After a suitable delay, here are my slides from my talk at the eLearning Network's October Converting Classroom Courses event in London. I've added a summary of what I said on each slide in the notes. Gamification by example View more presentations from Dan Roddy This was the "winning" talk on the day. Not sure I agree with the idea of it being a competitive event, however, I certainly felt better prepared for having used my audio tool , so if you are working on a talk for Ignite or PK, give it a go MORE >>

Handbrake is an open-source program (free) thatconverts video.It is available for PC, MAC and Linux platforms. discovered Handbrake when I was convertingPowerPoint presentations to video for iPAD distribution. The PowerPoint Saveand Send as Video function converts the PPT to a WMV file. used Handbrake toconvert the WMV to MP4 format. Start by selecting your source file (or files). Handbrakescans and sets up the GUI for the selected source file. Select your destinationand configure the output settings. Choose a preset from the Preset list. Press the "EncodeVideo" button. Check it out: [link MORE >>

I’ve come across a few rather disturbing instances in the marketing of authoring software lately. guess it’s not too much of a surprise, since vendors are now pretty much tripping over themselves to deliver content to the iPad (and now all mobile devices ), but it’s disturbing nonetheless. Which pretty much makes it worthless. sat in on the HTML5 Morning Buzz at DevLearn and also presented on HTML5 authoring tools (and I will do a longer post on that soon, I promise). Other Sharing/Saving Options. Development devlearn elearning html5 software Tools MORE >>

By Shelley A. Gable. We know that scenarios benefit performance by immersing learners into workplace situations within training. The storytelling quality of scenarios helps make the lessons learned in training memorable. And there are many ways to incorporate stories and scenarios into eLearning. But how do you write these scenarios in the first place? After all, crafting a realistic scenario requires leveraging tacit knowledge that only a subject matter expert (SME) might possess. Knowledge that is often not documented, even in the most comprehensive knowledge management systems. And so on. MORE >>

Today’s students are technologically savvy and spend hours a day online. This infographic from Socrato illustrates teachers’ responses after being asked to gauge the effectiveness of various forms of education materials….might might the same apply to instructors and employees within corporate/enterprise settings as well? John Hillsman. Business Development Manager. John.hillsman@interactyx.com. www.interactyx.com. LMS & eLearning MORE >>