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  • E-Learning for Newbies
    Flash programmer, game designer, research, etc. Here’s a brief listing of some of the competencies I think newbies ... , asynchronous, blended, distributed, performance support tools, etc. Course authoring - knowledge of software (simulation, ...
    Janet Clarey - Thursday, October 9, 2008 - Comments
  • Adobe eLearning
    Ever have the need to know how to do something in Adobe Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Illustrator, Photoshop and a host of other tools? Then link to Adobe's Video Center for free, high quality eLearning / simulations. In order to insure crisp graphics, make certain you put your browser into the full screen mode with at least 1024x768 screen resolution. Given the inclusion of Dreamweaver and Flash, I will add the content to the Engineering Learning Wiki engineering design tools and software sections.
    eContent - Thursday, September 25, 2008 - Comments
  • Adobe eLearning
    Ever have the need to know how to do something in Adobe Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Illustrator, Photoshop and a host of other tools? Then link to Adobe's Video Center for free, high quality eLearning / simulations. In order to insure crisp graphics, make certain you put your browser into the full screen mode with at least 1024x768 screen resolution. Given the inclusion of Dreamweaver and Flash, I will add the content to the Engineering Learning Wiki engineering design tools and software sections.
    eContent - Thursday, September 25, 2008 - Comments
  • The Value of Multimedia in E-Learning
    ... the phone. Video. Better. A simulator. I digress. On issue four: audio removes searchability. I think Al is saying here that ppt to flash courses may not be searchable due to the limitations of the software. On issue five: Putting ...
    Janet Clarey - Monday, September 8, 2008 - Comments
  • The Value of Multimedia in E-Learning
    ... the phone. Video. Better. A simulator. I digress. On issue four: audio removes searchability. I think Al is saying here that ppt to flash courses may not be searchable due to the limitations of the software. On issue five: Putting ...
    Janet Clarey - Monday, September 8, 2008 - Comments
  • Daily Bookmarks 08/20/2008
    Invaders.” tags: education, tools, flash, games Dipity Create a timeline by adding each event manually or by adding ... multiple choice questions.” tags: e-learning Clark Aldrich’s Style Guide for Serious Games and Simulations: Techniques for grading student performance in a simulation When using simulations for learning, how do you assess what people have learned? Clark Aldrich shares some suggestions. tags: simulations, assessment, ...
    Experiencing eLearning - Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - Comments
  • Learning for the New Mobile Society
    ... alerts- Procedures, checklists and forms- Quizzes, tests and certifications, games and simulations- Mentoring and ... .- Is that really mobile learning?------------------Dr. Metcalf - also a pen that translates to Flash.
    In the Middle of the Curve - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 - Comments
  • HUGE Conferences List - Game Focus - Help Needed!
    ... www.socialgamingsummit.com 2008 Training & Simulation Industry Symposium (TSIS)Jun 18-19, 2008 Orlando, FL Flash in ... OK...here is a HUGE list of conferences, primarily developed with a focus on games, simulations etc. I am in the ... land management (Germany). *ISAGA International Simulation and Gaming Association annual conference. *Learning Futures ... and simulation community (business, industry, academic, governmental). *NAB World's largest electronic media show. *NASAGA North American Simulation and Gaming Association annual conference. *O'Reilly ETech *Serious Games ...
    e-Clippings (blogoehlert) - Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - Comments
  • Catching Up to Our Imagination
    ... tools that help us bring our instructional ideas into reality without having to be Flash professionals or world-class ... matter how easy to use, still won't get us to immersive learning simulations that result in real behavior change.
    In the Middle of the Curve - Wednesday, May 7, 2008 - Comments
  • Integrating Serious Games and ILS
    ... effective - template, storyboard out. Use captivate1) Difference between simulation, scenario, game (see ILS report)- Simulation - model of a system. (relationships).- Scenario - 2nd step - to a goal state. (Microsoft, very prescriptive)- Game ... save.What makes compelling simulation- Effective learning principles: feedback, novelty, context- Compelling simulation ... intellectually.Exaggerate the consequences of NOT having the knowledge.Second Life v. Simulation- Second Life - no explicit Goals- Simulation - must have explicit goal. + Make sure that they can't do it by chance. Have to be able to get to it ...
    In the Middle of the Curve - Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - Comments
  • Day 1 - Concluding Thoughts
    Yes - I know I should be out socializing, but there is HOCKEY on. As of now (5 minutes or so into the first period), the Caps are looking much better than Sunday's game.Of course, this also gives me a chance to reflect on the day.Some very cool sessions today. The two most useful for my situation - Alec Lamon's session on Simulation development and the Adobe Captivate 3 session (for that one, I was torn between taking notes and fiddling with the Captivate 3 installation ... . Those of you more technically savvy than I am, please correct me. It strikes me that Adobe Flash encourages ...
    In the Middle of the Curve - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - Comments
  • A View from the Trenches of Simulation Development
    Presentation: A View from the Trenches of Simulation DevelopmentPresenter: Alec Lamon,: Senior Director, Wharton ... .- Expanded consulting services (6 years later)- Enhancements to 3rd party aps.- Advice on simulation choices and management ... already has. ColdFusion, Flash. Has flexibility, but most data-driven, web-based and had infrastructure. + Human (DON'T ... + Flash. Game more flexible web app development.Allowed to build interactivity- Phase 2 - Flash + Remoting. Finer control of interactivity. Caveats - interactivity creep and too time consuming. Build usually 5-6 months time, Flash took ...
    In the Middle of the Curve - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - Comments
  • My Goal: Better E-Learning Interactivity
    8217;re a small company and a small team, any interactivity needs to be something I can do myself-there’s no Flash ... graduate courses. Learning Flash: I’ve been veeery slowly trying to learn Flash for months. I put it aside for a while, but I’m trying to pick it up again now. I see Flash as something I’d probably integrate with Captivate ... ’m reading William Horton now and expecting to get more ideas. Games & Simulations: I haven’t done any ... in a simulated classroom and have consequences for their actions. Not a big philosophical goal, I know, but ...
    Experiencing eLearning - Friday, April 4, 2008 - Comments
  • Any tool as long as it's Adobe
    26%) Courseware authoring, i.e. more serious tools: #1 Captivate (60%); #2 Flash (47%); #3 Dreamweaver (43%); #5 Authorware (16%). Simulation tools: #1 Captivate (79%); #2 Flash (45%). Audio recording (!!!!): #1 Captivate (44%). Animation: #1 Flash (78%). Photo editing: #1 Photoshop (84%); #2 Illustrator (which doesn't even do photo editing) (35 ... that Captivate outputs to Flash, a very high proportion of e-learning content seems to be in that format. As the ...
    Clive on Learning - Thursday, January 24, 2008 - Comments
  • eLearning Guild Research Reports
    In my last post on Flash Quiz Tools, I mentioned how I had used the eLearning Guild Research to streamline my effort of find the right tools.This post is probably long overdue, but the use of the data from the guild has been a really great resource and has lead to posts such as:Flash Quiz ToolsLMS Satisfaction Features and BarriersCourse Authoring and Rapid eLearning Tool SatisfactionSoftware Simulation eLearning (w/ links to Tools)LMS Team Size and Time I personally ... images to see more information about each report. Immersive Learning Simulations Learning Management Systems ...
    eLearning Technology - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - Comments
  • Flash Quiz Tools
    Update June 2008 - added one free flash quiz tool based on a question I received. This tool is listed at the bottom.A ... Flash. But, I could quickly link to the sites to find out more and finally recommended that they should look at:Articulate Quizmaker allows you to easily create Flash-based quizzes, surveys, and assessments. And, Quizmaker allows you to ... compliant.Adobe Captivate is the easiest way to create professional-quality, interactive simulations and software demonstrations in Adobe's Flash format. Without any programming or multimedia skills, users can automatically record onscreen ...
    eLearning Technology - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - Comments
  • Top eLearning Posts
    9 24 Software Simulation eLearning (w/ links to Tools) 1,724 2 11 Personal Learning for ... 10 20 Video Format Comparison - Flash - WMV - Quicktime - Real 880 2 5 eLearning 2.0 - An ... 237 5 12 Learning and Networking with a Blog (Deleted Scenes) 106 1 12 Software Simulation ... Blogging 16 2 6 Video Format Comparison - Flash - WMV - Quicktime - Real 880 2 5 Free ...
    eLearning Technology - Monday, November 26, 2007 - Comments
  • Simulation and skills development
    I've been trying to understand better where simulation fits within the skills development process and whether simulation is the only/best option available to trainers and/or learners. My diagram shows a stepped transition from the abstract ... hypothesise. To be effective, simulations need to approximate the situation in which the skill must be applied for real. This requires a degree of physical fidelity (the simulation looks and feels like the real thing) and functional fidelity (it behaves like the real thing). Fidelity comes at a cost (many millions of dollars if you're talking flight simulators ...
    Clive on Learning - Monday, September 17, 2007 - Comments
  • Day 2 eLearnDevCon - Exquisitely Frustrating
    ... simple and elegant simulation of entrepreneurship. Play it and let me know what YOU think you learned.Here are some of ... happens when you deal with that variable. Converting into rules to run the simulation.- Discover the casual factoid ... that session truly inspired.2) Seriously upgrade my Flash and ActionScript chops.Adam Brown did a very fast-paced demonstration of ActionScript 3.0. I've done a little bit with Flash MX 2004 and ActionScript 2.0. Nothing terribly complicated ... change, and Adam is a die-hard hard-coder, but I figure that if I can improve my Flash chops, the technical quality ...
    In the Middle of the Curve - Tuesday, July 17, 2007 - Comments