Mike Taylor

Multimedia Learning Design Principles

I created this handout for a recent workshop from Richard Mayer’s Principles for Multimedia Learning. [ Click the Linkedin icon down at the bottom right to download a copy. ]

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The Fastest & Easiest Way to Arrange Multiple Slide Images

Originally posted on Work Smarter Not Harder:
Have you ever built a slide with multiple images that were all different shapes and sizes? If so, you might have done a lot more manual effort than you needed to. This great tip will have you done with that job quicker than you can say SmartArt. I’ve never been a…

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Free Download: Storyline Elearning Navigation Menu

As I was browsing through my morning reading recently, I came across this nifty navigational demo on the codyhouse.com website. I think this makes a nice addition to an online course so I crafted a quick example in Storyline. View Demo | Download Storyline file

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Sharing Some PowerPoint & Elearning Slide Designs

As I recently cleaned out some old files, I came across these PowerPoint slide designs that I never used. Since its International Work Out Loud Week I thought I’d share these for anyone who might be able to use them for a presentation or online course. Download PowerPoint Slides

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Friday 5: PowerPoint Social Sharing, Curated Design Resources, Trello Integrations, Skype For All, New Image Format

PowerPoint Social Share Plug-in If you do any presenting at conferences, etc you probably already know about the #backchannel. Now you can easily share all or part of your PowerPoint presentation directly to Twitter & Facebook with the new Social Share plug-in. The Microsoft Garage project lab has released Social Share, a free plug-in forContinueContinue reading “Friday 5: PowerPoint Social Sharing, Curated Design Resources, Trello Integrations, Skype For All, New Image Format”

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Friday 5: Dropbox Paper, Prezentt, Abobe Slate, Twitter Polls & Free Fonts

I’m back from a nice family trip to Disney and ready to get back into the swing of things. Here are five things that have queued up on the radar during that time, plus this week’s tech tip. Dropbox Paper Dropbox has a new online, collaborative document authoring tool similar to Google Docs. While I’m aContinueContinue reading “Friday 5: Dropbox Paper, Prezentt, Abobe Slate, Twitter Polls & Free Fonts”

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Working Out Loud & Learn Camp

Over the past three summers, I’ve run a self-directed, online learning program called Learn Camp. Based on the 23 Things project created by Helene Blowers. Originally created as a way to help others get up to speed with newer digital tools by actually using those same tools in the process. Although the topics have evolvedContinueContinue reading “Working Out Loud & Learn Camp”

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Friday 5: DevLearn Resources, Presentation tool, Image Editing App, Website Builder & Newspaper Columns

DevLearn Handouts & Resources Check out the handouts and presentation decks from one of the biggest Learning & Development conferences of the year that happened last week in Las Vegas. http://www.elearningguild.com/DevLearn/sessions/resources.cfm?selection=doc.4027&event=380 LiveSlides Embed any web content in your presentation: If you give presentations you might know the hassle of keeping things up to date. LiveSlides isContinueContinue reading “Friday 5: DevLearn Resources, Presentation tool, Image Editing App, Website Builder & Newspaper Columns”

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Friday 5: Curation, Visual Inspiration, Presentation Book, Animated Online Videos & Windows Shortcuts

Thanks for stopping by. Here are the top 5 things I’m noodling on this week. I share a whole lot more things like this on Twitter and save the better ones over in Diigo. Feedly Share Collections Feedly introduced a new feature called “Shared Collections” (paid pro feature) that lets you choose to share what you readContinueContinue reading “Friday 5: Curation, Visual Inspiration, Presentation Book, Animated Online Videos & Windows Shortcuts”