to start working on the L&D Strategies from the Marketing Playbook DevLearn pre-conference workshop that Bianca Baumann and I are doing again this year. Let me know if you´ll be at DevLearn – I´d love to connect in person. Thanks for reading!

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Mike Taylor

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Modern L&D should “facilitate interactions & relationships, allowing organizations to increase the flow of information within and across their organization’s walls to increase learning, adaptability, and … innovations.” Tips to Improve Your PowerPoint Presentation from Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

For the most part these characters can be created in PowerPoint so you don’t need other tools. Here are some posts that should help you do this: Little Known Ways to Create Your Own Graphics Using PowerPoint. PowerPoint 2010+ has a remove background feature that works well in most cases. But you still have some flexibility.

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eLearning Learning Posts

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Alternatives to PowerPoint in the classroom - Dont Waste Your Time , November 11, 2009. DevLearn 2009 - Ruth Clark’s session on Evidence Based Training - Free as in Freedom , November 11, 2009. DevLearn 2009 – Day 1 Recap , November 12, 2009. Stump Stories as Faux Interactivity , November 12, 2009. DevLearn (36).

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Limestone Learning

JULY 28, 2021

PT: Use PowerPoint Live Presentations to Create Unique Audience Experiences Join Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon, to learn about PowerPoint’s new and wonderful presentation option called Live Presentations. This month’s selection is full of creative and business-smart ideas that can support your goals. Check them out!

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Challenge to Learn

MARCH 27, 2012

Stories are a great way to involve your learner in the learning process usually it leads to far more attractive and interactive forms of learning. When you start out with a great story, it is hard to and up with a dull PowerPoint like course! Were mobile was the buzzword at DevLearn, it was replaced by HTML5 at LSCON.

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eLearning Learning Posts

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Alternatives to PowerPoint in the classroom - Dont Waste Your Time , November 11, 2009. Avoid “Death by PowerPoint” with the Pecha Kucha Method - WISE Pedagogy , November 2, 2009. 3 Ways to Define Interactive Rapid E-Learning , November 3, 2009. DevLearn (65). DevLearn 2009 – Day 1 Recap , November 12, 2009.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Interactive Sliders in E-Learning (Recap #52). Day 1: PowerPoint for E-Learning. Day 2: Building Interactive E-Learning with Articulate Storyline. October : Las Vegas (Devlearn). E-Learning Jobs: Training, elearning, and instructional design jobs. Community Blog Posts & Tutorials. Perfect Your Text in Storyline 2.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 28, 2018

That means the course needs to be relevant, aesthetically appealing, and appropriately interactive. October 23 (Las Vegas, NV): Articulate User Conference with Devlearn. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Build courses aligned with organizational goals and performance expectations.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 11, 2015

Even PowerPoint has a blur feature. Here’s an example from a presentation I recently delivered on interactive video. And all of this was done right in PowerPoint so I didn’t need to use an image editor. If you want to learn more, I created a quick PowerPoint tutorial. Going to Devlearn? Updated agenda.

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Mike Taylor

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Last week’s most clicked item: Research Reveals PowerPoint Is Not to Blame. These are a few of the resources from the workshop I led with Bianca Baumann at DevLearn last week. Dynamic Video-style PowerPoint Transitions [Free Download]. . – Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply to last week’s request.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 11, 2011

The cool thing is that all of these are created in PowerPoint; so you can learn to build your own. Recently, community member Efrat Maor shared a bunch of displays and free PowerPoint templates that she created. Download the PowerPoint template here. Hope you enjoy the free graphics and PowerPoint templates.

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