Free Webinar: The Elements of Interactive eLearning

David Anderson,   Community Manager,   Articulate

Wednesday, October 3, 2012 | 10:00AM Pacific Time

Free Webinar, Membership Not Required

This webinar showcases one of the most popular, best-rated sessions from DevLearn 2011 Conference & Expo, newly updated and now available to all through this special online presentation.

It wasn’t too long ago that eLearning designers wanting to build interactive courses were forced to choose between one of two realities: a blissful illusion of interactivity, or the painful truth that interactivity required advanced programming skills. That’s no longer the case because today’s eLearning tools make it easy for anyone to design interactivity.

This session is all about deconstructing the best corporate eLearning, multimedia journalism, and interactive infographics. Participants will learn the three most common types of interactivity and learn creative ways to apply interactivity in their own courses.

In this session, you will learn:

• The basic elements of interactivity
• Rapid instructional design models that you can build with any authoring program
• How to evaluate and design the right interactivity
• How to reuse interactive widgets and customize them for new clients and projects

Check it out:  http://www.elearningguild.com/content.cfm?selection=doc.2507&utm_campaign=bestof1210&utm_medium=banner&utm_source=elg-120rb

eLearning Atlas

The eLearning Atlas is a comprehensize free list of elearning and LMS providers - brought to you by  Rustici Software, LLC.  One interesting feature is the ability to select a product type and then narrow down the choices to those who have specific specification support - such as authoring tools that support the Tin Can API.  The list is being updated on a regular basis.

Check it out:  http://www.elearningatlas.com/

Articulate Storyline training

Artisan E-Learning will be offering Articulate Storyline training in September!  You can pick from a virtual format you can take anywhere, or an in-person format in Arlington, VA.

Visit their website for more details.

Virtual Training:

September 6, 11, 13, 18 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. $495

 Classroom Training (DC Area)

September 20-21 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. $595
(Plus, they will be offering similar Captivate training in October.)

 The course will be based on their book, E-Learning Uncovered: Articulate Storyline

Topics:

1. Getting to Know Storyline
2. Creating New Projects
3. Scenes and Slides
4. Working with Text
5. Adding Graphics
6. Object Properties
7. Arranging Objects
8. Working with Media
9. States & Layers
10. Triggers & Actions
11. Advanced Actions & Variables
12. Questions & Quizzes
13. Screen Recordings
14. The Player
15. Publishing

Complimentary eBook: 62 Tips on Graphic Design, UI/UX Design, and Visualization for eLearning

Effective eLearning deliverables require more than just text and a few random graphics. Good graphic design, user interface (UI) design, and user experience (UX) design aren’t optional – they’re necessary to ensure maximum learner comprehension and retention.

This complimentary eBook, 62 Tips on Graphic Design, UI/UX Design, and Visualization for eLearning, draws on the experience of 12 professionals who are leading sessions in The eLearning Guild’s August 2012 Online Forum, “Graphic Design, UI/UX Design, and Visualization for eLearning.”

Download this complimentary eBook today and discover tips to guide you in areas including:

• Highlighting Learning
• Aesthetic Considerations
• Tricks and Tools

Download now: http://bit.ly/NWASUo

FEMA Course: IS-42 Social Media in Emergency Management

I was part of a learning team developing a new course for FEMA.  The purpose of the course is to provide the participants with best practices including tools, techniques and a basic roadmap to build capabilities in the use of social media technologies in their own emergency management organizations (State, local, Tribal) in order to further their emergency response missions.

Great experience collaborating in a virtual environment.  Our team was spread out all over the country - Seattle, New York, Virginia and Texas.  We used BaseCamp to store master files, source materials and to manage the development schedule.  Drop Box was used to exchange large files.

Check out the final course:  http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is42.asp