eLearning Brothers

AUGUST 12, 2010

Here are some additional design tools/resources for Articulate: Articulate Skins. Share this on LinkedIn. Share this on del.icio.us. Thanks to Dave Mozealous for starting this and also to Joe Deegan for contributing. PowerPoint Styles for Articulate. Interactions for Articulate. Tweet This! Share this on Facebook.

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eLearning Brothers

AUGUST 18, 2010

This is an interesting topic for eLearning designers because we are typically trying to “cram&# tons of information into someone’s head in less than 30 mins. Share this on LinkedIn. Share this on del.icio.us. Tags: Featured Instructional Design eLearning eLearning best practices. Tweet This!

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eLearning Brothers

AUGUST 5, 2010

Share this on LinkedIn. Share this on del.icio.us. Tags: Articulate Featured Flash Products Templates eLearning branding challenges eLearning game eLearning template flash games games graphic design Jeopardy millionaire power point backgrounds presenter rapid eLearning rapid intake start eLearning. Tweet This!

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 6, 2010

A reader named Michaela recently emailed to ask what an instructional designer does. There are lots of debates online regarding the value of instructional designers. Sure, instructional designers need to get unstuck, grow and shift things around. What is instructional design? What does an instructional designer do?

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 7, 2009

Introducing The Conversation Prism eLearning Trends 2007 and 2008 TechCrunch White Label Social Networking Platforms Chart How to Insert YouTube Videos in PowerPoint Presentations LinkedIn Tips and Tweaks: Do More with your LinkedIn Account Introduction to Wikis, Blogs, Social Bookmarking, Social Networking and RSS Corporate Policies on Web 2.0

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 13, 2009

A few months ago I published a list of the 10 Qualities Of The Ideal Instructional Designer. The comments more or less fell into a few categories: working with SMEs, designing and developing content, love of learning, business savvy and personal attributes. The effective instructional designer should: Competently Work with SMEs.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

If you are intrigued by the future of learning design, you won’t want to miss the second half of this interview with Karl Kapp. Coach: What types of challenges do newer technologies, such as mobile and podcast, present to the instructional designer? In case you missed the first half, see Games and Simulations. Wrong format.

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Share this on Linkedin Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Share this on del.icio.us Share it on StumbleUpon Add this to 100 bookmarks. Tags: DESIGN RECENT ARTICLES STORYBOARDING. Post from: The eLearning Coach Announcing Free Storyboard Templates. Email this to a friend? Stumble upon something good?

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The eLearning Coach

OCTOBER 25, 2009

As designers and developers, we can make sure our audiences have smooth interactions with our courses. After all, good user interface design is an essential part of eLearning. So here are some basic rules for user interface design from the audience’s perspective. User interface design is a complex and deep subject.

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Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 31, 2007

So, as I mentioned before, I'm a big believer in leveraging the knowledge of social connections that exist across the network of different applications (e.g., del.icio.us, flickr, MyBlogLog, Facebook, LinkedIn, your email, discussion groups, etc.).

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Agile Learning Design. These eight articles by Donald Clark extrapolate describe an approach for agile learning and training design. LinkedIn Guide for Knowledge Workers. Tony Karrer thinks knowledge workers should be getting more out of LinkedIn. Share this on Linkedin. Share this on del.icio.us.

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The eLearning Coach

MARCH 1, 2010

Now let’s jump into some practical approaches to designing for the emotions. Please add your suggestions for emotional design in the Comments section below. Design for social interaction. If you design for social interaction, consider providing guidelines to make the experience more meaningful. .&#

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 4, 2008

How do we do this in the social network environment? Maybe this is partly design, but it's also how conversation, content spread across social networks. I discussed part of this in my recent screencasts LinkedIn for Finding Expertise and Searching for Expertise - LinkedIn Answers.

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 22, 2010

I’ve worked with numerous design and development teams over the years and one noticeable characteristic of these teams was their creativity. Some design/development teams aren’t encouraged to be creative in the workplace. Share this on Linkedin. Share this on del.icio.us. Where’s the disconnect?

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

So when 3D Learning invades your organization, will you be able to design or facilitate this type of experience? In a well-designed 3DLE, learning is transformed from a one-dimensional, directed and managed activity to a multi-dimensional collaborative activity. Share this on Linkedin. Share this on del.icio.us.

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 19, 2010

The research for this article was taken from my book, Visual Language for Designers: Principles for Creating Graphics that People Understand. Share this on Linkedin. Share this on del.icio.us. Other Articles with Graphic Tips: The Power of Visual Grouping. Graphics Primer: Color. Tweet This! Share this on Facebook.

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The eLearning Coach

MARCH 18, 2010

Share this on Linkedin. Share this on del.icio.us. Tags: DESIGN TESTS. Post from: The eLearning Coach 10 Rules For Writing Multiple Choice Questions. Tweet This! Share this on Facebook. Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon.

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The eLearning Coach

MARCH 16, 2010

This makes me wonder if we’re doing as much as we can to visualize information when we design learning experiences. That alone is a powerful design lesson for all of us. Share this on Linkedin. Share this on del.icio.us. Visualizing information makes it tangible so that people are more likely to comprehend it.

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Social Networks Social Bookmarking Learning Association 68

The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

But I sense that if we were better able to recognize and speak to a learner’s emotions, it would help us escape the rigid design mindset that often prevails in our community. Of interest to learning design, is that activation of the amygdala correlates with greater retention of information. Share this on Linkedin.

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

The challenge for designers is to create learning experiences that are sufficiently meaningful and engaging that they elicit positive reactions from learners. The final article in this series will present practical ways to design for the emotions. Have you had success with emotional design? Share this on Linkedin.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Share this on Linkedin Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Share this on del.icio.us Share it on StumbleUpon Add this to 100 bookmarks. Tags: DESIGN RECENT ARTICLES TESTS Test Development. Do you consider a test’s validity and reliability? Post from: The eLearning Coach Are Your Online Tests Reliable?

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Read more about User Interface design on The eLearning Coach. Share this on Linkedin. Share this on del.icio.us. Tags: DESIGN RECENT ARTICLES USER INTERFACE. What are your tips for writing good microcopy? Please add them to the comments section below. I think the previous sentence is microcopy. Tweet This!

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Tony Karrer

MARCH 3, 2008

It was designed to be a small to medium size group discussion, but because the room was large it was very challenging to do that successfully. Question 1 - What are the most likely ways / places your organization might or does use Blogs, Wikis, Social Bookmarking, Social Networking or Collaboration Tools?

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 3, 2010

For answers to eLearning related questions, try one of the LinkedIn eLearning Groups with a high membership, like The eLearning Guild or Instructional Design & E-Learning Professionals’ Group. Scrapplet uses a drag and drop approach for mashing up content, particularly from social media sites. Share this on Linkedin.

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Mashups Pipes iTunesU eLearning 2.0 86

The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

You can’t make it through a year of designing eLearning without having to write test questions at some point. Share this on Linkedin Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Share this on del.icio.us Share it on StumbleUpon Add this to 100 bookmarks. What issues do you have with developing online tests?

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Learning Objects Online Instructional Design Social Networks 74

The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

As a result, designers and developers who can think visually are able to envision the final product, conceive visuals for content and visualize how information fits together. Often, our roles expand beyond design and development and into the business realm. Share this on Linkedin Tweet This! Publisher: Portfolio, 2008.

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The eLearning Coach

MARCH 15, 2010

The overwhelming characteristic of the museum is its spectacular architecture—playful, innovative and designed to look random. We can achieve this in all types of online learning with good principles of instructional design. Related Articles: 10 Social Media Tools For Learning. Share this on Linkedin. Tweet This!

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 27, 2009

Related Articles: 10 Social Media Tools For Learning. The Future of Learning Design. How To Communicate The Value Of Social Media. Share this on Linkedin. Share this on del.icio.us. Games and Simulations. Photo credit: Kozuch]. Post from: The eLearning Coach 2009 Technology Trends That Impact Online Learning.

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 21, 2009

For a reasonable monthly fee and no long-term commitment required, lynda.com gives you access to a long list of well-designed courses that teach how to use both leading and somewhat obscure software products as well as web development topics, like HTML, Javascript and usability testing. Share this on Linkedin. The Best Features.

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Designers spend a lot of time writing and not enough learning how to write more creatively. Designing Web Interfaces by Bill Scott. This book is an excellent introduction to online user interface design, providing the background, thought processes and uses for just about every type of user interface element you can imagine.

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Many of the templates provide users with a quick way to design and build an interaction. One of the things that makes Raptivity unlike any product I’ve ever used is that it provides just-in-time support right in the design template. Another unusual feature is that the product is immersed in instructional design models.

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The eLearning Coach

MARCH 30, 2010

It looks like there will be some great webinars related to instructional design and development in April. A fresh look at instructional design. Both Cathy and Patrick are outspoken critics of mainstream e-learning content design and are leading champions in the movement for more creative and engaging solutions. Register here.

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 30, 2006

Once we've interacted to some level, you might consider linking up with my via LinkedIn - I found this to be a good way to stay connected with people. Presentation - ISPI Los Angeles Introduction to Wikis, Blogs, Social Bookmarking, Social Networking and RSS Practical Suggestions: Web 2.0 Topics eLearning 2.0 eLearning 2.0

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Mark Oehlert

APRIL 15, 2008

Check this page for related instances of Meebo, flickr, PageFlakes, facebook, LinkedIN and Twitter. Clay Shirky My latest additions to del.icio.us stuff Here are some of my main del.icio.us The Lewin Links This link should take you to the page I have on del.icio.us books futures Web 2.0 From the land of Huh?

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

We know that distributed practice (or spaced rehearsal) is an effective learning technique and a well designed games naturally embody that concept. In a well designed simulation, the learner is put into a realistic situation and he or she must act as they would in the actual situation. Share with the social buttons below.

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Simulations Games Cognitive Virtual Classroom 75

eLearning 24-7

JULY 30, 2010

Twitter has APIs, so does Facebook, even Linkedin. Hunch is designed so that every time it’s used, it learns something new. Adaptive Learning with a Social Q/A twist. Cliqset -social web service that helps users share and discover content and discuss it with other users. Social Learning? API Protocols.

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Mark Oehlert

JUNE 11, 2008

Set up accounts at Facebook, LinkedIn, Flickr, Dopplr and Twitter. " hmmm, design anyone?!? Clay Shirky My latest additions to del.icio.us stuff Here are some of my main del.icio.us The Lewin Links This link should take you to the page I have on del.icio.us (Link to the Ontology Summit 2008 ) Web 2.0

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