I am just wrapping up the design on the E-Learning Design Boot Camp and I had this profound question enter my mind: Is it impossible to be an Instructional Designer and a SME at the same time? I have been deep in design and development on these modules for some time now and the hardest
Recently I needed a way to publish a SURVEY that would do two things: 1. Provide me with a way to track the responses 2. A way for the participants to receive their answers I was going to go the direction of SurveyMonkey, however they only allowed a certain number of questions and there
Lately I have been creating video interviews for clients and it has actually helped me gain a new perspective in the course design process. To shoot good video, you really need to translate your written content into visual images. You need to be able to think in terms of camera angles, actions and shots that
In Elearning, it is important to develop a conversation or story in your courses. Why are conversations important? Conversations in your e-learning course can be extremely powerful! Conversations create interest, personal relationships with characters and a memorable lesson.
Do you know when you see a professional looking course? What sets it apart from other courses that you have seen? Sometimes it is about the subtle details that set one course apart from another. Perhaps it is because I have designed and developed tons of courses, but there are a few glaring mistakes that
I have been managing the TC Captivate User’s Group for a few years now. We have a pretty big group of people who attend meetings on a monthly basis and we discuss all things Captivate. It is a great place to come to if you have questions as you are developing courses.
At the end of the day once you have created an online course, it is all about the learner and the course. Period. You will not be there to help them navigate or learn the content. Are you confident that you have built the course to not only engage the learner in the content but
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This week I am attending the eLearning Guild’s MLearning Conference. There have been a number of ah-ha’s as I go through the week. Here is a list of the things that I have learned or captured as being essential to thinking about mlearning.