xLearning – The Experience
I’ve lost count but many years ago the lower-case “e” preceded the word “mail” and gave us “e-mail.” Just recently, the AP released its new style guidelines for the word (or is it a term?). It is now referred to officially as email, or Email if it starts a sentence.
I will be the first to admit I am no English whiz nor claim that I know if my grammar is correct, but it seems to me we keep coming up with new ways to name and spell things. How can I keep up with my own grammatical skills when all these new words and terms keep showing up? I will take a stab and say it is when all the single word internet domain names were gobbled up. It is then we started combining words together as one word. Are we out of control? read more…
Design Inspiration for Elearning
So you’re charged with developing an eLearning course. You set off with great enthusiasm and gusto! You’ve done the analysis, worked with the best SME one could ask for, and have a world class storyboard. You have designed a winner! Now what? You’re not done because now it’s time to develop the visual pieces – the visual part of the instructional design process. Some may mindmap along the way and gather assets to flush out a theme, but in most cases the visual design doesn’t get much attention. Probably because it is such an afterthought that by the time the project gets to development, the deadline is looming and the visuals get rushed. In the end, all the award-winning work you’ve put into this project turns into the same click-n-read cookie-cutter course. There’s nothing wrong with that at times, but it’s not the initial vision you had. read more…
In review of Lesson I, we talked about the project and setting up the tools needed. In Lesson II, Part I we learned how to build the skin’s interface.
In this lesson we’re going to have some fun building the buttons. It’s a bit long, so sit back and take your time.We’ll be building all the graphic elements from scratch using Flash. As mentioned in the earlier lessons, if you’re not comfortable building graphics from the ground up, don’t worry. It’s simple and I’ll walk you through every step. If you’re still a bit intimidated by building graphics in Flash, I’ll show you how to import existing graphic elements such as pre-made buttons in the next lesson. Although these will be very basic and easy to build, the techniques learned can be applied to any number of possibilities.
The reason it has taken so long to get this DevLearn review posted is because I have started over several times. First, I shared everything I absorbed in the sessions I attended. It would just be a rehash of what is already in the #dl10 stream. Then, I wrote one acknowledging everyone who I met and those who had an impact on me that week. That started to look like a novel! Instead, this is simply an overview of what it was like to be me that week. A different perspective. read more…
mLearning – Domestic style
The evolution of mobile technology has brought the term mLearning (mobile learning) into the mainstream in the last year or two although it’s been around for a number of years. What is mLearning? According to Wikipedia its “related to eLearning and distant education with the distinct focus on learning across contexts and learning with mobile devices.”
In my view, it can also be defined in combination with Social Learning and/or Informal Learning. Recently I had an experience that encompassed mLearning with both a social and informal. The story goes… read more…
