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JULY 2, 2012

There’s been little innovation in video around interactivity and engagement as compared to what we may find in a Flash-based interaction for example. Here’s an example. Also, for these examples, I chose not to enable Quiz tracking, but Camtasia 8 does provide email and SCORM support for tracking.

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MARCH 6, 2012

Whispersync from Amazon is a great example of this, I can start reading a book on my Kindle Fire and then later continue from where I left off, right on my iPad using the Kindle App. With Evernote for example all of my saved content is synced up across devices, and through Dropbox, I can always access my files from just about any device.

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Mobile Learning Mobile Evernote Mac 158

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MAY 30, 2012

For example, the Teacher can share a quiz or a poll and receive immediate feedback as students submit their answers. The connection between the Teacher and the students is done via PIN number and once everyone has joined the NearPod experience, the Teacher begins to share content with the class in real-time.

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JULY 25, 2012

Again Luke provides great examples of what we have today and other things we can expect in the near future especially around what mobile browsers need to support in comparison to native apps. In his book, Luke has great examples of companies like Southwest, Flickr and ESPN that benefited from thinking mobile-first and desktop-second.

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Lesson Mobile Flash to HTML5 Conversion html5 conversion 230

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APRIL 23, 2012

Thinking mobile first: Facebook App, Instagram and other relevant examples. Responsive web design and how Adobe Shadow and Weinre work. Transition from eLearning to mLearning from the point of vendors. New tools will be highly customized versions from the existing ones. Some best practices for mLearning: don´t overuse your resources.

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Podcasts Podcaster Podcasting Impatica 150

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

The presentation mentions the Kindle ecosystem as an example (see slide 13 in the original presentation). I would also put the Netflix experience as an example in this category. Device Shifting in Multiscreen Learning Design.

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iPad eLearning Strategy Strategy Pattern 221

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DECEMBER 22, 2014

However today after several iterations to their products, most vendors have made great strides in reimagining they products, and I’m not so sure I believe that anymore.

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Poll Design Articulate Adobe 153

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JANUARY 24, 2012

I did a few and I had a slide like that at the end, encouraging people to join Twitter for example in order to learn what customers were saying about their Brand or documentation or eLearning courses. For example @CreativeSuite has over 60 thousand followers and they follow less than two thousand people back.

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Social Media Evernote Conversation Media 142

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AUGUST 12, 2011

For example, using the Record button, you can quickly record high-quality audio and then sync the audio to your PowerPoint animations with fine precision. Using the Insert SWF button , you can supplement your Presenter projects with software demonstrations and interactive simulations created with Adobe Captivate 5 and 5.5.

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Adobe Presenter ActionScript Adobe Support 214

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JANUARY 11, 2012

One Acrobat.com service I thought about was having a light-weight version of Adobe Captivate as part of Acrobat.com that would enable customers to do simple screen recordings or even software simulations, that could be shared and posted everywhere, on YouTube for example, or even right on Acrobat.com somehow. screenr.com/E63s. —

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Adobe Captivate Screencast Flash to HTML5 Conversion Adobe 235

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

I’ve been bookmarking and taking lots of notes recently on great examples I find of companies that are approaching this transition, and it’s my plan to share some lesson that I feel are important for us to emulate. Please stay tuned.

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Convert Mobile Learning Adobe Captivate Mobile 196

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MAY 14, 2012

h- Pebble: an example of the power of crowdsourcing. Among the management capabilities BlackBerry Mobile Fusion will provide, security is one of the highlights. d- Google+ iPhone app. e- Great excitement about mLearning at ASTD 2012 International Conference & Exposition. 3- Articulate Community.

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Podcasts Podcaster Podcasting Articulate 156

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JUNE 7, 2013

Two recent example come to mind: 1) Apple not allowing Adobe Flash on the iPhone and iPad; and 2) Adobe recently making the move to a cloud-only Creative Suite product offering. software later this month.

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Microsoft Flash to HTML5 Conversion Change Apple 127

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MARCH 24, 2011

For example if you find a web page in the browser that you’d like to share on the Xoom, just tap the "Share page" option and you are presented with all apps that are capable of sharing, for example Twitter, TweetDeck, Facebook, Evernote, Gmail, etc, even Bluetooth is there as a sharing option.

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iPad Flash Player Social Networks Multitasking 229

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Let’s take the Google App for iPhone as an example, clearly Google has thought a lot about what makes a uniquely mobile experience, you can use your current location (GPS ) to find information relevant to where you are. I actually think it absolutely does.

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AUGUST 9, 2013

I feel that we are now ready for truly smarter phones that can begin anticipating our needs based on where we are and what time of day it is for example. I for one believe that it’s time for us humans to stop having to adhere to our technology and have our technology cater to us.

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Predictions Mobile Camera Apple 113

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JANUARY 5, 2012

As I said above, even if you don’t use Articulate tools, you can still learn so much by joining their community and then apply what you learn into your own tool of choice, for example Adobe Captivate or Camtasia. Articulate is a great case study of building engaging communities.

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Articulate Community Case Study Rapid eLearning 193

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JANUARY 4, 2012

For the last few years, my daily routine goes something like this, I am up around 4am, I then head over to my home office and slowly fully wake up as I listen to something positive, for example a Joel Osteen podcast, or an inspiring audio book, or I read a good book on my Kindle.

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Lesson Evernote Video iPhone 111

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OCTOBER 8, 2013

Take the ‘Actors’ feature in Adobe Captivate for example, they are simply static images that you add just like any other image. For example you can display both your webcam and screencast, or toggle between them at any time. The product includes a number of ease-to-use features to enhance your final video.

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Articulate Quizmaker Authoring Tools Articulate Presenter 264

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JULY 7, 2012

What about other screens, like the iPhone, Android smartphones and tablets, and other devices like the Kindle Fire for example? If you have never seen this app in action and you own an iPad, take a look at two screencasts I published a while back on how the process works, and try a sample course using the app I mentioned above.

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iPad Adobe Captivate FAQ Articulate 152

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

Take Microsoft’s design guidelines for their Windows Phone 7 platforms for example, which recommends that each touch target be at least 9mm in size and that there be at least a 2mm space between actions. There you go, these are the top 5 challenges I believe we need to overcome as we transition from eLearning to mLearning.

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Technology eLearning Strategy eLearning eLearning Guild 273

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

I completely understand why it’s convenient to look at mLearning today and want to assign specific learning tasks to it, such as performance support and job aids for example, but I think it’s too early to start limiting mLearning to just these obvious applications. Don’t put limits on Mobile Learning.

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Flash to HTML5 Conversion Mobile iPad Social Networks 278

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JUNE 21, 2012

Take for example how Dreamweaver CS6 is helping web designers develop adaptive layouts for multi-device publishing. However you could position these layouts in different places for each screen layout, for example you could place the navbar group on the left for the desktop, on the top for the Tablet and at the bottom for the smartphone.

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MAY 2, 2012

For example, even if you are new at developing eLearning, whenever you insert a new slide into your project, you will be presented with ready-made slide template such as highly interactive scenarios that you can easily customize, as illustrated below. Articulate made sure this wouldn’t happen with Storyline.

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Articulate Adobe Captivate Flash to HTML5 Conversion Games 279

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JULY 5, 2012

Netflix and Whispersync from Amazon are two great examples of this singular watching and reading experiences, respectively. Netflix for example is available virtually everywhere, I can start watching a movie on my PC, pause it, grab my iPad and continue it there and then finish it in my living room later that night.

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Google iPad iPhone Movie 156

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JUNE 9, 2013

Take for example the expanded list of Smart Learning Interactions, there are now 15 more, and this is bad news in opinion. Another example is the HTML5 support for PowerPoint, which Adobe is promoting heavily. Hence the title of this post. Note the scroll bars needed for all devices except for the iPad in landscape mode.

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JUNE 16, 2012

I feel like the team quickly scrambled to make sure the next version of Captivate could include some of the same features that Storyline users have come to love since the launch, for example Interactions, Themes, Actors, etc. Here are some examples. Haphazard Effort.

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Adobe Captivate Adobe Captivate Assessment 199

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JUNE 5, 2013

” Above are just a few examples mentioned by Mary. Thanks to the convenience of mobile devices and all the inherent sensor superpowers they come with, we are able to enjoy our lives more. Meeker calls this “ the re-imagination of everything.”

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Internet Mobile Learning Trends Slides 242

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APRIL 24, 2012

All truly great examples of a Post-PC era. Oh and of course, let’s not forget all the mobile apps Adobe has been working on, such as Photoshop Touch, Proto, Ideas, Debut, Collage and Kuler, which in some way bridges the user experience between the desktop and mobile.

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Suite Flash to HTML5 Conversion Adobe Mobile 225

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JANUARY 3, 2012

In addition to covering Rapid eLearning Tools, I will also blog about mobile technologies, with emphasis on how these help advance Mobile Learning, for example HTML5, Tablets, the Cloud and Mobile Apps. I will also be launching Online Training programs for these tools. Why this eBook?

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Adobe Social Media eBook Captivate 183

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MARCH 4, 2015

This is also why I encourage you to choose your Learning Design tools wisely and lean towards those with support for Responsive Learning Design, for example, the new Adobe Captivate 8. Take for example Articulate Storyline 2 which does not support Responsive Design and Adobe Captivate 8, which does. No Downloads.

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JULY 19, 2015

For example since we can no longer rely on Flash, we need to embrace newer technologies, such as HTML5 and Responsive web design. I believe the next big thing for us is designing learning that is flexible and fluid across multiple screens, including smartphones, tablets, desktops and other touch-enabled screens.

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Flash to HTML5 Conversion Adobe Captivate Flash eLearning 100

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JUNE 12, 2011

For example, tapping the Getting Started option gives me a traditional tri-pane Online Help with multiple topics and videos, as illustrated here: I find BlackBerry’s approach to navigating around the Playbook very unique and different from other tablets out there, so I credit these tutorials for helping me learn this new approach.

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JANUARY 12, 2015

Articulate for example has gone the native app route for deploying learning projects to tablets and HTML5 for smartphones like the iPhone and the Moto X. . — RJ Jacquez (@rjacquez) January 9, 2015. When comparing the two big players in the rapid eLearning market, Articulate and Adobe, they approach mobile learning design very differently.

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Mobile Learning Adobe Captivate Mobile 100