10 ways you can occupy eLearning and change the world. Post from: The eLearning Coach 10 Ways to Occupy eLearning. eLearning Design Instructional Design MORE >>

by Jonathan Shoaf. Microsoft PowerPoint is a very powerful tool for creating presentations. At most organizations it also has a large user base. This means that a lot of content is developed in PowerPoint. There are times when you may want to reuse content created in PowerPoint in e-learning. Adobe Captivate does a great job of integrating with PowerPoint and converting slides to an e-learning format. Captivate can bring in backgrounds, text, images, and even animations and timings. Getting started is easy. Just open Captivate and choose to create a new project from Microsoft PowerPoint. MORE >>

You're reading fresh content from Dan Pontefract at Brave New Org: In 2003, when Nicholas Carr penned the piece “ IT Doesn’t Matte r “, an overlooked definition of what he referred to as ‘infrastructural technologies ‘ may now be, in 2012, unintentionally defining the relationship between IT and the organization. “The characteristics and economics of infrastructural technologies, whether railroads or telegraph lines or power generators, make it inevitable that they will be broadly shared – that they will become part of the general business infrastructure. MORE >>

Synthesis: Creating thought-provoking scenarios stretch the learner’s imagination and help them journey through varied emotions until they reach their learning peaks. __ When and how are learning peaks achieved? When ideas become actual experiences for learners then it triggers a recall of a previous experience. This, in turn, creates a connection to a new experience. Learning also peaks when it spurs the learner to action beyond the process of thinking. Imagine what usually happens when wood drops to the floor after it has been sawed off. It is as Jim Whittaker, the first American to climb Mt. MORE >>

Achieving a good green screen effect used to be difficult and expensive. But no longer. In this post, I'll show you how to make your first green screen video on the cheap. We'll take a look at the various elements you need to consider: backdrop, software, camera, lighting.and how you can probably pull off your first green screen production for $30 or less. Before we get started on the how.let's talk about the why. Why would you ever want to use a green screen effect in your video? To what end? What is green screen and why would I use it? Instant upgrade! What gear do I really need? MORE >>