The Logical Blog by IconLogic
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
by Kevin Siegel. When developing eLearning with Adobe Captivate, saving unnecessary clicks is always a goal. With that in mind, I rely on keyboard and other shortcuts whenever possible to avoid clicking and dragging my mouse. Here's a little-known shortcut that can potentially save you a ton of clicks over the long haul. Take a look at the image below.
Upside Learning
SEPTEMBER 5, 2011
We’ve been serving the Australian market for more than four years now. It’s not a large market for us but one that has been growing consistently. I just returned from a two week-long business visit to Australia this Sunday, not my first visit to the country but definitely the one where I sensed that the local eLearning industry is gaining momentum.
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Jane Hart
SEPTEMBER 5, 2011
This is the 5th year I have been building a Top 100 Tools for Learning list (based on the Top 10 Tools contributions of learning professionals worldwide), so I thought it would be interesting to compare my choices in the first year I ran the activity in 2007, with my choices today. 1 – In 2007 I selected Bloglines , as my RSS reader – and said it was “probably the most indispensable tool for my work&#.
Learning Visions
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
Adobe Connect session hosted with Allen Partridge, Adobe eLearning Evangelist “The extraordinary, the radical, the amazing Cathy Moore…” How does one navigate this field and become a professional in this space? How did you arrive here, Cathy? When I started out there was no ID degree (in the early 80’s). Job was to help people in libraries who needed to learn how to use computers.
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The Logical Blog by IconLogic
SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
by AJ George. Related to last week's article on changing PowerPoint's default color palette , I was asked by a reader if it was possible to set up PowerPoint so that, by default, shapes were drawn without a fill color. After tinkering around with the color palettes, I can find no way to set PowerPoint so that every time you start a new presentation the shapes are already pre-set to draw without a fill color.
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Clark Quinn
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
In an earlier post , I tried to convey the advantages of social activities in formal learning from the cognitive processing perspective, but my diagram apparently didn’t work for everyone. I took another shot for a presentation I gave on mobile social at the Guild’s mLearnCon , and I thought I’d raise it here as well. I’m going through this diagram line by line, from the top.
Jane Hart
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
This article first appeared in TrainingZone on 7 September 2011, but is reproduced here for those who don’t have a TZ account. During social learning month, Jane Hart will be providing some weekly articles curating some key resources about social learning. 1. Social learning has become the latest trending concept in the learning world. Although there have been, and there will be, many articles providing a definition of what social learning is all about, I think this article by Dennis Calla
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
Rod Ward of Infosemantics has created a nifty Drag and Drop Lite question widget that lets you create awesome puzzles from within Captivate out of any picture. You can learn more about the widget here.
Kapp Notes
SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
Yesterday I wrote about how myself and my two boys went down to sandbag a bridge to help to save the Danville Middle School from flooding , we worked for several hours and the wall of sandbags appeared strong and ready to withstand the flood but, unfortunately, at 3:00 AM this morning, the sandbag wall was breached. Middle School flooded by rising waters in spite of our best efforts.
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Clark Quinn
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
This is a copy of an article I’ve written for a Wiley newsletter to promote my mlearning book. . The indicators are clear: the world is going mobile. Mobile subscriptions in the developed world are flattening out, not from lack of interest, but from saturation. People are accessing the internet more from mobile devices than desktops, and some people only access the internet via mobile!
E-Learning Provocateur
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
In my role, I get contacted by sales representatives all the time. They flog rapid authoring tools, simulation software, learning management systems, mobile platforms, content libraries, courseware development, project management… the list goes on. I’m not complaining. I appreciate everyone needs to put food on the table. And besides, many of my friends and family are (or have been) sales reps.
Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning
SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
After the holidays I have been bumping into the same issue with different clients: "Which platform you choose for a online part of a learning trajectory as trainer/facilitator? " It is already clear that you want to combine online learning with face-to-face meetings, you need a private online platform and there is also a budget for it. With the enormous amount of social media tools it is much easier for a trainer/facilitator to make his/her own choice of tools fitting the learning activities rat
Kapp Notes
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
IN the past few weeks, a number of organizations have approached me with a common problem. They don’t know how to bring all their training efforts together, they lack strategy, focus and a unified vision. Within organizations, training requirements are not shrinking; in fact, they are becoming more and more chaotic. To align training efforts with the strategic goals of an enterprise and create effective instruction, organizations need to link strategic goals with training delivery goals an
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The Performance Improvement Blog
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton, in a recent article in the New York Times (Check out the “uncut” version.}, argue for “evidence-based-management”. They write…. …the growing pile of studies on the human and financial costs of employee disengagement, management distrust, poor group dynamics, faulty incentive schemes and other preventable damage suggests a need for an evidence-based management movement.
Clark Quinn
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
Electronic Performance Support Systems are a fabulous concept, as pioneered by Gloria Gery back in the early 90′s. The notion is that as you use a system, and have entries or decisions to make, there are tools available that can provide guidance: proactively, intelligently, and context-appropriate. Now, as I heard the complaint at the time, this would really be just good interface design, but the fact is that many times you have to retrofit assistance on top of a bad design for sad but u
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
by Barb Binder. I like mixing bold headings in my table of contents with regular weight text, but I don't like the bold leaders and page numbers that go with it: I just think it looks awkward. My preference is to leave all of the generated paragraph formats in regular weight, and then use a character style to bold just the heading. Here's how: In your table of contents (TOC), use the Paragraph Designer to set up the initial formatting for your text.
Kapp Notes
SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
Here are the resources from today’s SPBT webinar titled “ Gamification of Learning and Instruction: What Research tells Us About 3D Avatars, Storytelling & Serious Games for Learning &#. Here is a description of the event: Transfer of knowledge is key to any learning initiative, including training sales professionals. One way to ensure that knowledge transfer is by adding elements of gaming to your training, including using rewards systems, leveling the playing field for learner
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Integrated Learnings
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
By Shelley A. Gable. In instructor-led training , post-activity debriefing discussions seem to occur naturally. Instructional designers know to follow an activity with discussion questions that prompt learners to reflect on what they learned, justify why they made certain decisions during the activity, consider alternatives, and relate it all to their jobs.
Web Courseworks
SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
As the summer winds down, so does my conference schedule. However, I had the opportunity at the end of August to attend the Serious Play Conference at the DigiPen Institute of Technology in Redmond, WA. The event was a great mix of academics and practitioners, all excited to discuss the very latest on game development [.].
E-Learning Provocateur
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
In my role, I get contacted by sales representatives all the time. They flog rapid authoring tools, simulation software, learning management systems, mobile platforms, content libraries, courseware development, project management… the list goes on. I’m not complaining. I appreciate everyone needs to put food on the table. And besides, many of my friends and family are (or have been) sales reps.
Kapp Notes
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
Well, I spent most of the morning this morning fighting the Susquehanna River —actually fighting a creek that feeds the river, the creek was rising quickly and threatened to flood the local middle school. It had rained for four straight days here in Danville so a flood was inevitable. The green area indicates rain. After 4 days of solid green, its bound to flood.
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TechSmith Camtasia
SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
Fame. Glory. Groupies. Bragging rights. A really cool trophy. Oh, and some cool new technology (MacbookPro, Wacom Tablet and more). These could all be yours if, and only if, you enter our ScreenChamp awards. We're looking for the best of the best screencasters. Think you got what it takes? Here are some of the important details: You can find out all about the contest here.
Adobe Captivate
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
Thanks everyone for your response to the HTML5 – Coming Soon announcement on Facebook page and Twitter. Soon is sooner now – You can now have an “Early Preview&# of our HTML5 output for the iPad. All you need to do is: 1. Get onto our Facebook page 2. Leave a comment on our Wall. [.].
eFront
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
ELearning! Media Group announces eFront as a finalist for the Best of ELearning! 2011 Awards. Nominated as Best Open Source Solution, eFront was selected by worldwide readers and professionals from both the private and public sector involved in the eLearning industry. As the only reader’s choice awards in the eLearning industry, The Best of ELearning!
LearningGuild
SEPTEMBER 5, 2011
There are heated debates about whether every instructional designer should have formal training, and about the pros and cons of academic instructional design programs. But in the meantime, you have to get the work done. Here are eight basic points that every instructional designer should commit to memory.
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TechSmith Camtasia
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
Start counting down the minutes! At 2pm EST, we'll go live with The Forge. I hope you can tune-in live to watch the show. And, feel free to chime in on the chatroom below during the show as well. I know the crew would love to hear your questions and feedback. Our line-up is: Mel Aclaro, Professional screencaster - Mel develops online training and video-based social media content using web video and screencasting technologies.
Mindflash
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
On the Mindflash blog before we’ve pointed out there’s plenty of evidence for a training crisis in American business , with various experts and surveys bemoaning a “sink or swim&# approach to on-boarding new employees. But is one group in particular especially underserved by current approaches to training? Due to their inexperience, young workers in their 20s just starting out in their careers (aka “Gen Y”) are obvious candidates for a group of those most likely to benefit from training,
Adobe Captivate
SEPTEMBER 5, 2011
When we are working on a large course with many topics and sub-topics, it’s a good idea to include all the topics along with sub-topics on the menu page. But this can result into a content heavy screen and doesn’t give a neat look. In such a scenario we can add Spry Menu functionality on [.].
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