Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

One of my favorite sites for free stock images is Unsplash.com. They provide hundreds of free stock images with a Creative Commons Zero license. That means you can do anything with the images, whether free or commercial. And that’s a good deal for those of us who are on a tight budget. Thank you, Unsplash!

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Mindflash

JANUARY 19, 2012

The resulting report holds a mirror up to the industry, reflecting, for example, the extreme cost pressures faced by learning and development organizations during the recession — and its gloomy aftermath over the last few years, as budgets were either cut or grew only anemically. Training Budgets Rising.

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Learning with e's

JULY 18, 2017

Image from Pexels We are heading into the perfect storm. The British government should urgently fund the building of new schools, and should do so with money from elsewhere than the already stretched education budget. Students numbers are growing, and there aren't enough teachers. There is a teacher shortage, and it's worsening.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 22, 2011

Whatever your philosophy regarding frontal teaching methods and the uses of Smartboards, there’s no denying two facts: Smartboards have become extremely popular tools in educational institutions & are relatively expensive and eat major portions out of our shrinking school budgets. 30+ Places To Find Creative Commons Media.

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Adobe Captivate

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

A few years ago I worked for an organization that required custom designed eLearning but didn’t have a budget for stock photography, background music, or video. Music can be a challenge but there are many resources that offer free music under a creative commons license. I had to be resourceful.

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Adobe Captivate

JANUARY 27, 2018

I’ve also experienced this when working in an organisation also had similar expectations but no budget for stock photography, background music, or video. Music can be a challenge, but many sites offer free music under a creative commons license. I had to be resourceful. I also use [link] as well.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 7, 2012

The team is an inspiration to anyone facing budget cuts. It is a time where budget cuts affect many of our learning and development activities. School budgets are squeezed, and CPD suffers from cutbacks. The team managed to fund its own way to London2012 through a combination of money making and cash saving schemes.

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Infopro Learning

JULY 11, 2017

In this article, I’ll share 9 budget-friendly ways that you can revitalize your online training content. HOW TO REVAMP OUTDATED ONLINE TRAINING CONTENT IN A BUDGET-FRIENDLY WAY. But does your organization have enough wiggle room in the budget to modernize its online training initiatives? Make It Multiplatform-Friendly.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 28, 2013

This is the idea behind the Immersive Vision Theatre at Plymouth University , a converted planetarium that employs fish-eye lens projection systems to render 3 D moving images on a concave surface. Audiences sit in cinema style seats, and their field of vision is saturated by the images, supplemented by surround sound.

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learnWorlds

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Royalty-free music is the most budget-friendly and realistic option – unless you’re a talented musician, of course, and want to take on this project yourself. Bensound Under a Creative Commons License, Bensound gives you the option to use its music for free as long as you credit the website with any music you use.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

If you can manage to manoeuvre your way past the journalese and read between the lines, you might just surmise that this decision has been made due to budget cuts and economic expediencies, rather than as a decision to enhance the quality of the experience. Image by Steve Wheeler Cut price education? I think not. Unported License.

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Mindflash

JANUARY 13, 2012

Now, though, those programs are being cut from school budgets, and the very idea of “VWs” has become mostly irrelevant. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user CCS Insight. It was a strange brew of forces that brought VWs to where they are now, eLearn Magazine explains.

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Mindflash

MARCH 23, 2010

If your tone is serious, look for images with…. Black & white treatment, or images using subtle or neutral color tones. If your tone is exciting, look for images with…. Step 3: Find an Inspiration Image. Even when you know what tone and qualities you’re looking for, sourcing for images can be daunting.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 16, 2011

Imagine them capturing images of the places they visit which they can later upload onto their blogs, or videos they can create of real-time events beyond the classroom. Schools don't have budgets to ensure that all children have a personal technology. The sooner this happens, the better. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 2, 2011

The idea that resolution, storage and processing power would increase to the point where a digital camera could rival the quality of a 35mm film image was, and to a certain extent still is, ridiculous. Image source Disruptive activism by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

MAY 3, 2011

The same could apply to handheld mobile devices, if teachers haven't got the time to think up good uses, or there is not enough cash available to purchase them because - well, the budget has all been spent on installing IWBs that are not gong to be used properly. I think we're caught between a rock and a hard place. Anyone know a way out?

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Mindflash

MAY 24, 2012

People brought up several challenges, including not having enough budget, time, or bandwidth, and not having the authority or power to do what they needed to do. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user dno1967b. Ultimately, though, almost all the constraints mentioned were self-imposed.

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Mindflash

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Some 32 percent of respondents reported that their training budget increased—up from 24 percent last year. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user LaMenta3. “The economic roller coaster ride continues, but training appears to be on an upswing: Total 2011 U.S. billion to $31.3 billion.”. •

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Mindflash

MAY 30, 2012

If you can help it improve profit margins, you’ll never have to worry about justifying your department’s existence or your budget. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user wwarby. Try to develop an understanding of how the organization turns a profit and generates cash flow.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Maybe you have the time or the budget. eLearning Art provides royalty free stock photos, images, and other assets to help you create some cool stuff in your own authoring tools. Images are removed from the background (transparent), and can be superimposed onto any background to interact with any other character. But usually not.

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Mindflash

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I’m in the midst of finalizing the budget and strategic plan for our learning organization at Allonhill , which is pushing me to confront one really difficult question: How can we be useful for our constituents without spending extra money on more trainers? You’re probably not getting the budget for another trainer, so embrace SMEs.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 16, 2011

Imagine them capturing images of the places they visit which they can later upload onto their blogs, or videos they can create of real-time events beyond the classroom. Schools don't have budgets to ensure that all children have a personal technology. The sooner this happens, the better. Unported License.

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Mindflash

MAY 15, 2012

We often don’t have the budget for highly robust or complex simulations, so let’s look at some other options. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user jepoirrier. With more flexibility, the feedback simulates the real (digital) world. For example, when the learner clicks a menu item, the menu displays.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

You need to know which one is best for you considering your budget, time, and resources. Stock Image Sites. There are a dozens of stock image sites where you can buy low cost images. For elearning courses, you don’t need to buy the high resolution images. You can modify the clip art images or take your own photos.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 11, 2009

Most of Jane’s examples – from people with lower budgets – not the glitzy example (we need to make learning engaging, not pretty). Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Can do an awful lot with PPT. Creating asynchronous instruction.

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Matrix

APRIL 30, 2019

One of the most daunting challenges that instructional designers face today are shrinking budgets. Toolkit for a zero-budget training project. Its extension Hightail Spaces appeared in 2015 and is designed to help creative professionals get from conception of an idea to its delivery as a finished product.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 15, 2014

In its place, you’ll have access to a Bing image search, which will be filtered by Creative Commons licensing. Theoretically the images can be used in your courses and presentations. Unfortunately many of those images end up in presentations and elearning courses. Bitmap images are a grid of cells we call pixels.

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CourseArc

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

For example, a video that’s produced for a particular eLearning course (say, Financial Literacy) could also be repurposed to serve an instructor-led classroom course, or be reused in other self-paced courses that are related to a similar concept or topic (like Accounting, Budgeting, Tax Preparation, etc). Icons and reference images.

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ReadyTech

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In order to ensure that your e-learning development efforts are on target and don’t go over budget, it’s important to build a learning roadmap. – What is the project budget? Visuals can be used in various ways, such as images, charts, graphs, tables, diagrams, and infographics. Build a Solid Learning Roadmap.

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TechSmith Camtasia

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

While this isn’t the first piece of software to report this, it is the first type I have found (that is teacher-budget-friendly) that reports it in such an easy-to-use format. The featured image for this post is creative commons licensed ( BY-NC-SA ) flickr photo shared by ptrlx. For Educators'

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TalentLMS

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In smaller organizations, where fewer people are responsible for all aspects of the training program, including budgeting, Excel can help you track down training-related expenses, course effectiveness (e.g. Some of the best known such services include Corbis , iStock , Shutterstock and Getty Images. Anything else?

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Mindflash

APRIL 20, 2012

When you hear the words “one-on-one training,” your first impulse is probably to throw your hands in the air and explain about your squeezed budget. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user Knight Foundation. But fear not. We understand resources are tight.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 1, 2008

If you’re like me, you’re on a limited budget and you just can’t go buy custom graphics whenever you like. While your five-year-old child might like your choice of images, you’ll find that many in your organization are not particularly fond of clowns or puppies. However, you cannot find the right image.

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Mindflash

MARCH 2, 2012

It’s clear that these companies have invested a lot more in their training budgets than most. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user 401K. But among the top 125 companies, the per-pupil spending is up to $3,465 — more than four times as much. What do these numbers mean to you?

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Mindflash

MARCH 13, 2012

These are decisions of budget, not of learning and performance. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user danstorey14. This is further complicated by the various reasons that many organizations venture into online training, such as scalability, cost savings, and optimized resource use.

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TechSmith Camtasia

JUNE 27, 2018

But with time, distance, and budget constraints, it can be nearly impossible to visit everyone in person. Creative commons licenses are fairly common and give you free reign to use the music however and wherever you want; whereas, royalty-free and standard licenses come with a bit more rules as well as a license fee.

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Limestone Learning

JULY 26, 2018

Join this follow-up to Copyright Basics for Trainers: Selecting Images and Music That Won’t Break the Budget—Or the Law and dig deeper into how to find the perfect sound. No Problem: Making Professional Graphics on a Budget Do you want customized, professional graphics but lack the resources? Where to find such sounds?

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