The main thing is that this would have been a lot more effective as a podcast.sans video. And sitting towards the back of the plane (near engines) made it very difficult to hear Robert's interview questions. Video makes for a HUGE file size even if it is streaming, so make it worth the wait. On my flight to San Francisco I watched the ScobleShow for the first time on my iPod. MORE

There are various types of microlearning with some forms being considerably older or more effective than others. It’s underused in the world of L&D but it’s effective and a webpage full of them is likely to be returned to many times over. Just note to watch files sizes as while Imgur’s newer gifv format has a lower file-size it’s still fundamentally mp4 video in a different software ‘wrapper.’ MORE

10 Free Audio Programs to Use for E-Learning - Rapid eLearning Blog , June 1, 2010 I’m no audio engineer. Top five tips for creating effective interactions - Spicy Learning , June 14, 2010 Interactions pose a dilemma to all instructional designers. While they can be fun, visually exciting and effective, they can also require a lot of development and be difficult to create. Best of eLearning Learning. June 2010. Another great month for eLearning content. MORE

But, which image file formats do you need? The topics I am going to cover are how file types differ, common web sizes, vector versus raster art, and digital versus optical zoom. Common Image File Types. After you are done editing, you save it and you are prompted with a window that asks you what type of file would you like it saved as. All of the files I mentioned previously fall into two main categories. Common Web Image Sizes. MORE

Effects, filters, overlays, simple to expert tools. Hare – Search engine for open browser tabs. www.tabhare.com Search engine for open browser tabs. Beautiful agenda templates and collaborative meeting minutes for more effective meetings. MORE

According to Alexa’s global traffic ranking, YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world , second only to Google. It is highly unlikely that viewers will use symbols like “ © ®” to look for a file. Instead of naming your file “final_video.mp4” or “final_video.avi”, make sure that you rename the video including the same keywords. The file name will be an indicator for search engines describing the contents of your file. MORE

Files.Design – Professional resources for digital designers including templates, sounds and other files made by Great Simple Studio. Moose by Icons8 — Interesting new option for free stock photos that match each other [link] You can even download them all as a big.zip file. Customize Your Noun Project Icons – With advanced editing features, you can now customize the color, size, rotation, orientation, background color and background shape. File Sharing & Collaboration. MORE

For example, a PowerPoint file with a lot of slides becomes bulky in file size – this makes it hard to distribute to large numbers of users. In this case, you can upload the PowerPoint and add exam elements in a follow up section, created by the LMS’s exam engine. The authoring tools that are used to create SCORM files are not a million miles away from the structure that PowerPoint uses so you won’t need to rethink the structure too much. MORE

It’s a five-phase framework that instructional designers use; a guideline for building effective training and learning support tools. One benefit of a cloud LMS is that it’s quicker and more cost-effective to install than self-hosted learning solutions. In LearnUpon, a content library is a repository of reusable content, like videos, documents, question pools, SCORM and xAPI (Tin Can) files, from which a course can be created. Manifest File. MORE

YouTube is such a powerful engine for discovery. Their Recommendation engine is driving massive amounts of attention towards video.” Utilize video search engine optimization (SEO). As you know, social media platforms don’t offer a one-size-fits-all option for your content. MORE

The problem is many companies struggle with how to create and deliver engaging and effective instructional videos that viewers will actually watch. How to create videos that are effective and that get watched Why video keeps rising How to find and know your audience How long should you make your videos How to optimize video for search (SEO) Why people stop watching videos (and how you can avoid it) What is the best way to create videos for an international audience? MORE

Tools to Make Reading & Research More Effective Incredibly Cool! Tools Second Life and Learning Software Simulation eLearning (w/ links to Tools) Captivate File Size Tricks for Software Training via Simulations Do You WANT an LMS? Start-Up Guides The referral sources showed that almost half of my traffic comes via various search engines rather than from RSS readers or from links on other blogs. MORE

Typically the Content Creation Team will either source the appropriate media file, or create it from scratch using a variety of industry standard tools such as Audacity for podcasts or Apple’s Final Cut Pro for videos. The CellCast Server then automatically processes each uploaded source file using the CellCast Transcoding Engine – an included feature/service that encodes and generates compatible media files for each of the defined mobile devices within an enterprise. MORE