April was a busy month. I moved from Santa Monica (Los Angeles) to Lake Tahoe, CA. I’m closer to family now and it’s a good life up here in the mountains. But… Moving. Is. Terrible!!! Between getting married and having two kids since our last move, we have sooooo much stuff. It makes me want […]
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When you have an eLearning project assigned to you, sometimes you jump right into building training without really thinking about how people learn. We all do it…. Because sometimes you just have to meet a deadline. But there’s a better way… I cornered eLearning industry expert, Julie Dirksen, and begged her to share practical tips
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In a previous post, I talked about 10 ways to use characters in your eLearning courses and also gave away 100 free character images. One of the uses I mentioned was the intro or “splash” screen. I’ve said it before, but the intro screen is the slide that I spend the most time designing in a
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Sometimes you have an accessory or tool, such as a hat, that you’d like to add to a photo of a person. Maybe you have this great photo of Meg, but you’re using her in a safety scenario to train factory workers. If she’s not wearing a hardhat, you’ll never hear the end of it
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It’s been another great month at eLearningArt… We published a bunch of new blog posts and video tutorials. Our members enjoyed the 101st week in a row of new characters being released. Plus, for those of you who are looking for free… we’ve got you covered. I’ve highlighted some of the best updates for March
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What do you picture when I say the words “eLearning Quiz?” Are you seeing a question with multiple choice answers? Was there anything on the screen besides text? You probably didn’t picture something like this: Well, that’s the quiz eLearning great, Jackie Van Nice, designed for an Articulate Heroes Weekly Challenge on Spelling Bees and Interactive
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I had the great pleasure of interviewing Connie Malamed, the “eLearning Coach.” Connie runs a fabulous eLearning website and newsletter, and is the author of Visual Design Solutions, the highly rated and reviewed book on visual design for eLearning professionals. Connie was kind enough to share some really useful and practical tips on how to
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If you’re building a good eLearning course, you don’t want to cover EVERYTHING (even if your SME tells you that learners need ALL the information in the history of mankind). You’ll highlight the important stuff, like what do DO with the information and how to connect the learner to outcomes. And then you’ll link out to
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Film and television directors are masters of visual storytelling. You can improve your eLearning courses (or videos) a lot by incorporating some of the techniques they use. Today, I want to look at the camera angles that video directors use. I’ll then see if I’m able to recreate each of them using only PowerPoint and
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It’s been another great month at eLearningArt. For the first time in 7 years of blogging, I released a post every week in a month. To put it in perspective, in all of 2015 I only published 2 posts. In all of 2014 I released 3 posts…total! Yikes! But 2016 is a different year and
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