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Beginning Instructional Authoring: Say What? Explaining Images
Are you just beginning to learn how to author e-Learning? This column is meant for you! Patti Shank serves up some tool-independent and tool-specific tips in this series that will help you work better and faster, and develop a better product. This month, Patti shows you four tips for avoiding cognitive overload.
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Marc My Words: Handy Tips for Expo Shopping
Shopping an expo at a conference can be daunting. So, based on more than 100 expo visits over 30 years, here are Marc’s 14 tips for making your expo time a success.
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Leveraging Virtualization Technology for e-Learning
Using virtual machines to deliver certain types of training can save time and money in deploying your courses, and it can provide a better learner experience. Cloud-based virtualization solutions make this strategy even better. This article is a must-read if you are doing software training!
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App Fusion: Learning Face-off with Facebook
The enormous and growing numbers of Facebook users create an opportunity for e-Learning. The Facebook Developer API allows you to change Facebook’s functionality from a Content Management System (CMS) to a Learning Management System (LMS). Here’s how to bend Facebook to your will!
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Nuts and Bolts: 2011 Resolutions
Making New Year’s Resolutions? Jane suggests ten for your consideration, from eliminating Clicky Clicky Bling Bling to dealing with clients who have made up their minds.
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Book Review: The Mobile Learning Edge
Gary Woodill, senior analyst at Brandon Hall Research, has contributed a new book to the slowly growing library of books on mobile learning, The Mobile Learning Edge. Here’s a review.
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Dispatch from the Digital Frontier: Digital Dust Bunnies
Curation – the aggregation, synthesis, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of content – is a growing role in e-Learning. Anne offers her thoughts on the expansion of data, and what it means for us and for our learners.
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The Human Factor: Back to Basics With Each New Tool
Analyzing new technologies is a fun activity for instructional designers, but it takes focus to remember that the point is learning, not technology. Here’s a three-step process to keep your review on track.
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From e-Learning to iPad: How to Adjust the User Interface
When we move learning from one medium to another, it is tempting to do it the easy way: scrape the old content and dump it into the new format. Unfortunately, this creates more problems than it solves, especially in the interface. Here are the five questions to ask, with illustrated answers.
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How To Revamp Your Learning Model
Informal learning today is a lot like the old saying about the weather: everybody talks about it, but nobody knows what to do about it. Here’s an approach to creation of an environment that will support both formal and informal processes.