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    Estimating Training Developing Time and Costs
    Monday, December 1, 2008
    Instructor-Led Training (ILT) , including design, lesson plans, handouts, PowerPoint slides, etc. (Chapman, 2007). 33:1 -- PowerPoint to E-Learning Conversion (Chapman, 2006a, p20). 220:1 -- Standard e-learning , which includes ... Tools Reference Budgeting Learning activities are budgeted in a wide variety of ways, so ... often a difficult chore as plans are often based on training an "average person." But, as we soon learn, although there are ... . Time it takes for online learning publishers to design, create, test and package 3rd party courseware ( Private study ...
    eMedia Review Site
    Saturday, November 29, 2008
    Studentships Distance Learning Livestock Vet Epi/Public ... website features a selection of computer aided learning programmes completed or under development by the Electronic ... developed for the European Society of Veterinary Dermatology. They have been developed in Powerpoint using some of the more ... Treatments for Cushings Disease This is an example of a streaming Powerpoint lecture by Professor Reto Neiger on ... Embryology chapter from an online learning course on The Canine Abdomen. If this page has inspired ...
    When an economic crisis hits eLearning, what do managers have to say about it?
    Friday, November 28, 2008
    ... innovative forms of education and training such as informal learning, e-learning and blended learning. Faced with shrinking budgets, the use of learning technologies is becoming increasingly attractive for businesses: This was the appraisal ... international e-learning conference Online Educa Berlin ." In the press release there are some nuanced quotes and ... tight or zero travel budgets and increasing environmental awareness, the importance of learning technologies has to be given ... ! Christophe Binot, E-Learning Manager at the French oil firm Total, adds: "The newest solutions make it possible to turn ...
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  • More thoughts on PowerPoint
    In the comments, Emma asked "What do you want to SEE in the PowerPoint." Anything other than PowerPoint. You know ... notes anyway (I learn more this way and it keeps me from falling asleep), so I don't particularly care if I'm given the PowerPoint as a handout. Lectures and presentations aren't going away anytime soon. And PowerPoint remains the tool of choice to support these presentations. Heck, a part of my job is designing presentations and PowerPoint for the boss. If only because conferences (and the boss) expect these types of presentations. When I design PowerPoint for ...
    In the Middle of the Curve - Saturday, May 12, 2007 - Comments
  • Don't blame PowerPoint
    I was interested in Cammy Bean's News Flash:PowerPoint bad for learning . She cites research by the University of New ... Ten Ways to Avoid Death by PowerPoint which I designed with my colleague David Kori : Severin's cue summation theory (1967), claims that learning is more effective as the number of available cues or stimuli are increased. However, when ... valid), the number one most annoying thing about bad PowerPoint presentations was seen as "the speaker reading the slides to ... read out in audio. Have you ever tried to learn from one of those? It's almost impossible. Do you scan the text at ...
    Clive on Learning - Thursday, April 5, 2007 - Comments
  • Renewed hope for better PowerPoint
    Tom Kuhlmann's excellent Rapid e-Learning Blog attempts to capture What everybody ought to know about PowerPoint in one posting, and makes a good start. I agree fundamentally with Tom that PowerPoint is not an evil - it is a highly ... previous rant on this subject Don't blame PowerPoint . Tom suggests plenty of ways of breaking the mould, starting with the ditching of the bullet point template. In the demo contained in his post, he shows how PowerPoint can be used to run a branching scenario (taken, I am proud to say, from the script for the 30-minute masters ) and how a ...
    Clive on Learning - Wednesday, October 3, 2007 - Comments
  • Can you SlideShare?
    This morning, at ALT-C in Leeds, I attended Jane Hart's excellent presentation on the top 25 free tools for learning, I was familiar with most of these tools, but welcomed the opportunity to reflect on the extent to which I was maximising the potential benefit of each tool. The one I particularly noted was SlideShare, a site that allows you to upload and share PowerPoint and Keynote presentations. Well, I do presentations, so this seemed like an activity in which I ... leads to the mass genocide known as death by PowerPoint. To show that I am open-minded and willing to consider ...
    Clive on Learning - Thursday, September 11, 2008 - Comments
  • Elliott Masie and the Emperor's New Slide Show
    I was interested to read in Donald Clark's review of Learning 2005 that Elliott had decreed that there should be no PowerPoint at the show. I can certainly sympathise with Elliott's intentions here - after all, we have all had to sit through far too many mind-numbing slides full of endless bullet points. However, I wonder whether PowerPoint is really the guilty party here. Surely, all this software sets out to do is to help us support our presentations with visual aids ... to introduce today's story, extracted from Above and Beyond's award-winning Ten Ways to Avoid Death by PowerPoint ...
    Clive on Learning - Thursday, December 1, 2005 - Comments
  • 20 Years of Death by Powerpoint
    Powerpoint turns 20 according to the Wallstreet journal. (sorry no link) That got me thinking about Learning...doesn't everything :-) I posted some interesting data on The eLearning Guild's Research blog regarding Powerpoint and Synchronous Learning Systems: PPT is still the most frequently used feature and has the highest ease of use rating. The Learning industry has also created its own little niche market of tools that magically convert Powerpoint to eLearning ... presentations featuring text as the primary content type. And from O'reilly we learn how to give Powerpoint ...
  • The big question - PowerPoint, what is appropriate,when and why?
    May's Big Question in the Learning Curcuits Blog is PowerPoint: what is appropriate, when and why? Now I have just finished a three part posting on the subject of visualisation, so the body of my answer to this question can be found there: The power of pictures - part 1 The power of pictures - part 2 The power of pictures - part 3 But I can't resist trying to draw my thoughts on the subject together in some way so here goes. First I think I should declare my ... foundations for a learning experience (now you're an active participant, you're more likely to be engaged and able to ...
    Clive on Learning - Friday, May 11, 2007 - Comments
  • Adobe Presenter 7 still a Breeze to use
    I've got the new Adobe Presenter 7 on a month's trial and have spent the past hour giving it a thorough working over. I'm interested in this sort of PowerPoint-based tool both for myself, because I like to package up my presentations with ... themselves and want the process to be as simple as possible. Presenter 7 installs as a PowerPoint add-on (including the 07 ... fact that the quizzing tools can be configured directly from PowerPoint and that you can customise them using all the usual PowerPoint features. I'm not a great fan of these simple correct / incorrect question formats, but I know they ...
    Clive on Learning - Saturday, July 19, 2008 - Comments
  • Clear and to the point
    With the debate about the vices and virtues of PowerPoint continuing to rage without any sign of a conclusion, I was ... compelling PowerPoint presentations. I'm a sucker for any publication that purports to provide some sort of objective ... . This book doesn't disappoint. As Kosslyn says "The PowerPoint program is like the weather: Everybody likes to ... Emperor's New Slide Show ). Well, unlike the weather, you can do something about the way you use PowerPoint and here are the ... ourselves into with PowerPoint. I say don't use your slides as prompts, use them as visual aids and only visual aids. If ...
    Clive on Learning - Friday, October 26, 2007 - Comments
  • The power of pictures - part 2
    A few years back I co-authored an e-book/CD-ROM called Ten Ways to Avoid Death by PowerPoint . Not wanting to appear a hypocrite, I have tried my best to obey my own rules ever since. Only one of the ten rules has so far evaded me, and that is the first - 'If in doubt, don't'. Other than speeches at weddings and funerals, I haven't had the opportunity to try speaking without any visual aids at all, i.e. absolutely no PowerPoint. I was keen to accept the challenge when asked by a client to do a (predominantly non-interactive) 40 minute turn before an e-learning networking dinner. They ...
    Clive on Learning - Friday, May 4, 2007 - Comments
  • mobile learning powerpoint
    My presentation linking mobile learning and social media that I gave in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. | View | Upload your ...
    Ignatia Webs - Thursday, October 18, 2007 - Comments
  • PowerPoint, Learning, Networks, & Reading
    How Cognitive Science Can Improve Your PowerPoint Presentations - io9 Harvard cognitive scientist Stephen M. Kosslyn, who studies how brains process images, wants to improve the world with his cutting-edge research by explaining that the four rules of PowerPoint are: The Goldilocks Rule, The Rudolph Rule, The Rule of Four, and the Birds of a Feather ... ? The real question is, "what's the picture like?" Learning and Knowing in Networks: Changing roles for Educators and Designers - elearnspace When knowledge is seen as existing in networks, and learning as forming and navigating ...
    Big Dog, Little Dog - Saturday, February 16, 2008 - Comments
  • Big Question - PowerPoint
    16-May-2007 00:00:00 LCB Learning Circuits Blog Big Question - PowerPoint 14-May-2007 09:44:15 Jim MacLennan ... Arvan Lanny on Learning Technology PowerPoint - Again 10-May-2007 11:45:11 Gabe Anderson Articulate - Word of Mouth ... PowerPoint: The Tool People Love to Hate 11-May-2007 03:31:14 Clive Shepherd Clive on Learning The Big Question ... :16 Owen Ferguson Learning and Development PowerPoint - What is Appropriate, When and Why? 09-May-2007 08:25:26 Tony ... : PowerPoint 08-May-2007 03:57:23 Mark Frank Learning in Context PowerPoint 09-May-2007 04:40:08 Dennis ...
    The Learning Circuits Blog - Monday, May 7, 2007 - Comments
  • Big Question - PowerPoint
    16-May-2007 00:00:00 LCB Learning Circuits Blog Big Question - PowerPoint 14-May-2007 09:44:15 Jim MacLennan ... Lanny on Learning Technology PowerPoint - Again 10-May-2007 11:45:11 Gabe Anderson Articulate - Word of Mouth ... PowerPoint: The Tool People Love to Hate 11-May-2007 03:31:14 Clive Shepherd Clive on Learning The Big Question: PowerPoint ... Owen Ferguson Learning and Development PowerPoint - What is Appropriate, When and Why? 09-May-2007 08:25:26 Tony ... : PowerPoint 08-May-2007 03:57:23 Mark Frank Learning in Context PowerPoint 09-May-2007 04:40:08 Dennis Coxe ...
    Learning Circuits - Monday, May 7, 2007 - Comments
  • PowerPoint... Back in Style
    It was good to see the recent article by Jay Cross concerning PowerPoint in the latest issue of Chief Learning Officer . PowerPoint is probably the most misunderstood, misused and maligned software program used for instruction today. I started using PowerPoint over 10 years ago in the Education arena. Because budgets are so tight in public education and you can find PowerPoint installed on all the computers in our district, I've really been pushing teacher use/instruction of PowerPoint for incorporating into the daily, instructional process of our classes. I even started a free ...
    The Learning Circuits Blog - Thursday, December 15, 2005 - Comments
  • Clicking early with PowerPoint
    While some in business see Powerpoint as a powerful presentation tool, and others see it as a crutch that reduces the analytical quality of presentations, schools see it as a learning tool when the students create them: Teachers say the PowerPoint presentations are superior to the old-fashioned report in many ways. The assignments help students learn to synthesize large amounts of information into a clear, concise format; bring people, places, and ideas to life with pictures and sounds; and spark students' interest and creativity. - full Boston Globe article here . What do you think?
    The Learning Circuits Blog - Sunday, May 21, 2006 - Comments
  • Presentations, Adapters, Performance, PowerPoint - 4/18/2007
    I was at the forerunner of Motorola University, the Motorola Training & Education Center where I learned to better ... the pike AT them. PowerPoint: sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying - Presentation Zen PowerPoint is ...
    Big Dog, Little Dog - Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - Comments
  • Rapid Authoring, Engagement, Design, & PowerPoint
    Rabid Authoring - eel-learning Is Rapid Authoring simply the dropping of ADDIE in favour of quickly reiterated prototypes or indeed of making it up off the top of your head and getting it out there same day? If that's the case why are we saying it needs instructional design? Worker Satisfaction Is Overrated - eWeek It's amazing how engagement has come out of nowhere to become one of the biggest buzzwords in the HR industry. Foundations of Interaction ... PowerPoint mistakes (video).
    Big Dog, Little Dog - Saturday, September 1, 2007 - Comments
  • Learning Circuits Big Question: Avoiding Death by PowerPoint
    This month the Learning Circuits Blog Big Question is about PowerPoint. The question: PowerPoint: What is Appropriate? When and Why? I decided to create a demonstration showing good and bad uses of PowerPoint to make a particular point. You can watch the short presentation (less than 10 minutes) by clicking on this link to the presentation Avoiding Death by PowerPoint . The presentation shows animated examples and how I converted some traditional slides into slides that are much more effective. I thought with a subject like PowerPoint...visuals were a ...
    Kapp Notes - Wednesday, May 9, 2007 - Comments
  • Synchronous e-learning myths #3: Just more death by PowerPoint
    ... at just how inventive people are becoming at using synchronous e-learning technologies. I've seen some really good web ... : Val Brooks and Judy Hooton of Stockton City Learning Centre have been setting up sessions where kids can ... racing (I'm not sure how - I didn't get to ask). Brian Bishop of Caspian Learning , showed how Teletech@Home used ... - you can download the videos from the Forterra site). So, it seems that synchronous e-learning simply can't be put ... inflict online death by PowerPoint, and design it well and you can achieve better results than you will in a classroom.
    Clive on Learning - Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - Comments
  • powerpoint or not, humour or not in eLearning
    Bueller's day off on YouTube . For those who doubt if humour can add to the learning process: This example has been used by Donald Clark manager and learning specialist. Powerpoint discussion: there has been a long discussion on the use of powerpoint in eLearning, the latest in that discussion . If you want to know more about the discussion on the use of powerpoints . Written by eLearning specialist Tony Karrer . ... Powerpoints can be used in eLearning. As a stand-up-edian, I am of course all in favor for humour as a tool to engage ...
    Ignatia Webs - Tuesday, June 12, 2007 - Comments
  • Powerpoint: Hate It, Love It, Live Link It!
    Powerpoint, it's a tool we all love to hate, but use all the time. In my presentations I generally have a few ... back and forth between Powerpoint and my browser. Using LiveWeb I can insert live / dynamic web pages into a Powerpoint presentation. This removes the need for all that toggling, and potentially getting lost. One option of LiveWeb is I may define the size of the embedded web content. Thus, I could assign 90% of the Powerpoint page to my dynamic web ... , this is pretty cool. I've added three screenshots to this post which demonstrate LiveWeb . I learned of ...
    eContent - Monday, September 8, 2008 - Comments
  • Inductive learning lives ... just!
    In my post last week, Whatever happened to inductive learning?, I complained how difficult it was with current rapid development tools to write more conversational inductive questions in which you as author are able to comment on each selection that the user makes. This facility is important because (1) with inductive questions, you are building on a user's past experience rather than assessing knowledge, so the idea that an answer is correct or incorrect is of no relevance ... Tom Kuhlmann and used the facility in PowerPoint to create links from slide to slide to create a workable solution ...
    Clive on Learning - Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - Comments
  • mLearn08: keynote Diane Laurillard on mobile learning methods
    ... powerpoint, digital videos,animation, podcast learning through inquiry: online resources, digital libraries, website learning ... keynote speach of Diane Laurillard who is well-known for her ground breaking work on (mobile) learning methodologies ... her publications . mLearn keynote Diane Laurillard - Towards a pedagogy-driven account of mobile learning Dianne ... knowledge and definitely positive on new learning techniques in which the learner is central in identifying what they want to learn and learn. Were do new TELearning pedagogies taken us? Digital technologies are not optimized for learning.
    Ignatia Webs - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - Comments
  • e-Learning's two tiers
    Two discussions this week, one with rapid e-learning specialist Kineo 's Steve Rayson and the other with virtual world developer Caspian 's Graeme Duncan, has crystallised for me how the bespoke/custom e-learning market in the UK is ... podcast, a screen capture movie, a PowerPoint or a PDF. This content may be designed and developed in-house, by subject ... from a few hours to a few weeks, and the cost is likely to be well under $10K. The higher tier is e-learning that ... and attention of professionals, typically working as teams of specialists. You would expect e-learning content at ...
    Clive on Learning - Thursday, December 20, 2007 - Comments
  • Myths about online learning
    ... be applied to corporate e-learning. [blue is mine] Myth : Videocasting lectures/presentations works. [As part ... enough. [Reading PowerPoint deck notes doesn't do much. Utilizing SlideShare though has been a nice supplement for ... online. Daniel talks about self-efficacy here which is very important.] Myth : Online courses are OK for learning ... mythical experiences with online learning in corporate education include: Myth : It takes less time to create an online ... branching, audio, video, etc. And they were long. A different learning intervention might require less production.
    Janet Clarey - Monday, August 4, 2008 - Comments
  • Microsoft Learning Content Development System
    I don't know where this appeared from or why but it seems that Microsoft has a rapid e-learning development tool. It's available for free download and there don't seem to be any strings attached. I'm not completely convinced because there's very little information about this product and it certainly isn't being marketed heavily. My best guess is that ... import of PowerPoint material, which would solve this problem. It does have some interesting features, including a scenario builder, a selection of learning games and Flash import, and exports to SCORM 1.2 (although I couldn't get my ...
    Clive on Learning - Monday, May 12, 2008 - Comments
  • M is for Media
    I only got to attend two sessions when I was at DevLearn in San Jose and both happened to be about m-learning. Now I ... article called M is for Maybe , which expressed my reservations about the whole idea of mobile learning. Now no-one doubts the usefulness and the pervasiveness of cell phones, Blackberries, iPods and PDAs, but to view these as serious learning ... -learning is ever going to happen, now is the time. So what will be the killer app? I'm now convinced it's media ... but whose opinion on what worked in m-learning I do remember - she said quite simply 'media, media and more media.' ...
    Clive on Learning - Monday, November 26, 2007 - Comments
  • New offerings provide a gateway to Learning 2.0
    Although the use of Web 2.0 technologies for learning is on the up (see Learning 2.0 - an update from the eLearning Guild ), it's also true to say that most employers don't know which way to start (see How are employers responding to ... exchange, build connected communities and extend blended learning." The new system integrates with other tools in the ... , video, audio or PowerPoint. You can also create 'gates' between chapters using quizzes and the suchlike. The Web 2.0 ... ), will provide a gateway to Learning 2.0 for employers who like the idea but are lost for a starting point. Let's hope ...
    Clive on Learning - Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - Comments
  • The Value of Multimedia in E-Learning
    Al Moser trashes voice over PowerPoint in this blog post about using multimedia in eLearning. He feels audio is a ... making this about the tool (PowerPoint + audio) when he should be talking about the method and the quality of ... -learning reduce knowledge retention? I turn to Ruth Colvin Clark and Richard Mayer’s book “eLearning and the Science of Instruction.” Clark and Mayer found that “ people learn more deeply from multimedia lessons when ... this the modality effect . The study is not one of reading text from PowerPoint slides but the study included ...
    Janet Clarey - Monday, September 8, 2008 - Comments