Today I presented to the attendees at the 2nd Annual eACH Conference. I'll spoke on 2 topics. The first was a demonstration of some tips and tricks that can be used when creating courses using Articulate and the second is a 20 minute summary/highlights of the 2011 Horizon Report (published by New Media Consortium). Since each of my presentation only have a limited amount of time, I'm going to list resources here that attendees will be welcome to use and explore further on their own. Cooking with Articulate/Making Cookies". Thankfully someone bookmarks new ones daily for us. Articulate. MORE >>

When one person talks about assessments, they might mean something different to someone else. The best definition I’ve seen of assessment is from my colleague Eric Shepherd: “any systematic method of obtaining evidence by posing questions to draw inferences about the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and other characteristics of people for a specific purpose.”. Eric and I with another colleague have just published a white paper called Learning and Assessment on SharePoint. The white paper is available for free download (with registration) from the Questionmark website. MORE >>

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin. Trainers bring a full tool box to reinforce content: small group work, role plays and a myriad of experiential learning techniques. It’s really hard to monitor a role play across the range of formats for delivering training today. In any format the best trainers connect the audience to the topic by sharing great stories. This telling does not involve works of fiction, spun fairy tales or clever dialogue. Your Own Reality. Each effectively feeds the other. Great stories are not hard to find. MORE >>

Damian Farrell chats with Craig about how he has enhanced some of his face-to-face training by using some simple, intuitive *FREE* tools. Download podcast in mp3 format: Take Two. Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. Shownotes. Blog Post: QR Codes? Sounds like something out of a Bond film! Google Breadcrumbs. Toonlet. Blog Post: So there I was, wandering around YouTube, minding my own business… e-Learning stuff blog – mobile tags. Music  Source. Share/Bookmark MORE >>

So, you went to college and got you some knowledge. If you majored in English (as I did), you are probably sick of people assuming that you 1) won’t be able to get a job, or 2) are going to teach. m here to tell you that there are lots of things you can do. Instructional design may be one of them. Why you should consider instructional design: It’s a booming industry.*. You can make cool stuff. Really? In this economy, with an English degree, you need a third reason? Why instructional design should consider you: You can research. You can write, both instructionally and creatively. MORE >>