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Balancing Quality and Speed in Rapid eLearning Content Development

Thinkdom

As organizations seek to adapt to evolving learning needs and technological advancements, the need to deliver quality educational material quickly is undeniable. One can evaluate the cost to benefit ratio of a solution by measuring the results in terms of the time or effort saved.

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Top Five Tips to Create Accessible Content

CourseArc

When a person with limited vision or blind uses screen readers or other technology to help them access content on websites, the screen reader will read the description of the image. Here’s an example: in our 12 Helpful Resources for Instructional Design article, we highlight books and websites. Color Contrast. requires is 4.5:1.

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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

A lot of the Social Media Mavens , however, are really ranting, not about the technology, but about the human dynamics related to social networking. The power of tools like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Yammer, are pretty astounding. The power of tools like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Yammer, are pretty astounding. Properly d.

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The Return of the (Digital) Native | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

These precocious youths, born after or during the general advent of digital technology, have an inherent understanding of its concepts in a way that their forebears cannot hope to achieve. Properly d.

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Accessibility Matters: The Fundamentals of Achieving Accessible Content

CourseArc

Persons using assistive technology or keyboard navigation are unable to read structural elements when they are not properly formatted. level AA requires a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 These programs add in the background code automatically when you use their built-in tools. Structure refers to headings , lists and tables.

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Addressing On-Demand Learning and Performance Needs #LCBQ | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

It has been around for all of my 15+ years as an instructional designer and training developer, and goes back much further than that. What is new, however, is the ratio of on-demand solutions to more traditional training offerings. As VP, Instructional Design Services for Dashe & Thomson, Inc. Properly d.

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Learning from The King's Speech | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Finding ways to incorporate these elements can be difficult for instructional designers, curriculum developers, and, especially, creators of eLearning. Ive been creating training and e-Learning programs for over 20 years, serving as an instructional designer, writer, developer, and project manager. Properly d.