The Logical Blog by IconLogic
OCTOBER 16, 2011
by AJ George. I have previously written about some good, free stock image resources. In response to that article, a reader asked me if the images on these sites were royalty free and could be used in courses that he planned to sell. The short answer is that it's a case-by-case basis. Sometimes you can use the images, but only if you credit the original artist.
Upside Learning
OCTOBER 19, 2011
Some other aspects of the complexity theory I found interesting: Even if the agents comprising the population of the system are complicated and heterogeneous (just as people in a learning network are), this variability tends to “average out”; while the agents may be complicated, the objects can be modeled as being homogenous as a first approximation.
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Performance Learning Productivity
OCTOBER 16, 2011
The book ‘The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine’ is Michael Lewis’ marvellous account of the idiocy and greed that led to the sub-prime bubble and the resulting global financial crisis.
Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning
OCTOBER 17, 2011
Several Captivate users build Raptivity interactions for use in their elearning and presentation materials. Adobe, the maker of Captivate, has been releasing upgrades and new versions of Captivate over the past several quarters. Naturally, their users want to stay on top of the best ways to use Raptivity within Captivate. Raptivity for its part has also kept a high pace of innovation, with new releases coming out ever so often.
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Jane Hart
OCTOBER 17, 2011
Here are 5 more resources I’ve found this week that look at different social approaches to working and learning. . 1 – The first one this week is an article I wrote for the E-Learning Council, Social Media + Learning = more than Social Learning. I cover quite a bit of ground in this article, but in this quote I focus on the use of the term “social learning” “But now … Read the rest.
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Dashe & Thomson
OCTOBER 19, 2011
This month, the Learning Circuits Blog is back with its first “real” big question since Tony Karrer took a break from managing the blog. In the new format of a different industry thought leader managing the blog each month, Ben Betts is up to bat for October. Mr. Betts is the Managing Director for HT2 and his big question for this month is “Does Gamification Have a Role in Workplace Learning?
Clark Quinn
OCTOBER 20, 2011
I’ve been wrestling with the difference between the smartphone (or PDA, aka the ‘pod’) versus a tablet (aka the ‘pad’), and it occurred to me that one way to think about it might be to distinguish between ‘intimacy’ and ‘immediacy’ By immediacy , I’m talking about how you use the devices. As Palm documented a long time ago, you use laptops only a few times per day, but for long periods of time.
Kapp Notes
OCTOBER 18, 2011
Recently, I have been having a great conversation with Kathy Sierra and Sebastian Deterding about Gamification…what it means, what it doesn’t mean and the implications, it was been a wonderful discussion. You can follow the thread, and add your own comments at In Defense of the Term “Gamification” as used by Learning Professionals. All three of us basically argued, in our own way, for a focus on elements of games that make real impact, the elements of story, challenge, and relevance
Integrated Learnings
OCTOBER 19, 2011
by Joseph Suarez. These days, more and more organizations are pushing eLearning content onto devices with touch screen interfaces such as smart phones and tablets. It’s an exciting, and sometimes daunting, time to be involved in eLearning development. However, in the rush to create mLearning that “runs on the iPad,” it’s important not to forget we’re no longer creating training for a mouse and cursor environment.
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Dashe & Thomson
OCTOBER 16, 2011
So…do you remember the last time you heard someone make an excuse for forgetting a vital piece of information, claiming it’s clearly not their fault because they are a visual learner? Well, turns out they were full of it. Doug Rohrer, a psychologist at the University of South Florida, has looked very closely at the learning style theory over the last several years and has found no evidence to suggest that multiple learning styles exist among different people.
Clark Quinn
OCTOBER 21, 2011
In case you didn’t see it, eLearn Mag has posted my book review of Mark Warschauer’s insightful book, Learning in the Cloud. To quote myself: This is … a well-presented, concise, and documented presentation of just what is needed to make a working classroom, and how technology helps. As one more teaser, let me provide the closing paragraph: The ultimate message, however, is that this book is important, even crucial reading.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
OCTOBER 18, 2011
by Kevin Siegel. Changing the font size of selected text is a simple thing to accomplish in Captivate. All you need to do is select a text caption (or highlight some text within a text caption). On the Properties panel, Character group, type the desired font size and press [ Enter ] on your keyboard. Have you noticed what's missing on the Character group?
Kapp Notes
OCTOBER 21, 2011
I’ve posted both of these videos before but I am posting them again, any time I feel a little overwhelmed, they always bring a smile to my face and they are a bit ID related…especially the one about building a stop sign, I have totally experienced that meeting. Number 2: Death Star Help Desk Interview. Here is my original post on the Death Star Help Desk post.
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Learning Visions
OCTOBER 21, 2011
20 years ago I was a struggling recent college graduate who had moved to Boston in the middle of a recession. I worked as the Assistant Aquatics Director at a JCC, teaching and coaching swimming. I had never heard of elearning and did not own a computer. I had never sent an email; I had never made a call on a mobile phone. 15 years ago I got a job as an instructional designer/multimedia producer at a company that created training programs delivered on CD ROMS.
Clark Quinn
OCTOBER 18, 2011
I attended the CLO Symposium with my ITA colleagues Jay Cross and Jane Hart. It was an interesting event, with a theme of “ Game-Changing Learning: Development for the New Normal “, held at a classy venue on the beach, and was well-organized. (You can see Jay’s writeup here.) And the keynotes that I saw were in synch: Stephen Covey talked about the need for trust and Jon Katzenbach on how to build culture were both excellent, as was Dan Pontefract’s story on making col
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
OCTOBER 21, 2011
by AJ George. Recently I updated my iMac to OS X Lion. I do a lot of work in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 on the Mac by using Parallels. In a previous article I covered how to move objects in PowerPoint less than the standard 6 points using the arrow keys. By holding down the [ Ctrl ] key in conjunction with a directional arrow key you can move objects 1.25 points at a time instead.
Challenge to Learn
OCTOBER 16, 2011
I started working on the Outcome learning idea to give direction to the product development of easygenerator. And it did generate a whole bunch of new features, but the impact was different than expected. We always considered the e-Learning author and the subject matter expert (SME) as our target audience. But now we added features that had an impact on the learner and for the first time we had to develop features for them.
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Learning Visions
OCTOBER 17, 2011
The modern learning designer recognizes that they can’t actually design every step of the learner’s journey. But they look for solid stepping stones they can put in place along the way.
Integrated Learnings
OCTOBER 16, 2011
By Shelley A. Gable. I recently completed an eLearning course (as a learner, not as an instructional designer) on project management. The entire course was narrated. I enjoyed the narration at first – given all the time I spend reading and typing, it was nice to mainly listen. But I changed my mind after five or so minutes. Why? First, the audio narration slowed me down.
mLearning Revolution
OCTOBER 17, 2011
'photoshop , eLearning Suite , Deblurring. Just when you think what else can Photoshop do in the next version to blow us away, the team once again manages to surprise us. I saw this video last week during the Adobe MAX conference and couldn’t wait to share it here on my Blog. However I was waiting for the HD version to be available, and just now I saw it on Adobe TV.
Kapp Notes
OCTOBER 19, 2011
Here is a great example of augmented reality. Courtesy of BMW. I think the implications for training, especially in manufacturing could be huge.
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Learning Visions
OCTOBER 17, 2011
“Row, row, row your boat…” Lots of new tidbits up on the Kineo website for the month: An article I wrote “Learning’s but a stream” Some hot new case studies (check out the project I worked on for Paul Mitchell which showcases a Moodle portal). Steve Rayson’s ever insightful October elearning market update If you missed our latest newsletter, you can find it all on the Kineo newsletter page !
Living in Learning
OCTOBER 21, 2011
Is learning always about improving one's self? On the windward side of 50 years of age, I would argue it's not.and.I would argue it is never too late to learn. This post is the first in a new section of Living in Learning. It is dedicated to Learning About Living. For our teenagers' sake, some of us may have almost as much to learn as they do about living.
B Online Learning
OCTOBER 18, 2011
Share. Tweet. Pin It. This week I watched a webinar presented by Elliott Masie, titled, “The Seven Learning Challenges and Trends for 2012″ One of the most interesting elements of the presentation was that Masie used all photographs or images and barely any text. He explained his reasoning behind this was related to research that he had just read [.].
Mindflash
OCTOBER 21, 2011
You have probably seen Ghostbusters a number of times without realizing how some of the principles in the film can be applied to management. Well they can – and here they are. All you managers, it’s time to take your cues from Peter, Raymond, Egon and Louis. (Click image to enlarge).
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Learning with e's
OCTOBER 18, 2011
Publication of research is one of the most important facets of academic life. I can't stress enough how important it is for good research to be as widely and swiftly disseminated as possible. Without it, our practice is less likely to be informed, and more prone to repeated errors. As a researcher myself, I take this challenge very seriously. Along with other educational researchers, I attempt to identify key issues for investigation and then spend considerable time and energy examining as much
Living in Learning
OCTOBER 21, 2011
Is learning always about improving one's self? On the windward side of 50 years of age, I would argue it's not.and.I would argue it is never too late to learn. This post is the first in a new section of Living in Learning. It is dedicated to Learning About Living. For our teenagers' sake, some of us may have almost as much to learn as they do about living.
TechSmith Camtasia
OCTOBER 19, 2011
Today's Time Saver Tuesday tip is to help you save time, deliver better narration and Picture-in-Picture video for your screencasts. Let's talk about Teleprompters ! Why use a teleprompter? They're useful for several reasons. They're great especially when you're recording Picture-in-Picture video. A teleprompter allows you to look into the camera lens so it doesn't look like you're reading your notes.
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