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Why Instructional Designers Should Be Familiar with Flash

Integrated Learnings

by Donna Bryant Why should we instructional designers become familiar with development programs such as Flash? After all, most development is not done by writers or designers--it is usually done by technical developers. Collected Flash Tutorials - Flash tutorials, covering various topics.

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Questions about Instructional Design Careers

Experiencing eLearning

Last month, a reader named Jackie asked me a number of thoughtful questions about transitioning from teaching K-12 public school to instructional design. A: I wouldn’t learn Flash right now. Most Flash e-learning now is done with rapid tools anyway. Do you have other questions about instructional design careers?

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Are instructional designers doormats?

Making Change

For example, I was once asked to write a super-whiz-bang Flash course on how to use a client’s internal software. Get a random instructional design idea. My Twitter series of #IDideas has morphed into a widget on my blog. To write the course I needed to learn how to use the software, so I asked for their manual.

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Rapid eLearning Through Software Simulations And Screencasts

Upside Learning

Screenr is one such great tool, which in collaboration with Twitter also eliminates the need of third party delivery platform. Unlike screen capturing tools, the published output is not just a passive video, but is in a fully interactive format such as Flash SWF. However, such development would not be considered as rapid authoring.

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The Sound of Silence | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

For an excellent illustration of this problem, check out this great example provided by the always-interesting Cathy Moore (click the image to launch the Flash player): Courtesy of [link] So, why does narration in eLearning frequently do nothing more than parrot back what’s written on the screen? Properly d. Properly d.

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Make Learning An Experience. Blend It! | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Software tools such as Articulate Presenter or Adobe Presenter allow you to transition your current PowerPoint into a streamlined e-Learning modules complete with narration, interactive quizzes, and Flash-based output compression. Properly d. Properly d.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Instructional Designers Tools

Learning Visions

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, June 08, 2007 Instructional Designers Tools Theres been a good conversation going on over at Christy Tuckers Experiencing E-Learning blog about instructional design. I have my expertise, you have yours.