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What Is eLearning? The Good, Bad, and The Ugly

Association eLearning

At its worst, however, eLearning can be torturous, with seemingly endless PowerPoints slides, that can make eLearning seem downright ugly. Ugly: The Template Style PowerPoint. We’ve all faced “death by PowerPoint”, where each screen is a dump of information on a template style PowerPoint layout. Bio Latest Posts.

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Resolve to Try Something New in eLearning in 2013

Integrated Learnings

Gable In perusing the blogosphere, Twitter , and Facebook at the turn of the new year, I noticed several expressions of relief that the world has not ended and resolutions to make 2013 the best year yet. Those looking to further their Captivate skills can benefit from these posts: Tips for Importing from PowerPoint to Captivate.

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CSU Resources

Kapp Notes

It’s effective from a learning perspective and really engages students. I’ve included the slides from the presentation and slide on using PollEverywhere and writing directly in PowerPoint in slideshow mode. Take Notes Right on a PowerPoint Slide from Karl Kapp. Branching in PowerPoint from Karl Kapp.

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The best elearning reads of 2013

eFront

Delivering a PowerPoint? The Top 10 Workplace Trends Of 2013, Dan Schawbel , Forbes. How to Build Effective Online Learning Communities , Edudemic. Are you in the training ghetto , Donald Taylor. Cognitive Dissonance and the Denial of Social/Informal Learning , Mike Britz. Social media at work. John Stepper. Julian Stodd.

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12 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Authoring Tool

Knowing what you need from an eLearning authoring tool can be hard, especially when there are so many options on the market. gomo’s new ebook aims to save you time and hassle by identifying 12 must-have authoring tool features.

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8 Questions to Answer for Impressive PowerPoint Presentations

eLearning Brothers

When I started my business as a presentation professional, I realized that designing and developing effective, impactful, and impressive PowerPoint presentations was easier when I applied basics I had used in instructional design. That was not always an easy task, but luckily, we could rely on various processes to help us.

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Long Live Your Education Sessions: How To Repurpose, Repackage and Reuse your Training Materials

Association eLearning

They have PowerPoints that have been used in prior general sessions. The “what if we” was, what if we converted the overheads to PowerPoint? And that content makes us money for as long as we can deliver it effectively. 3) Seek out industry professionals who could put video to your printed content and PowerPoints.

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