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Five Free Image Editors Worth Trying For eLearning

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In the world of image or graphic editors, Adobe Photoshop remains the gold standard when it comes to image editing software. It has the tools and features that allow users to create professional looking images and photos, but the learning curve and price tag are more than some are willing to invest.

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How To Write A Visual Style Guide for eLearning

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Provides one visual standard for an entire course, curriculum or company. Here are my recommendations for the standards to include in your guide. Image Sizes: specify standard sizes of images for each type of screen (example: split screen photos will be 512x768). Forces you to make up-front design decisions.

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ELC 028: Make Accessibility Part Of Your Design Process

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RESOURCES AND LINKS: A Web for Everyone by Sarah Horton and Whitney Quesenbery (Use Code AWFE for 20% off when you buy from Rosenfeld Media) Sarah Horton Design (Sarah's website) WQUsability (Whitney's website) Web Accessibility Initiatives (WAI) Easy Checks.

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ELC 022: All About Digital Badges

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WE DISCUSS: What micro credentials are Where digital badges fit in Why micro credentials are needed The psychology underlying digital badges What gives a digital bad or micro credential meaning Standards that are emerging Use cases when digital badges have value What will drive adoption of digital badges Mozilla Open Badges Interoperability of xAPI (..)

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Making Sense Of The iPad For Online Learning

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For eBooks, it’s using the ePub format, which is an open source standard allowing digital publications to work on different devices. Open Development Standards. Delivering Content. The iPad is well-equipped for delivering movies (sans Flash), music, narration, graphics and text.

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Is this instructional design?

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Instead, I’d like to list the Instructional Design competencies identified by the IBSPI (International Board of Standards for Training, Performance and Instruction). The tasks that an eLearning designer conducts are so varied that it would be difficult to list them all.

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The eLearning Coach » Blog Archive » User Interface Design For eLearning

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Because there is no standard icon set in the world of eLearning, our audiences have seen numerous and diverse icons for “Menu&# “Lesson&# “Glossary&# and such. When we stick to conventions, as shown in the example on the right, we’re modeling the way most people think.