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Entries Tagged as 'e-learning toolkit'

Using Media to Engage the Learner: Blatant Plug

June 4th, 2009 · No Comments

Today’s the day for my eLearning Guild Online Forum debut presentation. I’ll be hosting an online session called Integrating Audio in to E-Learning Courseware.

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Tags: Audacity · audio editor · authoring · authoring tools · content delivery · content development · e-learning · e-learning industry · e-learning toolkit · eLearning Guild Online Forum · learning channel · learning technology · learning theory · open e-learning environment · podcasts

Adobe eLearning Suite Review on BDLD

April 7th, 2009 · No Comments

Donald Clark has very comprehensively reviewed the new Adobe eLearning Suite (eLS) on his always interesting and informative Big Dog, Little Dog blog.

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Tags: adobe · authoring tools · e-learning · e-learning development · e-learning toolkit · elearning content

Shooting Video for E-Learning Use – eLearning Guild

March 31st, 2009 · No Comments

The eLearning Guild have just published an informative primer called Making a Demonstration Video for E-Learning Use.

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Tags: e-learning · e-learning industry · e-learning toolkit · flash · principle of demonstration · video · video podcast

Capture that E-Learning Demo: Update

February 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments

I’ve been getting some very positive feedback about my recent series of blog posts reviewing TechSmith Camtasia and Adobe Captivate. Some contributors have also been kind enough to point out some deficiencies regarding the usability of the review – you may recall it was written over four days and four posts. One great [...]

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Tags: Camtasia Studio · adobe captivate · asynchronous · content authoring · courseware development · downloads · e-learning · e-learning toolkit · elearning content · online delivery · review · streaming media

Adobe (finally) release eLearning Suite

January 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments

Finally, Adobe have recognized that like graphics, DTP, and digital media producers, e-learning is a significant market vertical for their applications, and have released the Adobe eLearning Suite

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Tags: adobe · authoring tools · best practise · content authoring · content delivery · content development · e-learning · e-learning development · e-learning industry · e-learning toolkit · flash

Capture that E-learning Demo 4: Captivate and Camtasia, concluded

January 12th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Continuing my evaluation of Captivate and Camtasia Studio…
In my previous posting, I discussed the two applications’ user interfaces and audio capabilities. Today, I will look at workflow and usability.
Captivate Usability
Captivate offers three customizable capture presets – demonstrations, assessment simulations, and training simulations. If you choose an assessment simulation, Captivate won’t capture mouse [...]

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Tags: Camtasia Studio · adobe captivate · asynchronous · content authoring · courseware development · e-learning · e-learning toolkit · elearning content · online delivery · review · streaming media

Capture that E-learning Demo 3: Captivate and Camtasia

January 9th, 2009 · 8 Comments

In the previous two blog posts, I outlined – at a very high level – some of the features and functionality of TechSmith Camtasia Studio and Adobe Captivate, and in today’s post I will provide a equally high level assessment of these products, not so much in comparison to each other, but rather more at [...]

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Tags: Camtasia Studio · adobe captivate · asynchronous · content authoring · courseware development · e-learning · e-learning toolkit · elearning content · online delivery · review · streaming media

Open Environment E-learning 6: Microsoft Producer

May 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Microsoft Producer for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, the current version of this popular add-on for Microsoft PowerPoint, is a freely available application that facilitates the capture, synchronisation, and publishing of audio, video, slides, and images. The primary reasons for choosing this application for content integration were it’s low learning curve for non-media experts, as well [...]

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Tags: Freemind · ISD · Microsoft Producer · content development · e-learning development · e-learning industry · e-learning toolkit · open e-learning environment · organizational development

Open Environment E-learning 6: Microsoft Producer

May 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Microsoft Producer for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, the current version of this popular add-on for Microsoft PowerPoint, is a freely available application that facilitates the capture, synchronisation, and publishing of audio, video, slides, and images. The primary reasons for choosing this application for content integration were it’s low learning curve for non-media experts, as well [...]

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Tags: Freemind · ISD · Microsoft Producer · content development · e-learning development · e-learning industry · e-learning toolkit · open e-learning environment · organizational development

Open Environment E-learning 5: Audacity Audio Editor

May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Having discussed a range of primary design and authoring tools, today’s post will look at one of the key content development tools, an open source non-linear audio editor (NLE) called Audacity.
[It] is an easy-to-use audio recorder and editor for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems .

(sourceforge.net)
Audacity has the capability [...]

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Tags: Audacity · Freemind · ISD · audio editor · content development · e-learning development · e-learning industry · e-learning toolkit · open e-learning environment · organizational development