mLearning Revolution

JULY 20, 2012

'There is so much that happens in a week in this great field of eLearning and mLearning, so today I’m launching a weekly newsletter in order to bring the very best eLearning and mLearning articles for a given week directly to your inbox. The weekly newsletter will consist of hand-picked articles, but most importantly it will share WHY we picked each article and WHY we believe it’s important to you.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 20, 2012

by AJ George  I've previously thrown in my two cents on how  virtual reality is a natural fit for eLearning. Back then (in 2010) I noted that we may not be able to carry out full virtual immersion (a la  Avatar ) just yet, but there was a lot we could do to incorporate virtual worlds into our training. Two years later we have already made quite the "leap" toward making full immersion that much more possible.

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Web Courseworks

JULY 20, 2012

As I’ve written before in my blog post “The Reports of Flash’s Death Are Slightly Exaggerated,” the decision to move away from Flash in favor of HTML5 is complex. Web Courseworks recently had to address the issue for a project for a regional electrical utility company. Theproject was originally developed over ten years ago for [.].

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B Online Learning

JULY 20, 2012

When I tell people that I make my living as an eLearning Designer, some people have a blank look on their face. So I usually ask ‘Have you ever done an online training course at work?’. And the response is usually ‘Oh yes, you write those courses do you?’. This inevitably leads to a discussion [.].

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eLearning Brothers

JULY 20, 2012

You’ve probably heard… Adobe has launched Presenter 8. The new Presenter has really gone heavy on the video side. Lots of new features and enhancements to help you create video. If you are new to Presenter it is a great tool to quickly create online training and presentations. It is PowerPoint based and fairly easy to learn. Here is Adobe’s official description: “Adobe® Presenter 8 software helps you communicate more effectively with engaging videos and interactive presen

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e-Learning Academy

JULY 20, 2012

The storyboard is a representation of content, visual design, interactivity, navigation, narration etc in soft copy form. For examples of storyboards, check out Connie Malamed’s blog. Storyboards are used by the instructional designer (ID) to: Gain agreement with the subject matter expert (SME) on the design approach of the e-learning course Provide instruction to the e-learning developer on [.].

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Saffron Interactive

JULY 20, 2012

Over the last few years there can be no argument that e-learning has come on an awful long way. What started off in many cases as animated PowerPoints has evolved to courses that include animations, branching scenarios, video and in some cases incorporates gaming mechanics and social drivers to increase user engagement. Something that has really caught my eye recently is the increasing popularity of websites such as Khan Academy and Ted-Ed.

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Jay Cross

JULY 20, 2012

Today I completed Google’s Power Searching Course. Do I know any more about search than I did ten days ago? Yes. Capitalization makes no difference but word order does. You can narrow a search by date. Google Earth has a lot more detail than I remember from previous visits. Also, I learned dozens of other little tricks that I’ll probably forget if I don’t put them to use in the next few days.

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Saffron Interactive

JULY 20, 2012

Over the last few years there can be no argument that e-learning has come on an awful long way. What started off in many cases as animated PowerPoints has evolved to courses that include animations, branching scenarios, video and in some cases incorporates gaming mechanics and social drivers to increase user engagement. Something that has really caught my eye recently is the increasing popularity of websites such as Khan Academy and Ted-Ed.

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Diversity Training Lesson Classroom Wikipedia 75

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B Online Learning

JULY 20, 2012

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Connect Thinking

JULY 20, 2012

Question from a client: We are an industrial business with about 400 staff. We know we need to move into e-learning for complance training reasons, but this is all new to us. What are our options? Many e-learning & Learning Management System (LMS) providers say you should purchase a LMS before developing e-learning courseware. But this is expensive and, when you are new to learning management systems, it can challenging to get to the detail of your requirements and the options available.

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Learning with e's

JULY 20, 2012

There has been discussion recently about whether or not blog comments should be moderated. Some maintain an 'open for all' policy, and allow any comments to be posted on their blog. They do so for a number of reasons. Some wish to make posting comments as easy as possible, and want their blog to be as welcoming as it can be. Others do not have the time to moderate all the comments that are posted to their site.

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