A New Blog is Born
I’ve mentioned before that I presented at the eLearning Guild’s 2009 Annual Gathering on how to create and start your own blog. Well I’m happy to announce that since that presentation I have been notified of a great new blog that has (so to speak) just “hit the stands”. Please feel free to take a […]
My Slideshare Presentations Hit 10,000 Views (April fools on me)
(UPDATED: 04/01/09 11:40am… to good to be true…..http://blog.slideshare.net/2009/04/01/happy-april-fools-day/) I was pleasantly surprised today to get an email from Slideshare notifying me that one of my presentations has had a dramatic increase in views in the last 24 hours. So I went to look and wow, I’ve had just over 10,000 views of each of the […]
Reflecting on “My Big Find” of the eLearning Guild Annual Gathering ’09
It dawned on me today that I’ve been able to come away with one truly “Big Find” from my attendance at each of the last three Annual Gatherings. There are many, many finds to be had but, I think the “Big Find” is that one new person that amazes, inspires, and teaches you something you […]
My Breakfast Byte on LMS Pitfalls
I facilitated a Breakfast Byte session at the eLearing Guild Annual Gathering and wanted to capture the points I shared and those of the participants. It’s a long list so be prepared and is not in any particular order. These are many of the questions I’ve had to answer as I’ve gone along trying to […]
E-Learning the Future Unmasked – Tod Maffin
Friday’s Keynote at e-Learning Guild Annual Gathering Social media strategist, broadcaster, writer, blogger A few notes…. Where are we now? Social networking apps are used the largest, but the effectiveness is the question. The most important metric we should be using are did they retain the knowledge and we seem to often measure that least. […]
Graphich Symbols: The 5th Language – Kevin Thorne
5 Languages spoken – may be fluent in more than one written – symbolic form of our spoken language mathematics -symbols for concepts and data body – language of expression symbols Examples: nike swish, windows flag, facebook “f”, target brand, golden arches Symbol tips to get what is in your head, out in to graphics, […]
Increasing Learner Productivity with New Technologies
Participants are looking for information on new technologies, passing road blocks that are limiting us from using new technologies, facing generations using new tools – but faculty are not. Feels like sales forces are the drive of early adopters. They need just-in-time information often about the products they need. Also within the education industry, field […]
Learning from blogging: Creating your own and learning from other’s
I’m actually presenting at the Annual Gathering in about 30 minutes or so and am quite excited. I really hope those in attendance enjoy the presentation and those that can’t attend are free to take a look at my slides and forward any questions to myself. AG09 Presentation (full slide presentation) AG09 Presentation (handout – […]
Get Dressed for Success! On-Screen Aesthetics for your courseware – Ng
Two screens shown – more positive of 2 screens is the one that is balanced, doesn’t have red, clear text. Don’t judge a book by its cover? Is this true of your on-screen content? Here it is very true to keep your audience engaged from click one. Placement,Colour,Font Placement: 4 rectangles shown. Most popular choice […]
Click – Thursday’s Keynote – Bill Tancer
Click: What Millions Are Doing Online and Why it Matters to You as an e-Learning Professional. – Bill Tancer, General Manager, Hitwise Keynote – Thursday, March 12, 2009 I found this keynote so interesting I took a lot of notes. I guess I love data too! Saturday, March 13, 2009 is Pi day. “To become […]