They are organized by the developer or course. If they can't find a graphic or model quickly, most developers simply accept it and create a new asset; once again, slowing down the development process. They go to a warehouse (library) of available materials designed for the housing development, and select the items they need vs. building new materials. An even better solution, your development platform has a Media manager or library built in, so you can add graphics, models, photos, videos, animations, audio, and powerpoints on the fly. Think about it. MORE >>

Assuming a typical one hour eLearning costs $35,000. 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. As you can see, the step of separating “must-learn” from “reference-type” of content from the very start allows you to focus the least expensive media and tools to the references and the more costly development and creative time to the 20% content. Oftentimes industry experts calculate eLearning development time by computing seat time. MORE >>

There is still a lack of standardization across devices and amongst networks across geographical areas resulting in mlearning content development being somewhat constrained. Before beginning to develop mLearning on their own, they should keep in mind some technical considerations. Here are some authoring tools that claim to let authors develop content targeted at mobile devices. Chalk Pushcast lets you author mLearning through a plug-in for MS PowerPoint, targeted specifically for BlackBerry smartphones. Uses familiar freeform authoring of PowerPoint. Lectora. MORE >>

by AJ George  Here's the scenario: You are an eLearning developer and receive a PowerPoint presentation from another party (a client, colleague, SME, etc). You've decided to paste some of the slides into another PowerPoint presentation following your own finely crafted master layouts. Having a problem getting PowerPoint to behave?  PowerPointAfter you do this, you notice the formatting didn't quite take. Perhaps the bullets are positioned incorrectly. Maybe the title is incorrectly formatted. Try this to clean up the mess. MORE >>

Broadly speaking, an authoring tool is a software package which developers use to create and package content for delivery to end users. Typically, e-learning content developers integrate digital media including: Text Images Animations Audio Video …to create e-learning content and courseware. Since the term 'authoring tool' is somewhat non-specific, many programs can be considered authoring tools, including web editors like Dreamweaver, Flash, PowerPoint and even content platforms like Adobe Connect provide the facility to create learning content. Web 2.0 and Horton, K. MORE >>