eLearning Blender
AUGUST 20, 2009
I just finished another course in the Ed Tech program at San Diego State called " Advanced Teaching with Tech." Being that the class is called "Advanced Teaching with Tech," I thought we would dive deeper into using technology but unfortunately we didn't dive much deeper than Google Apps and Questgarden. However, I did pick up some new instructional design skills that I will be able to apply at work right away.
Upside Learning
AUGUST 20, 2009
As a company, we have now been active in the blogosphere for about 6 months. We follow a whole lot of blog – most of them focused on the learning, workplace learning, eLearning, and learning technology domain. We have learnt a lot from these blogs and thank all those blog writers for their invaluable insights on various topics. Here is a list of top 47 blogs (in alphabetical order) that Upside Learning team follows. 1.
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Experiencing eLearning
AUGUST 17, 2009
Partly due to a request from Tony Karrer for eLearning Learning and partly because others have asked in the past, I did a little research on how to filter an RSS feed so I can provide a feed without the daily bookmarks posts. If you’re interested in that, here’s the RSS feed without bookmarks and the link for subscribing via email. In the past, I’ve tried using PostRank for a similar purpose, but that didn’t quite do what I wanted.
Kapp Notes
AUGUST 18, 2009
Ever wonder how long it takes to design and develop one hour of e-Learning? Lots of people have wondered and there are a few resources on the topic: Here is a good one by Bryan Chapman How long does it take to create learning? Here are survey results from The eLearning Guild The e-learning Development Time Ratio Survey And here is my attempt at a measurement from 2003.
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Clark Quinn
AUGUST 17, 2009
I’ve represented the performance ecosystem in several ways in the past, and that process continues to occur. In the process of writing up a proposal to do some social learning strategizing for an organization, I started thinking about it from the performer perspective. Now, personal learning environments (PLE) is not a completely new concept, and quite a number of folks contributed their PLEs here.
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Tony Karrer
AUGUST 19, 2009
A great comment from Ken Allan on my post Free : My family listen to NZ Radio a lot. Current affairs progs are now all available, free, as podcasts (bits) on their site. When someone misses a broadcast they wanted to hear, their dismay is ameliorated with, "I can always access the podcast" Of course, this event rarely actually happens. So not only has bits reduced the value of some things, it also shelves the possibility of their use.
Kapp Notes
AUGUST 19, 2009
In our survey out how long it takes to develop one hour of training , we also asked about what e-learning tools were being used. The results were interesting and are shown below. The two most widely used tools were MS PowerPoint and MS Word. What tools do you use? __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content Guide.
Clark Quinn
AUGUST 21, 2009
I like going to conferences: exchanging ideas, meeting new people, and just variety. However, I haven’t been on the road since early June for any conferences , after running a workshop at ASTD’s international conference and then presenting at DAU/GMU’s Innovations in eLearning Conference. But it’s that time again. First, Jay Cross and I will be presenting on the Chief Meta-Learning Officer article we wrote at the Fall CLO Symposium Sept 28-30.
Upside Learning
AUGUST 17, 2009
Soon after I posted These are Not Serious Games on the blog and as a discussion on Linked-In , there was a flurry of comments over a couple of days that quickly covered some thoughts about Serious Games. Some of the comments were enlightening and we’d do well to quickly recap of what emerged from the discussion. 1. What’s in a name? “…there is currently no agreed upon definition for ‘game’, ‘simulation’, or ‘serious game…’” When it comes to the label ‘serious’ there is a lot of hair-splitting ab
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Integrated Learnings
AUGUST 16, 2009
Do you know the reasoning behind why the world-wide web was created? (Hint: it was not to exchange music and books for credit card information) It was created to help people share information. Actually it was created for physicists across the world to share information in an easy to read format. They shared this information through documents connected together through hyperlinks.
Kapp Notes
AUGUST 16, 2009
If you want to see and hear about the potential of virtual worlds for corporate learning, work and collaboration, check out this video created by Ron Burns the CEO of ProtonMedia , the creators of ProtoSphere. The video does a good job of positioning virtual worlds in the context of organizational learning, collaboration and innovation. Take a look __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content Guide.
eLearning Cyclops
AUGUST 15, 2009
The Don't Waste Your Time blog posted a poll regarding the best devices for delivering m-learning. The list was comprehensive, but made me think about when is it not e-learning and becomes m-learning. There are gray areas such as laptops and netbooks. Technically they both should be included, being very mobile, but I am still hesitant to include these as m-learning devices.
TechSmith Camtasia
AUGUST 17, 2009
I've never been good at keeping secrets. Even to this day, I still have a hard time keeping holiday gifts or other news as a secret - I just get so excited and have to share the good news! So, blog readers, you get the benefit from my weakness! I'm going to let you in on a few secrets as we get closer to the launch of Camtasia for Mac on August 25. Up first is a sneak peek of one of the new features in Camtasia for Mac - SmartFocus.
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Kapp Notes
AUGUST 20, 2009
Completed, printed book sits on the floor after copy edit and review for content. So the writing is done, the copy editing is done, the artwork collected, now the biggest challenge is getting permissions for the book, Learning in 3D. It is always a challenging part of the process. The writing.fun, getting written permission from contributors.not as fun.
Vignettes Learning
AUGUST 17, 2009
Let us do the rough math. Assuming a typical one hour eLearning costs $35,000. This is how Do-it-Yourselfers think and do. • Focus efforts on must learn, probably around 20% of the content. • Apply authoring tools on the 20%. • Develop images only for some 20% of the content. • Develop exercises, tests, games and simulation only on the 10% of the 20%. • Use HTML, PDF, Word, PowerPoint, etc. for the 80% references type of content.
TechSmith Camtasia
AUGUST 18, 2009
It's time for another sneak peek all about Camtasia for Mac! One of the things that sets a good screencast apart from a great screencast is a little polish. After you've recorded your screencast, you can use Camtasia for Mac's sophisticated editing options to make your screencasts standout from the rest. Whether you're new to screencasting or are an expert, Camtasia for Mac has great features and options for you.
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How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.
Learning with e's
AUGUST 20, 2009
The current special issue of the journal Interactive Learning Environments focuses on 'Social Networks Research', and here's a heads up for the next issue, due out in December, which has just gone to press. For those interested in Web 2.0 tools and technologies for learning, there will be a feast of articles in the special issue entitled 'Web 2.0 for Interactive e-Learning', which has been edited by Yueh-Min Huang, Stephen J.H.
Rapid eLearning
AUGUST 18, 2009
This is a trick I kind of stumbled upon a few months ago. I was attempting to zip up a PowerPoint 2007 file and accidentally unzipped it to reveal a media folder that held all of the images I was using in my course. Now, keep in mind that this only works for PowerPoint 2007, but it’s still a cool trick, nonetheless. Here’s a quick screencast I did to show you how easy this is and how you can use it to manage your course images.
Skilful Minds
AUGUST 18, 2009
The emergence of social media provides people inside and outside organizations with a way to actively speak about, speak to, and engage the product and service offerings of enterprises. Currently, 25% of search results for the World’s Top 20 largest brands are links to user-generated content and 34% of bloggers post opinions about products & brands.
TechSmith Camtasia
AUGUST 21, 2009
Welcome to Day 5 of our sneak peeks of Camtasia for Mac. I heard my fellow TechSmithies celebrated the upcoming release back at our home office with a cake! I hope someone saved me a piece! :-). After you've created your screencast in Camtasia for Mac, chances are that you want to share your masterpiece. With just a few clicks of the mouse, you can share your screencasts on the web, Screencast.com, on YouTube or on an iPod or iPhone.
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Learning with e's
AUGUST 18, 2009
Many would agree that anytime, anyplace learning has been somewhat elusive. Sure, we have had organised distance education for almost two centuries, and mega-universities (i.e. large open universities with >100,000 students) are now globally established and universally respected. But although open learning courses can provide learners with an equivalent experience to campus based learning at home and at work, it's difficult to accept them as 'anytime anyplace'.
Clive on Learning
AUGUST 20, 2009
IT Training magazine has just published its tables of top e-learning companies in the UK market according to sales. To accompany the tables I have written a summary of the market for bespoke content developers, off-the-shelf content providers, authoring tool providers and LMS/LCMS providers. Understandably, it was not possible to obtain figures for all of the top players (Adobe a good example), and open-source providers aren’t likely to figure in a competition based on sales, but the tables stil
Adobe Captivate
AUGUST 18, 2009
Here’s another way of sharing your expertise with other Captivate and eLearning Suite users! The Adobe Community Publishing 1.1 beta is live. This new AIR app lets anyone with an Adobe ID publish content on Adobe products and technology directly to Adobe.com. You can contribute tips, movies, code snippets and more with easy-to-use templates. Plus, everyone in the community can rate and comment on contributions.
TechSmith Camtasia
AUGUST 19, 2009
We're on day three of our sneak peek series for Camtasia for Mac. In just a few days, you'll be able to take Camtasia for Mac for a test drive and 'kick the tires'! Today's sneak peek is about Camtasia for Mac's 'Canvas'. The Canvas is where you get to show off your creativity. You can resize your screencast by manipulating the canvas. Adding images and graphics to your screencast?
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The eLearning Coach
AUGUST 19, 2009
Recently, an astute eLearning Coach reader emailed this question, “How do you visualize the narration so that the graphic or animation is emphasizing the narration and vice versa? Do you take the narration script and highlight keywords and then animate to those keywords?&#. This is a great question, Mr. Unnamed Reader, particularly because eLearning is such a visual medium that the graphics are a large part of how people respond to a course.
Clive on Learning
AUGUST 18, 2009
A couple of months ago, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the UK's principle professional body for those working in HR, with over 130,000 members, published a completely revised competency framework for the profession. One element of this is the section on Learning and Talent Development, which can be downloaded here. In the past, I have been openly critical of the competency frameworks for those working in l&d offered up by professional bodies in general, because
Janet Clarey
AUGUST 19, 2009
Just finished up an online presentation, Using Social Medial to Improve Workplace Learning , slides below. I had uploaded my slides an hour early and took care of all the necessary details – shut off cell phone and house phone, banished children from my immediate area, let the dog out, shut the windows, and…special bonus this week…asked my contractor not to run the power saw or pound sheet rock from 1-2 pm.
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