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How to Make E-Learning So People Really Learn: Q&A With Ethan Edwards

ATD Learning Technologies

Ethan has been designing online instruction for almost 25 years, beginning with work at the PLATO laboratory at the University of Illinois, continuing through positions at Authorware, Macromedia, Microsoft, and as a consultant with a host of top companies in the United States and abroad.

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5 Simple Ways to Get Started with E-Learning Development - The Rapid eLearning Blog

Rapid eLearning

The main goal is to communicate information that will help someone do something better. Compared to building courses in Flash or Authorware, the rapid elearning tools are easy to use. The learner moves the mouse over the label to get information about a specific brake part. Thank you Tom for this useful information.

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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

Prior to the whole online scene, you could access information via FTP sites known as Archie, Veronica and Jughead (yes, totally true. Formal and Informal – That’s right, it wasn’t all formal, nor was it designed to be. Informal was there. You wanted informal – not there. I used them).

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions for 2010

Tony Karrer

And the first experiences as you tried to move your Authorware, IconAuthor or Toolbook course to run using their new web delivery solution? A few other LMS predictions - The bottom end of the market will continue to be eaten away by open source solutions and hosted open source solutions. It was terrible! It was a major step back.

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Do You Have the Skills to Succeed?

Rapid eLearning

Someone did the instructional design, someone else worked on graphics, and then we had a programmer who built the courses in Authorware or some other application. We’ll explore a few ways here, both formal and informal. Informal education. You’ll definitely need to augment your formal education with informal activities.

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The E-Learning Foundations Intensive: Day 1

NuggetHead

The first day of the eLearning Guild’s The E-Learning Foundations Intensive co-hosted with Learning Solutions 2010 Conference & Expo. I wanted to get to know them and feel the pulse of what their challenges and struggles are as they muddle through this week and wealth of information. It was a jam-packed full fast-paced day.

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The DevLearn eLearning Rockstar Stage Reveal

eLearning Brothers

Bill has been in the EdTech and information systems industries for 30 years, amassing accolades and awards. Bill has been in the EdTech and information systems industries for 30 years, amassing accolades and awards. About your host: Andrew Scivally is a co-founder of eLearning Brothers. eLearning Innovation at PayPal.