mLearning Revolution

OCTOBER 3, 2012

What does it mean for the digital products and services we are designing, when PCs, smartphones, TVs and other electronic devices are connected? All of us mobile users expect the products and services we use to not only follow us from device to device but to remember where we left off on one device and continue from there on the next device.

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mLearning Revolution

JANUARY 17, 2012

Since I cover eLearning tools, I give the edge here to TechSmith, who smartly put their Camtasia product on the Mac App Store. Every software application needs to be on these App store as quickly as possible in order to not miss out. I have it and like it a lot. Suffice it to say, it is still not there.

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Rapid eLearning eLearning Tools Authoring Tools Flash to HTML5 Conversion 233

mLearning Revolution

JANUARY 11, 2012

As an Evangelist then, with every new product launch Adobe did, i always asked myself, how can we leverage the new technology in our less known products, and more specifically, how can we get Adobe Captivate involved.

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Adobe Captivate Screencast Flash to HTML5 Conversion Adobe 235

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OCTOBER 24, 2012

One of Microsoft’s selling points in Windows 8 and their Surface Tablet, is that we will be able to run the exact same Productivity apps we know and (love or hate) from the old PC era. Microsoft Office Apps is exactly what we don’t need in Mobile. I say that’s exactly what we don’t need today!

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mLearning Revolution

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Certainly a great definition but there’s also another way to think about a killer app, namely what makes a technology, a company, a product, an industry, even a person different, unique from the alternative. A killer app can substantially increase sales of the platform on which it runs.

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Mobile Learning Mobile iPad Wikipedia 188

mLearning Revolution

JUNE 24, 2012

One of my favorite lessons from Steve Jobs was that Apple didn’t do much in the way of Focus Groups in order to figure out what their next products would be. Oh and don’t forget to surprise your mobile learners, too. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

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mLearning Revolution

JUNE 3, 2013

I’m a Google Search and Google browser user, but I do give kudos to the Microsoft Bing and Internet Explorer teams, who worked on these native Windows 8 versions of their products.

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Mobile Learning Mobile Video Photoshop 167

mLearning Revolution

JUNE 7, 2013

Two recent example come to mind: 1) Apple not allowing Adobe Flash on the iPhone and iPad; and 2) Adobe recently making the move to a cloud-only Creative Suite product offering. software later this month.

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Microsoft Flash to HTML5 Conversion Change Apple 127

mLearning Revolution

MAY 2, 2012

I have been a fan of Articulate for a long time even as I worked for Adobe on the Captivate and eLearning Suite products. No wonder they have thousands of superfans, who rave about their products and who recommend them to their peers via Social Media Networks. However if there’s a company that can do it, that is certainly Articulate.

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Articulate Adobe Captivate Flash to HTML5 Conversion Games 279

mLearning Revolution

JANUARY 23, 2012

Since posting 10 Things I love about Screenr.com , I have been recording my own screencasts almost daily as a way to stay creative by sharing tips on some of my favorite utilities, apps and browser extensions that help me stay productive.

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mLearning Revolution

AUGUST 5, 2013

That number turned out to be greater than the amount of revenue earned on the entire Surface product line. Here’s one in particular that is very telling: [the] Surface RT tablet recently led to a write-down totaling $900 million. According to GeekWire, total Surface revenue reached $853 million on June 30, 2013.

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Mobile iPad PENS Microsoft 117

mLearning Revolution

JULY 2, 2012

The company behind it, TechSmith, is sharp and forward thinking and not only knows how to build desktop software, but they also know the importance of having a mobile presence on the App store with products like ScreenChomp, Smart Player and Coach’s Eye.

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mLearning Revolution

JANUARY 3, 2012

I still remember my excitement six years ago when I received an email from Karl Matthews, then Director of Product Management at Adobe, asking me if I wanted to join his team as Product Evangelist for FrameMaker, RoboHelp and Captivate. You have to believe that the products you are talking about are the very best there is.

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Adobe Social Media eBook Captivate 183

mLearning Revolution

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Dan writes that: “the difference between a product we love and a product we just tolerate are often the microinteractions we have with it.” ” He also says that: “Products that we love show an attention to detail; the beautiful curves, the satisfying click, the understandable mental model.”

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mLearning Revolution

JUNE 16, 2012

Well, actually I did have an idea of what to expect, or at least I thought I did, since I was part of the initial talks for what would be in the next release of the product, right before leaving the company. The thing is, almost nothing I thought would be in the product ended up making in Adobe Captivate 6.

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Adobe Captivate Captivate Adobe Assessment 199

mLearning Revolution

JUNE 9, 2013

In fact I think that most of the new features being promoted by Adobe have been there for a while in competing products like Articulate software, namely the ability to include YouTube videos in a course, as well as embedding a browser session on a slide.

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APRIL 24, 2012

I feel that most companies under that much pressure would have easily folded but instead, Adobe stuck with it and focused on all the right things and we now see the fruits of their labor in all 14 of the apps that make up the new Creative Suite 6 family of products.

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Suite Flash to HTML5 Conversion Adobe Mobile 225

mLearning Revolution

JUNE 21, 2012

So considering Captivate is an Adobe product, this is where my high expectations came from because I thought Captivate would follow suit and show the eLearning and mLearning community something awesome, something that would have made Captivate a game-changer, especially for developing great mobile learning experiences. It is simply awesome.

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mLearning Revolution

JANUARY 14, 2013

Virtually every process and every product is being “ reimagined ” because of mobile. The company’s mission statement is to connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful. May 2013 be the year each one of us creates a dent in our own Universe!

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Social Networks LinkedIn Lesson Mobile 188

mLearning Revolution

JANUARY 24, 2012

When I find a technology or a product I like, I have no hesitation to recommend it to my followers on Twitter and Google+ and friends on Facebook. When I worked for Adobe as an Evangelist for Captivate, one of my Social Media strategies was to never miss a mention from someone who was talking about my product. Let me explain.

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mLearning Revolution

OCTOBER 25, 2012

I think a more sound argument is that Tablets will replace our PCs because the mobile revolution is “ redefining ” the term productivity.

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Photoshop OneNote Dreamweaver Microsoft 185

mLearning Revolution

AUGUST 21, 2015

As someone who worked on RoboDemo when it was an eHelp Corporation product and later at Macromedia and Adobe, on the Captivate team, I couldn’t be happier to see Adobe taking this great product in the right direction. Conclusion. Kudos to my old team for a job well done with Captivate 8 and now Captivate 9!

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mLearning Revolution

JUNE 5, 2013

Which is why it’s no surprise to me that Meeker mentioned that smartphone users feel connected, excited, curious, interested and productive ; and that we check our smartphones an average of 150 times per day. We enjoy the simplicity of mobile.

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Internet Mobile Learning Trends Slides 242

mLearning Revolution

JANUARY 12, 2015

Adobe has a product called Edge Animate that allows you to create animation in native HTML5 format, which you can then import into your mobile learning projects in Captivate 8, via the Media drop-down menu, as illustrated below. I’m glad to see the Captivate team embracing HTML5 as the future of the web.

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Mobile Learning Adobe Captivate Mobile 100

mLearning Revolution

JULY 7, 2012

One Size does Not Fit All. And then there’s the fact that I don’t believe we should literally convert the same exact desktop eLearning to HTML for mobile devices, including the iPad.

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mLearning Revolution

JUNE 12, 2011

While most users wouldn’t pay attention to this, I have spent the majority of my professional career in the world of Technical Communications, so I’m always interested in seeing what companies are doing in the area of Online Help to aid their users in familiarizing themselves with any product.

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mLearning Revolution

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Amazon Echo – When I first heard about this new product from Amazon I thought it was a crazy idea but not anymore, I think Amazon is on to something. They have a number of products online, but the one that caught my eye as innovative is Quizzes. Mobile Learning eLearning featured mLearning mobile'

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Skype TechSmith Mac Write Blog 144

mLearning Revolution

MAY 11, 2012

Because of that constant pursuit of new ideas, metaphors and new tools, what started as a simple project in order to try out the shiny new Articulate Storyline product, ended up being an interesting demo that includes plenty in the way of interactivity. RJ Jacquez: I continue to be very impressed with the new Articulate Storyline product.

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