Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Two, it boosts productivity. There are two reasons I love the new user interface of Raptivity. One, it is trendy. The look-and-feel, colors, white spaces and screen layouts are pleasing to the eye. The design is simple and soothing. Its customer-inspired design helps you get around in fewer clicks. The interaction search is powerful.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

MARCH 9, 2012

As Harbinger Knowledge Products unveils a brand new version of Raptivity Essential that lets you publish interactions in the HTML5 format in addition to Flash SWF format, I thought it would be interesting to talk to Shweta Kulkarni, who was involved deeply in the engineering of this product upgrade.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

APRIL 27, 2011

Harbinger Knowledge Products has introduced a Korean version of Raptivity , the e-learning interactivity building software. The gigabit internet will create new possibilities for e-learning and m-learning.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

AUGUST 27, 2012

For example, a product familiarization course may involve labeling, a soft-skill course may use videos or simulations, and so forth. Here, there is huge potential for using a wide variety of exciting interactions. When the nature of the learning content drives your decision, you might choose interactions accordingly.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

APRIL 15, 2011

Here are the top 4 reasons, according to Janhavi Padture, Director - Learning Solutions at Harbinger Knowledge Products. One should expect to find them everywhere. Why, then, do several course designers avoid using avatars?

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Jazz up presentation Flip the Book Present a fun page-turner with embedded video and other media (H5S) Circles Create interactive concentric circles with callouts (H5S) Hub-and-Spokes Illustrate radial relationships with interactivity (H5S) Slide show Build image transitions with a soundtrack (H5T) Encourage exploration Show-and-tell Create a step-by-step (..)

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

There is also a product called Elicitus Studio where one can author content around Raptivity interactions - without spending a lot of money on an authoring tool. Elicitus Express , a lightweight content authoring tool, helps overcome these dilemmas. The web site offers a 14-day free trial. You can check it out here.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2010

This list of existing research and articles on interactivity in learning was put together by Janhavi Padture, Director of Research, Analysis and Strategy at Harbinger Knowledge Products.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

MAY 15, 2010

Digital examples of synthesis include multimedia production and publishing. Multimedia production can include podcasting, movie making (video capture, mixing and editing) , animating, videocasting, etc. Publishing is the sequel to production. It can take the form of blogging, video blogging or wiki writing.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JANUARY 31, 2011

In this post, I draw on the experience of working on several mobile learning projects and technology products at Harbinger Group to offer a thought. One question about elearning migration to iPad concerns the choice between a native iPad app versus the browser. For delivering e-learning content, there appear to be two ways to go.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JUNE 28, 2010

The idea of the Microsoft product is real simple. When the mail announcing Mouse Mischief from Microsoft arrived in my inbox, I said to myself - Ah ha! Finally, a software with a cool name. The last cool name I heard was YawnBuster. But you know, I'm biased. The cool part comes when you play the presentation. Up to five hundred (!)

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JANUARY 25, 2012

Some options of providing help are: live support, local representative, independent product experts and online communities. I therefore believe that it is important to select tools that allow to create variations of a sample and thus save time and cost of creating them.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

Seema Chaudhary, President at Harbinger Knowledge Products, was speaking at the 2009 Online Learning Conference held in New York on Sept 23-24, 2009 in a session on Optimizing Rapid Development co-presented with Bryan Chapman. Traditional custom interactions meet unique needs by offering full programming freedom.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JANUARY 1, 2010

I am looking forward to meeting several users of Harbinger Knowledge Products as well as partners and industry peers at the Olympia 2 London venue. A synopsis of the talk is available online. It's a relief to know that there is a wired 1Mb internet connection in each seminar theatre.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

MAY 30, 2009

At this point, if an innovator introduces a solution, it creates tremendous value for its users, who respond overwhelmingly in favor of the new product. Sooner or later, one market segment can bear the pain no longer. With relatively little effort, they derive benefits of the new technology, and spread the buzz.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JANUARY 10, 2006

Best Practices From a productivity perspective, it helps to group interaction models into categories, so that it is easy to locate and compare them. Raptivity Harbinger Knowledge Products has recently announced the release of Raptivity, the world’s first and only rapid interactivity builder.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

I talked to Bijoy, Senior General Manager at Harbinger Knowledge Products, about his vision for eliminating redundant effort in building m-learning and e-learning. Training Magazine’s Learning 3.0 Conference in Chicago on 4th and 5th October 2011 features a talk by Bijoy Banerjee on what he calls Single Source Content.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JUNE 16, 2007

Forward-thinking organizations have figured out how to balance learning development, much in the same way we’ve figured out how to create blended learning. The key is using the right, best-of-breed tools for specific, desired learning outcomes.

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