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The Sound of Silence | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Sound of Silence by Jim on April 7, 2011 in eLearning At what point does narration really add anything to an eLearning module, and at what point is it simply being added because “it’s what’s expected?” Why don’t we hear that?

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The Human Factor: Five Tips for a Better Audio Podcast by Mary Arnold

LearningGuild

Podcasting (audio recordings on the Web with an associated RSS feed) has been around for several years, but it can be a surprisingly effective tool for eLearning and for mLearning – especially if you apply the five tips in this month’s column.

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How humor helps + Powtoon review

Making Change

If you’re a blog subscriber and reading this in your email or RSS reader, you should see a link to the ebook at the bottom of this post.). My main takeaways from the article: Humor appears to reduce anxiety by decreasing the effects of stress hormones. If you don’t see the cartoon below, you can watch it here. (If

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Online Video: the Perfect Social Learning Tool? | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Online Video: the Perfect Social Learning Tool? But why is video so much more effective at accelerating innovation than, say, print – or even eLearning? A, attention, R, relevance, C, confidence and S, Satisfaction.

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TCC09: Podcasting with Section 508

Experiencing eLearning

AAC (m4a)–audio. RSS feed–podcasts are syndicated. Pop filters–you can buy it at any audio supply or use an old screen door and bend it around your mic. free special effects can be downloaded. multitrack audio for Mac. RSS feed: can do the XML yourself. Feedburner for RSS.

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Tech Tuesday Toolbox | September 15, 2020

Mike Taylor

This week’s “App of the Week” might forever change the way you look at audio and video editing. Take control of your audio and video with Descript. Grammarly: Free Online Writing Assistant — www.grammarly.com Millions trust Grammarly’s free writing app to make their online writing clear and effective.

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3 powerful ideas you should steal from marketing

Making Change

This post includes two embeds that probably won’t appear if you’re reading it through email or an RSS reader. The video was so effective that the influx of traffic knocked the Dollar Shave Club site offline. The commercial has been featured in several publications as an example of highly effective, low-budget marketing.

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