... eLearning tools before purchasing them. This applies to authoring tools, simulation tools, Learning Management Systems ... I held a Breakfast Byte session at DevLearn for people new to the eLearning field. Here are some miscellaneous ... “eLearning” has an ambiguous definition. Personally, I consider eLearning to be the intersection of learning ... other people that are brand new to eLearning. Assemble a list of eLearning blogs. Read them often. Just ask around ... ). Start a blog about your eLearning adventures. Use blogger.com or wordpress.com to sign up for a free blog. Write ...

... eLearning Learning was launched about a week ago. There has been quite a response and some great feedback. It made it to the delicious popular pages for eLearning and e-Learning . If you look at the other entries such as Jane Hart's recent top tools and Stephen Downes on The Future of Learning, that's quite good company. Several of my favorite bloggers have been added into the mix. I'm also listing what they show as their top tools in the widget for some of them - which I find interesting. It gives me a sense of the tools they talk about. Cammy Bean - Learning ...

I spent the time well by discussing our current projects, our impressions of DevLearn, favorite technologies / tools ... sketch something on your PC? PowerPoint’s presentation mode provides a great drawing tool that most people don ... for something. (Ex. “How do you define eLearning?”).  I enjoy the challenge. Web 2.0 and so-called ... information - the core skills haven’t changed much over time. Sure, we have fancy new tools to help us organize ...

Day 1 of DevLearn 2008 kicked off today with a great keynote from Tim O’Reilly ( @TimOReilly ), where he walked us through the Web 2.0 movement and how it has impacted learning and training. Here are some of the notes I took during his keynote: We should always try to follow the “alpha-geeks.” These are the people who are ... (tools) with access to the best online references. Show, then do, with reinforcement from small successes. Study ... to be social media architects, where we will build and nurture learning environments. Using one-off tech tools ...

... to "Training" - you need to do something, right? 2 types of tool - Form or freeform - Form - software does stuff for ... Presentation: No Compromises Rapid eLearning Presenter: Tom Kuhlmann Rapid eLearning tools have democratized learning ... blank screen (Flash, Authorware) PowerPoint is a nice authoring tool. millions of people use it. It's easy. - But you have to look at it from an eLearning perspective. - Templating also nice - can provide form element. Pros - Form-based tool - Speed - Consistency / Uniformity - Easy to use (one hopes). Place to add text. Button to add audio.