Comments on: Heavy Metal Makeover: 5 Design Ideas to Rock Your Learners Into Compliance

By: Brent schlenker

Brent schlenker — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:11:29 +0000

I want this to win post of the year! FAVORITE! It reminds me of an early wiki presentation i would give a few years ago. I’m a big umlaut fan
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By: david

david — Mon, 31 May 2010 17:41:31 +0000

Thanks, Tammi. You’re right about the risk of overdoing it. The main point is to create more visual surprise in our course designs.

I’d like to know the other special characters you think would work. Will you share your links back in this thread?

By: Tammi Kibler

Tammi Kibler — Sun, 30 May 2010 23:31:32 +0000

I like how you think. I suspect the umlaut thing could get overdone quickly, but I am getting ideas about playing with some of the special characters available in other alphabets.

Cheers!
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By: david

david — Wed, 26 May 2010 10:34:53 +0000

@Robert – Dr. Werner Approved – always!

@Joe – thanks Joe! It’s all about keeping it fresh. Classroom facilitators have the advantage of adapting their live training to the audience. E-learning designers don’t have that option, so the element of surprise and unpredictably has to be designed into the course.

@Linda – you’re right and that’s the reality of 99% of what we end up creating. Maybe you could re-use your original idea and submit for this year’s Guru Awards? If there’s a place for ideas and possibilities, the Guru Awards are it:-)

@Jenise – thanks and this could be the next E-learning Art series? Maybe I’ll interview to be one of his hand models.

By: Jenise Cook

Jenise Cook — Mon, 24 May 2010 20:45:05 +0000

Very creative, David!

Scores high on my Originality Scale.

Maybe Bryan Jones of @elearningArt would be open to creating and selling a portfolio of photo images for Metal Compliance courses. Have you asked him?

I like how you suggest simply augmenting our existing image libraries with Metal accessories. That does help the e-learning budget in these economic times.

Good job!

@jenisecook
(Tongue firmly in cheek, and ROTFLOL.)

By: Linda Lor

Linda Lor — Mon, 24 May 2010 16:10:11 +0000

Your ideas are great, but it helps when your employer/client shares your vision. I work for an equivalent of OSHA, but I know they would never go for those images. I put together some slides for a Violence in the Workplace webinar, I used some in-your-face photos of agressive people to get the viewers attention. They dropped my presentation in favour of bulleted slides because mine was deemed “too violent” and bulleted slides were safe (and boring).

By: Joe Deegan

Joe Deegan — Mon, 24 May 2010 14:25:00 +0000

Love it! Great job of communicating the importance of getting away from the usual “business” stock photo images. Sites like iStock are so packed with the business shots that it’s just easier to use the same boring images and themes which does nothing to get the learners attention. Adding some “edge” to the theme like you have done with the rock star theme goes a long way towards winning the learners attention.

By: Robert Kennedy III

Robert Kennedy III — Mon, 24 May 2010 11:50:17 +0000

Does Dr. Werner approve of this post??

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