The RCAT (rapid content authoring tool) market continues to be healthy with nothing to slow it down – uh, except maybe one thing (more on that later). Yeah, I know we have just jumped into January, but in a review of the past several months, authoring tools continue to follow a similar path amongst themselves with certain feature sets. However, where you would expect some to move towards – they haven’t, which is disappointing on multiple tiers. MORE

Within a decade, it has transformed from being a rarity to a becoming necessity, while gaining enormous computational power. Instead of being just a passive listener while the teacher gives a lecture, interactive content allows the student to be actively involved in the process. There are many types of interactive content that can be used to make learning more engaging for students, such as interactive video, infographics, puzzles, quizzes, and games. MORE

Most learning vendors tout their ‘expertise in instructional design’ as a key reason as to why we should engage them to produce learning content. I’ve re-worked the model to show: my domain is the workscape (the merger of work and learning, the learning ecosystem). But first … I have found that there is something about the QR Code generation we ought to know about; this is. It’s a good thing to witness, but slow as molasses in some circles. Questions to. MORE

Bringing technology tools into the classroom has proven to have positive consequences in terms of the quality of learning. It offers an effective way to free education from the boundaries of school walls and timings. The education sector is becoming increasingly aware of the advantages offered by EdTech, which is only highlighted by predictions that revenues for the eBooks segment alone is likely to grow from $13,687 million in 2019 to $15,250 million by 2023. MORE

The magic 8 ball is a fun item to use. Have you ever opened up a fortune cookie and said to yourself, “How did it know that about me?” From an interaction (listed as interactivity) to a feature within the product. Because the industry as a whole is a lemming, I expect more vendors to come on board. I do believe that HTML5 output will continue to grow as an authoring tool feature. How hard is it to offer such a capability within your product? MORE

As an ID, you create courses that people need to take. The problem is, even though the knowledge is good for them, we know they don’t actually want to take the course. You want people to love your eLearning, but I swear, sometimes getting people to take their training feels like getting kids to eat their vegetables. So sometimes, we need to be like the parent who hides their kid’s vegetables inside a chocolate cake. MORE

Within a decade, it has transformed from being a rarity to a becoming necessity, while gaining enormous computational power. Instead of being just a passive listener while the teacher gives a lecture, interactive content allows the student to be actively involved in the process. There are many types of interactive content that can be used to make learning more engaging for students, such as interactive video, infographics, puzzles, quizzes, and games. MORE

don’t want anyone to get me wrong. 20 Facts You Must Know About Working Memory - The eLearning Coach , June 2, 2010 Without adapting learning experiences to the learner’s cognitive architecture, instructional design is hit or miss. Video: ‘A Plagiarism Carol’ - Dont Waste Your Time , June 14, 2010 I found this really funny, and quite well put together, video outlining the pitfalls of plagiarising text this morning. At one point he stopped and seemed to read a bit. MORE

As an ID, you create courses that people need to take. The problem is, even though the knowledge is good for them, we know they don’t actually want to take the course. You want people to love your eLearning, but I swear, sometimes getting people to take their training feels like getting kids to eat their vegetables. So sometimes, we need to be like the parent who hides their kid’s vegetables inside a chocolate cake. MORE

Let’s say you want to convert a physical book into a digital format. OCR is a software program that converts handwritten, typed or printed text and images into machine-encoded text. OCR, is thus, a method to digitize printed text. Pen computing. MORE

Bringing technology tools into the classroom has proven to have positive consequences in terms of the quality of learning. It offers an effective way to free education from the boundaries of school walls and timings. The education sector is becoming increasingly aware of the advantages offered by EdTech, which is only highlighted by predictions that revenues for the eBooks segment alone is likely to grow from $13,687 million in 2019 to $15,250 million by 2023. MORE

The TechSmith Education team will be heading down to San Antonio this year for the Annual Conference and Exposition, and we’re eager to hang out with all of our presenter pals at our booth. Not surprisingly, the whole concept is something that we’re thrilled to be involved in. I hope you’ve enjoyed having a chance to get a little better acquainted with everyone, and we hope to see you at the booth! Be sure to check it out! MORE