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Practical Ideas for Designing Better E-Learning by David Anderson

Designing Video Quizzes in Articulate Quizmaker

2010/10/06 By David

Here’s a newsflash: most e-learning quizzes aren’t much fun for the learner. But you already knew that, right? To engage today’s restless learners, you need to tell and show them why they should care about your quizzes and one way to do that is with video quizzes. So how do you show them? Here’s a way: Design video quizzes that […]

Filed Under: Articulate Tagged With: creative, e-learning, question, quiz, video in elearning, video quizzes

3 Creative Examples for Using Lesson Plans in Your E-learning Courses

2010/09/20 By David

Many e-learning designers are understandably focused on creating more engaging courses these days. In fact, “How can I build better e-learning?” is one of the most popular questions we hear in E-Learning Heroes. The good news is there are many ways to design more interactivity and engagement in your courses. But sometimes, the best way […]

Filed Under: Creative E-learning Tagged With: attachments, blended, creative, design, e-learning, interactive, lesson plan, resources, student guide, teacher guide

How to Use Flash Rollover Buttons in Articulate

2010/07/27 By David

Everyone loves rollover buttons, right? I know I do. In fact I often lose my time playing with interesting and exaggerated rollovers. Years ago, before I knew “better,” I’d challenge my teammates to see who could create the most unique, animated buttons for our e-learning courses. Fun times. If you’re creating rapid e-learning in PowerPoint […]

Filed Under: Articulate Tagged With: Articulate, community, e-learning, Flash, PowerPoint, rapid e-learning, rollover buttons

Example of IRS E-learning Storyboard

2010/03/21 By David

E-Learning Storyboards: IRS Example When it comes to e-learning examples, I’m always looking for new and creative demos I can add to my collection. Sometimes I’m inspired enough to try to recreate the examples just to test my skills. Having mostly worked in corporate e-learning, I was excited to find this post by the EFF […]

Filed Under: E-learning Examples Tagged With: design document, e-learning, examples, IRS, storyboards

The World of Chemistry

2008/12/13 By David

The World of Chemistry Here’s a creative way of anthropomorphizing the elements. At first glance, this one might seem like a lot of work to produce. And maybe it would be for a single person, but what would it look like if an entire class or group were assigned to produce  creative shorts? Via Getting […]

Filed Under: Multimedia Learning, Video for Learning Tagged With: e-learning, multimedia, video

StoryCorps, Podcasting and E-learning

2008/11/28 By David

So by now, chances are you’ve tried, or at least heard about, podcasting for learning. Whether you’re publishing content specifically as podcasts, extracting audio from existing e-learning courseware or interviewing lines of business asking them to share their stories, you’re probably well aware of the benefits of audio-based learning. Getting Started If you’re considering incorporating […]

Filed Under: E-learning Audio, Featured, Podcasting Tagged With: e-learning, Podcasting, Stories for Learning, StoryCorps

O’reilly Rough Cuts as Rapid E-learning Model?

2008/11/24 By David

Remember the good old days of e-learning development when your courseware would remain fresh and current for at least six months, maybe longer? It seemed even compliance courseware only needed updates a couple times a year. Not so much anymore. Content complexity, dynamic industry regulations and an increasing need for user input has made courseware […]

Filed Under: Creative E-learning, Rapid E-learning Tagged With: Corporate E-learning, development models, e-learning, O'reilly, rapid

Happy the Hedgehog and How to Create Engaging E-learning

2008/11/18 By David

Mobile phone companies continue to raise the bar for the most creative compliance public service announcement (PSA). It continues to amaze me (read: annoy) how groups *outside* the training department regularly design more creative and engaging training than those in the training department. Consider the most recent Sprint PSA reminding moviegoers to turn off their […]

Filed Under: Creative E-learning Tagged With: compliance, Corporate E-learning, creativity, e-learning, makeover, marketing

Interactive Multimedia Bag of Tricks – USATODAY

2008/02/28 By David

From Multimedia Shooter, we find USA TODAY’s Interactive Bag of Tricks. Included are multimedia storytelling options with published examples and a PDF job aid to hang by your desk. The examples are classic interactive storytelling components that any designer should be familiar with. What caught my attention was the last bullet in Data-driven graphics: “Experience […]

Filed Under: Multimedia Learning Tagged With: e-learning, Interactive Design, interactive graphics, multimedia storytelling

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