Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2011

Two, Flash won't work on all phones. Many tools support both Flash and HTML5. VG: I can name three challenges: One, interactivity is necessary. Three, programming skills required to produce mobile learning are limited. Don't rapid authoring tools solve these problems? VG: To an extent - yes.

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Flash to HTML5 Conversion Raptivity Authoring Tools Harbinger 225

Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

MAY 25, 2012

Here's a brief outline of the webinar: The need for interactivity in mLearning Characteristics of mLearning interactions Challenges in mLearning, native vs. web apps Flash vs. HTML5 Why HTML5 Tips for creating interactive content for mobile In case you missed it, you can access the slide deck and the recorded webinar here.

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Flash to HTML5 Conversion Harbinger Raptivity Flash 193

Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

OCTOBER 3, 2011

You design products in a flash of inspiration, and keep making them better by listening to your customers. When Yehudi Menuhin was asked: "What has music taught you?" he replied: "It has taught me to listen." It is no different with product design. The Raptivity 6.5

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Raptivity Productivity Product Examples 222

Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

How many flash cards per interaction? Liberal Limits: How many pages in a flip book? How many steps in a process? How many bullets in a slide? How many terms in a glossary? How many hot spots in a rollover exercise? The course designer has to exercise judgment in making sure there aren't too few or too many.

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Raptivity Templates Exercise Flash 235

Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

We have lots of course material in PowerPoint and would like to use it for e-learning, without necessarily converting it all to Flash. Here is a short list for you to review, and perhaps you can identify with one or more. I have just rolled out in-house e-learning development, and my content authors must get up to speed fast.

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Elicitus Raptivity Business Flash 130

Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2011

That makes it easy to duplicate a flash card, re-sequence questions in a TV game and delete that panning card you don't like. Now with Raptivity 6.6, This discussion applies to collections of various elements supported in Raptivity.

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Raptivity Management Simulations Flash 184

Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

AUGUST 2, 2010

relies on Flash - which means Android, Blackberry and other smart phone devices will play Raptivity content without the need for any proprietary download. Mobile learning can benefit from a large variety of interactions that Raptivity users routinely build as part of e-learning. The much-awaited roll-out of Raptivity 6.0

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Mobile Learning Interactive Raptivity Mobile 133

Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JANUARY 25, 2012

If one uses custom flash development for the project there are infinite possibilities of getting the changes accommodated in the course. Your choice of tools could make a major impact on budget for a course. Let us consider a situation where a course requires some tweaking at the end before it is finalized.

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Budget Compliance Training Examples Raptivity 197

Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

MARCH 26, 2009

One method is to use a tool such as myRaptivity, which allows your Flash program to be written in such a way that other users can use Raptivity to create custom variations of your IM's. You can also develop your own Flash program with due care, so that it provides a way for other users to customize interactions.

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Interactive IM IMS Create 104

Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

MAY 31, 2007

In a flash of a second, votes started appearing in the poll, and answers and questions started popping on chat. A poll came up, where the audience was to assess their level of familiarity with interactivity technology. I also asked a question in chat panel – Anybody heard of Silverlight?

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JANUARY 22, 2009

It became clear then, that the best way to provide this technology was as Flash templates for PowerPoint. Research by eLearning Guild shows PowerPoint to be the tool most commonly used by trainers. This should surpise nobody, we all do it. The last act was to pick a name for this software.

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Taxonomy eLearning Guild Activities PowerPoint 100

Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

A set of flash cards where the learner gets to pop up a text that explains a mnemonic to memorize what's on the cards. How cool will it be if the designer could add a button to the interaction itself, linking to the article or the video? Diehard fans of Raptivity loved the Raptivity Media Toolbox that was showcased in a recent webinar.

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Media Interactive Raptivity FLV 231

Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Examples of tools that help you build interactivity to your presentations are YawnBuster, Flash and Silverlight - to name a few. Trainers and teachers can no longer make do with bullet points. Learners expect interactive elements in your presentations. Second life, Proton Media, Teleplace are some of the tools that let you do that.

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Emergent Wiki Interactive Trends 109

Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Facilitated Group Activities are computer-based templates that are implemented using platforms such as Flash and PowerPoint. A new paradigm which makes this leap forward for classroom instruction is called Facilitated Group Activities. Using this approach is a two step process.

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Classroom Games Templates Score 100