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PowerPoint or Prezi: Which is Best for eLearning?

Association eLearning

The question is becoming more and more common — “Should I use PowerPoint (PPT) or Prezi?” But whereas PowerPoint tends to progress linearly from one slide to the next in a fixed sequence, Prezi uses “paths” to move between content by zooming out to reveal a big-picture overview, or zooming in to show details. What do you think?

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Game Based Learning: Is It Appropriate For My Association?

Association eLearning

Like any effective learning project, it’s critical to define your audience and determine if gamification is a good fit. If you’re interested in how to create extremely effective games – for learning or otherwise, I highly recommend it. Male players want a challenge, so motivating them with “scores to beat” is very effective.

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How to customise presentation icons in PowerPoint

BrightCarbon

This blog post will show you how to source, create and animate custom presentation icons from within PowerPoint itself! How to tailor icons in PowerPoint. If you’re using Office 365, you’ll be able to access PowerPoint’s native presentation icons. Wingdings is accessible no matter what version of PowerPoint you’re using.

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When Misused Buzzwords Attack

Association eLearning

Is not : Cheerful background music and flashy animations with sound effects and lots of pictures. A course that isn’t any fun might be a narrated PowerPoint full of animated bullet points that the learner just sits through. Share this on LinkedIn. Interactive. Innovative/ Creative/ Different. All of the above. Did this help?

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12 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Authoring Tool

Knowing what you need from an eLearning authoring tool can be hard, especially when there are so many options on the market. gomo’s new ebook aims to save you time and hassle by identifying 12 must-have authoring tool features.

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Friday Finds — Learn In Public, PowerPoint & Canva, Maximize Your Learning,

Mike Taylor

Last week’s most clicked item: How to Loop a Sequence of PowerPoint Animations. Working With PowerPoint & PDFs in Canva. I started with PDFs and then discovered that you can also do it with PowerPoint and Word files as well. Slow-Paced Learning: The Most Effective Way to Retain 90% of What You Learn.

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ID and E-Learning Links (8/21/16)

Experiencing eLearning

Best Practices for Effective PowerPoint Presentations Assessment | Think Outside The Slide. A lengthy and thorough checklist for effective PowerPoint presentations. tags: powerpoint presentation. tags: powerpoint presentation. Helpful for determining the contrast in PowerPoint presentations.

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