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eLearning? Forget Storyboards…

… well, not completely.

Nowadays we have such powerful authoring tools (Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, Lectora, to name a few) that it doesn’t justify to spend time creating a “wireframe-like” storyboard, showing it to the client, then recreating it all in a tool. Some of the advantages of developing straight into the tool, bypassing the storyboard:

Time savings: you’re not developing a…

Creating Visuals (Infographics and Explainer Videos) For Learning – Resources

I’ve posted a few times about free images as well as getting creative with video for learning in the past. Here a few other resources I normally go to when creating animation, slide visuals, interactive eLearning content.

Whiteboard/Video Scribing or other Explainer Videos

GoAnimate

PowToon

VideoScribe

Infographics

Easel.ly

Infogr.am

Infoactive

PowerPoint – that’s right! “Death by PowerPoint”…

How To Fish: What Learning Is Essentially About

I’m a lousy fisherman… If fish could laugh, they’d probably be laughing at me every single time (out of the handful of times) I caught one (most of which I accidentally dropped back in the water)… but I suppose I can still appreciate the old adage (fun fact: spell check suggested “old adage” is considered a clichè, but not the saying itself):

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a…

Gamification, MOOCS, and other Lipstick

If a learning program were a pig, gamification could be lipstick. So could MOOCs, mobile learning, flipped classrooms, social media, and many more “trends”…

… that is, if the content isn’t contextual, grounded on objectives, goal-oriented, learner-centric, all that good stuff leaders in our field talk about.

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Does your course or learning experience invoke a TL;DR reaction?

I’ll keep it short: Keep it simple!

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Image courtesy of: AustralianBusinessClinic.com

As learning professionals, it is often a challenge to either conform to processes, be those within your company, the industry in general, or a cemented view of Instructional Design models such as ADDIE.

Here’s a quick reminder to ourselves: let’s think outside the most with (almost) every new project, see in these an opportunity to try something…

Just Google It: How Google Has Changed Research for Grad Students [INFOGRAPHIC]

Source: GradSchoolHub.com

Humphrey Watson, a writer, submitted the article below for publication on my blog. I find it an interesting read in general, as it highlights the fact that simple games, sometimes, are better than complex ones to increase learner retention and attention… 

From Zero to Hero in 30 Days: Better Blogging Tips and Challenges for You

My friend Tina Newtonforwarded me this interesting read by none other than the imaginative folks…

A series by Edtech Dojo.

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Interview with busuu Languages Education Director, Oula Akiki

I recently had an interview with Oula Akiki, Education Director at bussu, a company that offers an…

Learn2Help Program: Learn a Language and Help Build a Classroom in Cameroon!

Learn2Help

It’s always time to give back to the global  community. I love to see opporunities like…

Simplifying Complexity: What Learning Does NOT Look Like

Learning is a complex process.

It is a never-ending and evolving process, experimentation,…

Wasted Time in the Workplace: INFOGRAPHIC

We all know technology can provide great tools for simplifying (work) life and improve results.…

I’m not going to reinvent the wheel and explain what a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is. Tons of people are trying to explain this “new” trend.

While I think most of the craze around MOOCs is the fact that some big institutions are offering…