I’ve been sending a few Litmos clients over to the iSpring Solutions website lately to make use of their very cool PowerPoint to Flash converter and eLearning Authoring tools. These guys were part of the DevLearn09 Expo so I saw them there strutting their stuff. If you haven’t checked them... more
Lectora’s master class on “Creating Engaging e-learning Content for your eLearning Courses” was very interesting. It’s a cool authoring tool, here are some of the highlights: Nice page transitions Cool roll-overs Pre-built flash objects to customize Hot spot assessment questions Course can finish with a form object to enter user details and... more
We’ve recently become involved with an ambitious new initiative called the ‘Life Game Project’. It’s the brainchild of Warehouse CIO Owen McCall and has come about as a result of his desire to “develop life skills and positive lifestyle choices” in young New Zealanders, through the use of games technology.... more
There are a lot of eLearning companies out there custom building courses to order and charging a decent amount of money for it. There are also a lot of companies delivering online courses from their own websites at a per seat cost. But is there a marketplace or repository where... more
I’m reading ‘Think Strategy Before Technology‘ by Robin Good and so far he brings up some really valid points, which are often forgotten in a tech-focused world. It started me thinking about the process of moving offline training content online and I came up with 3 points to ponder. 1.... more
I’ve just joined the group on LinkedIn called ‘Adobe Captivate‘. It was the only relatively populated group that I could find in there focused on this topic, which surprised me. So far though, it looks like a really great group of supportive Captivate users. Scanning through the discussions I can... more
As a follow on to my last post on writing effective training material, these are some simple ideas that anyone can incorporate in to their writing to make emails, documents and training information more concise and effective for the audience. 5 Helpful Tips for Presenting Information: Establish a flow for... more
Carolyn Blunt, Founder of Real Results Training wrote an article a few months back that has some great ideas for building a successful call centre training program. Her ideas are not just relevant to call centres, but can be applied across most types of training program. I went through an... more
Now that the first half of the year is over, I thought I’d take a look at our stats and see which blog posts written in 2009, have been most popular so far. So here are they are in order the Top 5 Blog Posts of 2009 (so far): Top... more
With today’s economy not looking so hot, classroom-based (or face-to-face) training is not always the most cost-effective or feasible option for many companies. More recently it is compliance training that’s moved online for a number of reasons, one of the most persuasive being the ability to maintain an accurate record... more
