Upside Learning

JUNE 11, 2010

The future of elearning is mobile. Even with the present challenges mobile learning of non-standard screens, operating systems, browser support there is no real doubt that mobile learning is fast becoming widely accepted to deliver and help manage activities around learning delivery. As mobile learning gains ground there will be (and already is) a growing need to look beyond notifications for users and quick-follow-up assessments through mobile devices.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 6, 2010

Button Maker. Change the colors and options to create CSS3 buttons. tags : webdesign , css. Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here. Filed under: Bookmarks. Tags: Bookmarks.

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Making Change

JUNE 9, 2010

Need to design lean, lively elearning? You might get ideas from this recording of a webinar that I gave today for the Baton Rouge ASTD. It’s about 45 minutes long and shows how to use action mapping to quickly identify which content and activities will be most useful. The webinar shows how to: Choose a goal that leads to a measurable business improvement.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JUNE 7, 2010

by Kevin Siegel Ever needed to display an object across several or all of your Captivate project slides? Me too! The good news is that there is more than one way to accomplish the task. The bad news is that neither process works very well. One way to show an object (such as your logo) across multiple slides is to use Captivate's Show for rest of project command via the Options tab of several objects.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 8, 2010

Some of you might have seen this already, but it’s worth posting. Dan Pink talks about what motivates us at the RSA , and it’s visualized in a great cartoon animation style. Several insights into the use of money as a motivator. What works, what doesn’t. It was fascinating, well worth the 12 odd minutes. Take a look. Related posts: Sir Ken Speaks About a Learning Revolution Is the Recession Bad for Effective Learning Solutions?

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Integrated Learnings

JUNE 9, 2010

By Shelley A. Gable. At last! After weeks – perhaps months – of analysis, design, and development, you finally have a completed and fully functional eLearning course. Finishing that last step to completion is a proud moment. And a relief. So now what? Roll it out to the masses! No, wait. Before rolling it out to the masses (assuming that’s your eventual intent), you should probably pilot the course with a small group of learners from your target audience.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JUNE 10, 2010

by David R. Mankin First there was Buzzword, an online word processor that Adobe created for all of us to use for FREE. Then there was Presentations (think PowerPoint. only online and free). Next came Tables, an online spreadsheet. Adobe seems to be assembling a cloud-based suite of useful programs. The anchor to all these 'modules' is the free acrobat.com service.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 10, 2010

I am currently traveling in the US meeting clients and prospects in various domains and of varied business sizes. The one thing that strikes me is the immense interest in the mobile learning solutions that we provide.I’ve earlier written about what I believe is the future of learning technology and it seems from my interactions, yes, mobile (or m-learning) is the future of e-learning.

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 6, 2010

Rob Penn, CEO of SuddenlySmart (makers of SmartBuilder, one of the new breed of authoring tools), interviewed me last fall about engaging learning: game design, simulations, etc. It followed one by Professor Allison Rossett of SDSU (also available at the site). I always find it hard to listen to myself (my voice sounds much better in my head :), and the audio is a little murky, but I hit the usual important notes about focusing on decisions that learners need to be able to make, getting challen

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Lars is Learning

JUNE 7, 2010

Creating an engaging, effective e-learning experience can be a daunting task. There are many considerations, the LEAST of which is the technical delivery which most folk normally latch on to. The tools are an enabler, for sure, but the ability to communicate – in words, in pictures, with meaningful interaction, with clarity – is much more important.

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Tony Karrer

JUNE 8, 2010

This post is a new kind of thing for me. Dr. Joel Harband wrote most of this post and I worked with him on the focus, the content and a little bit of editing - actually I couldn't help myself and I edited this a lot. So this is really a combined effort at this point. As you know, Text-to-Speech is something that's very interesting to me and Joel knows a lot about it as CEO of Tuval Software Industries maker of Speech-Over Professional.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 9, 2010

Smokescreen project is an effort to bring Flash player to the iPhone/iPad without installing the Flash plug-in. It’s an open source project implemented in HTML5 and JavaScript. For now this project is targeted at advertisers to enable them to run Flash ads on the iPhone/iPad. Here is a video demonstration of a Flash ad running on an iPad using Smokescreen –.

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 11, 2010

I was talking to my colleague Harold Jarche the other day about the changes in work needs and it triggered a thought. Normally, when we talk about performance support and collaboration, we think of creating job aids. Yet I believe that, increasingly, interactive performance support will be more valuable in generating meaningful outcomes. It occurred to me that there was a missed opportunity: editable wizards.

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ID Reflections

JUNE 9, 2010

I am copying a discussion we have been having on LinkedIn as a part of the Training&Development group. I started this discussion to understand the roles (tacit and explicit) that a learning consultant plays. The discussion that evolved has been one of the most insightful for me and I thought it should be shared with those who may not at present be a part of the T&D group on LinkedIn.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JUNE 10, 2010

Regardless of Tom Friedman's op-ed column in the New York Times calling for more start-ups, the private sector is not going to create the number of jobs needed to make a substantial impact on unemployment, at least not in the foreseeable future. Automation, "lean" manufacturing, office technology, Web-based businesses, outsourcing, and the expanding use of temporary workers, are all contributing to structural unemployment.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 7, 2010

Related posts: UL Fun-e-toons: Online Learning UL Fun-e-toons: Rapid Learning UL Fun-e-toons: Learning Management. Tags: Humor eLearning eLearning Development Learning Amplified Online Learning UL Fun Cartoon UL Fun e toons.

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Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

JUNE 10, 2010

Image via Wikipedia One time I got a call whether I know what to look for when you buy a laptop. Or people ask if I know how you can make Outlook address list. Or what a great mobile provider is in the Netherlands. Things I do not know but apparently I have given them the impression that I might know. People are surprised to discover that I do not know how turn up the volume of my phone too (secretly they are glad too:).

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 10, 2010

Some interesting developments in the 3D Learning and Collaboration Space. First, it looks as though Linden Labs, the developers behind Second Life, may be downsizing their corporate efforts ( Second Life Enterprise Edition ). Two sources indicate that Linden may actually be shutting down their Enterprise operations. While this has not been totally verified by dozens of data sources.

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KnowledgeStar

JUNE 9, 2010

Well, there you have it … as often is the case Dilbert sums up the mess we’ve gotten ourselves into … without failure there can be no real learning, since real learning requires practice over time to adopt and adapt what you know and can do … under an ever-changing variety of circumstances. If experience [.].

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Lars is Learning

JUNE 10, 2010

As the King put it: "A little less conversation, a little more action please" That pretty much summed up the reactions to many of the sessions during what was a vibrant and buzzy event this Tuesday in London. While there was much enthusiasm demonstrated with regards to the future potential of simulations, the shifts in informal/formal learning provision and a welcome emphasis on long term.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 10, 2010

Today I had the honour of collecting a Best Blended Learning Solution Award (Gold Level) at the 2010 LearnX Asia Pacific Conference. The blended learning solution in question is “IQ&# , an intranet-based portal that I developed for my colleagues at my workplace. My driver for creating this portal was the realisation that, in a big corporation like the one I work for, knowledge is distributed everywhere – on random intranet pages, in obscure folders, in people’s heads – wh

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 11, 2010

Recently a number of folks have asked me some questions about 3D worlds that I think can be answered in some of my previous posts so here are some of those posts as answers to frequently asked questions about virtual immersive environments: 1) How do I get started in 3D? Five Tips on 3D eLearning and Training Courtesy of VenueGen 2) How do I create the right environment for my organization's 3D learning space?

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KnowledgeStar

JUNE 9, 2010

The mobile web has eradicated any wired person’s dilemma whether to be offline in the real world, or online and stuck in one location (an office cube, a living room, or worse, the basement). Offline is now online, and online is offline. mLearning will be the driver for Learning 2.0. Today’s smartphones and tablets – e.g. iPhones [.].

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eLearning Brothers

JUNE 7, 2010

These are examples of Articulate Skins that we’ve created. The skins have various layouts for courses with and without audio. There are also “stream-lined&# versions that have less button options. Visit our site for Articulate Skins. ( eLearningSkins.com ). We also do custom Articulate Skins. Tags: Articulate Courses Featured Portfolio.

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TechSmith Camtasia

JUNE 5, 2010

"Laissez le bon temp rouler" as they say in New Orleans. Let the good times roll! Chris McQueen, Instructional Designer, Adam Marks, Lead Snagit Developer, Donald Cook, Sales, and I are heading down to the Big Easy, New Orleans this weekend for Microsoft's TechEd. If you're attending the conference or are in the New Orleans area, we'd love to meet-up, get your feedback, hear about your screencast projects, or even just hang out!

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LearningGuild

JUNE 7, 2010

Seven industry experts who will speak at mLearnCon in San Diego next week, answer three simple questions about mobile learning (mLearning): What are the obstacles to practical delivery of learning via mobile devices? What will it take to solve these problems? When do you think this will happen? If you create or manage online learning in your organization, you must read their replies.

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eLearning 24-7

JUNE 7, 2010

Below is a list of course authoring tools – think “rapid e-learning authoring software&#. The list is followed by free open source software that mimics and can even beat – IMO some of its more well known competitors – that you might use when building your WBT. All software below is free. Rapid E-Learning Course Software. Jelsim - e-learning simulation software – create in java – can be used in corporate, semi target education.

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eLearning Brothers

JUNE 8, 2010

We’ll be at eLearningDevCon next week…are you coming? Stop by our booth and say hi! DevCon has been a great conference in the past. It’s not the largest eLearning conference but it is very focused on development. It is small enough that you actually feel like you get to know people. (Plus it’s in our backyard and we can sleep at home every night.).

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