The right image can turn a blah message into a memorable, meaningful experience. But how can you find stock images that aren’t, well, stock?
Ruth Clark article from 2002, Six Principles of Effective e-Learning (PDF). Clark’s widely known for her research-based approach to understanding how people learn.
a fill-in-the-blank tool that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Internet, gathering good Internet links, and turning them into online learning activities
possibly useful tool to adjust/fine-tune audio for elearning programs as well as for podcasts
paper by Nick Shackleton Jones (which I learned about from the elearning professionals group in Facebook)
recaps/reviews of some online editors and synchronization tools for collaboration.
the value of the course isn’t based on where it sits in the model but more on the objectives of the course. And that’s the key, you’re building an elearning course to meet specific objectives and you need to build the right course to do so.
There is research evidence to indicate that informal language in an e-learning module is more effective than formal language.
(I'm going to have this data in hand each time I interact with a SME)
"Having moved beyond the basics, I’m looking for cool techniques and new tools to augment my PowerPoint designs and help me take them from good to great. Ideally these tools are easy to use and help me to create better-looking, highly effective content more quickly – and free is always good, too."
a link to the recorded session available. How to use machinima, and other free or nearly free tools to create animation and embed in a Captivate movie
list of sites where you can create avatars - useful to personalize elearning programs. Some of these look rather promising. Others seem to be rather cheesy
Do stakeholders want to add text to your materials? Here’s one study you can use to show how wordiness can hurt learning.
The study compared three lessons about the same weather process. All lessons used the same illustrations but varied in the number of words.
The lesson with the fewest words resulted in the most learning.