So, you want to build an eLearning module with an assessment at the end. Great! Why? Before getting started, let’s take a few steps back and look at our users. Is it required of our users to memorise certain information at the end of their learning to be able to do their job? Chances are, …
We were recently engaged by a client that had a bunch of eLearning modules on a rather special learning management system that had been custom built for the content. A. Long. Time. Ago. The brief from the client was to migrate the content to a new system and update the modules. The client didn’t know …
How do we continue our professional development journey? As we move through our careers and get exposed to more of what’s out there in the real world, it can be quite overwhelming to make sense of it all. What software should I learn? What technology band wagons should I jump on to? What courses should …
Here’s a sample VR Captivate file with the following features; Scalable – this means that the size of the content in the web page scales up and down proportionally to the size of the web browser window JavaScript 360 Video with A-Frame VR incorporated A-Frame VR scenes with JavaScript “talking” to Captivate variables Captivate 10 …
Captivate 2019, A-Frame VR, JavaScript and 360 Video Read More »
What are illustrations? The use of illustrations dates as far back as the ancient times and as a matter of fact, the oldest cave painting known to us is more than 40,000 years old and archaeologists have figured out that these are the earliest forms of story-telling and ways of providing instructions. A cave painting …
Let me illustrate that! A quick guide to using illustrations in eLearning Read More »
As learning designers, we create learning experiences for learners. But in the process, we often lose sight of the fact that every time we design a learning experience, we are learners too! And in that omission, we pass up a valuable opportunity to connect with our learners and use our experiences as the basis for …
So you want to get into learning, eLearning, digital learning, instructional design, or all of the above? Where do you start? That’s a great question! Keep reading . . . Here, we will run through some things you can consider, and start acting on straight away so you’ll be on the path to becoming a learning …
“Don’t make eye contact with the PPT!” – Arun Pradhan 22 May 2018 Apart from being a potentially awesome plot line for a Dr Who episode, this is definitely my favourite quote for 2018. “More context!” you say? Okay, maybe you’re right. In May I attended the Sydney workshop, From Order Taker to Performance Partner, run …
Hi Everyone, Back again! Here are the next 7 tips for Designing Mobile Learning That works. I’m not preaching that these “are THE tips” but these are definitely tips that I’ve used to approach our mobile learning projects. Tip #8 Don’t forget about accessibility Of course, there’s plenty of information out there regarding accessibility, so I …
If or when to storyboard At the beginning of an eLearning project, the storyboarding process can often be overlooked or bypassed completely, especially if other documentation already exists. User guides, PowerPoint decks and training manuals may be considered as substitutes for a storyboard. We might also think “I can’t draw, so there is no point in story-boarding” …
