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Friday Finds — Positive Propaganda, Seductive Details, Thinking Fast & Slow

Mike Taylor

So, pause for thought before clicking “insert clipart.” Podcasts These are the conversations that caught my ear this week. Take away : Decorative animations appear to act as a seductive detail that impairs learning, even though they may appear to enhance the visual appeal of slide presentations. Subscribe to Stacked Marketer for free.

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Using Custom Artwork to Build Beautiful eLearning Without Breaking the Budget

eLearning Architect

We've all spent hours in front of eLearning or PowerPoint presentations filled with dodgy clipart or stock photos. Freelancers will bid on the project - and then you can read each applicant's proposal, view portfolios and start a conversation with those freelancers that look like the closest match. ” Successful outsourcing.

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5 Recommended Rapid E-learning Authoring Tools for Amazing Animations

CommLab India

For the quick conversion of an existing PowerPoint presentation to an online course, iSpring Suite is the rapid authoring tool to use. The Resources library provides you with clipart, symbols, and other shapes. iSpring Suite 8.7. This authoring tool has ready to use templates, graphics, characters, and icons.

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Use Your LMS to ???Get Personal??? with Your Learners

Mindflash

No longer should learners need to sit through blocks of mind-numbing text, a multiple choice quiz following each block, with a clipart graphic or two peppered in for variety.With Involve all stakeholders in the conversation. The days of boring online training are long gone.No The Context is the Thing.

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VizThink and Visual Thinking and Learning - Still Not Sure

Tony Karrer

I thought it would be worth sharing a bit of our conversation and inviting others to join in. All that said - I'm still not sure I really get the connection between visual thinking and eLearning. I asked Tom to help fill me in and so we've had a little dialog on it. Tom suggests.

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How to Convert Your Training Content into Mobile Learning Format

Practi

Real images — with people in them — are more professional, current, and are taken more seriously than clipart. Be Consistent and Professional. The style of images should not vary between lessons and topics. Many people also prefer to see real people instead of illustrations.

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7 Simple Rapid E-Learning Tips & Free PowerPoint Template

Rapid eLearning

Not sure if I shared this before or not, but it’s something I shared in a recent conversation. I created the graphics in PowerPoint using some clipart. I’ve also found nuggets in old graphics applications. They usually come with some fonts and images. It’s always easy to remember what you’re doing when the elearning project is current.