Author Archives: Mike Taylor

The first 99 learning people to follow on Twitter

I think this article  “The First 99 People to Follow on Twitter” is  a great idea. We recently introduced some of our internal learning people to Twitter, so  I thought it would be a great idea to assemble a list of the first 99 learning professionals you should follow on Twitter. DISCLAIMER:  99 isn’t very manyContinueContinue reading “The first 99 learning people to follow on Twitter”

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21 Questions to ask before Designing Any Training Program

Here’s something to file under the ‘Must Read’ category for instructional designers and anyone else tasked with creating training;  a great list of questions to consider before you start working on any training program. NOTE: These questions originally created and shared by The Training Doctor were offline for awhile but now they’re back. You can findContinueContinue reading “21 Questions to ask before Designing Any Training Program”

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Displaying Documents in PowerPoint

This is in response to a good thread in Articulate’s Elearning Heroes community about “Creative Ways to Include Links” Here are a few ways that I’ve incorporated documents and attachments in presentations / courses: This document graphic is from one of Tom Kuhlmann’s blog posts.  In the post he shows how he built it alongContinueContinue reading “Displaying Documents in PowerPoint”

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“Required” Training

As someone who designs training and administers a corporate LMS I’ve had several occasions recently to discuss the definition of the word ‘required’. Usually it’s in the context of trying to clean up the aftermath of unannounced assignments made by other parts of our organization. In my opinion there should be some well defined processContinueContinue reading ““Required” Training”

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Publishing PowerPoint/Articulate to DVD

Since we’re developing materials for people working in power plants, we have a fair number of the people in our audience do not have easy access to a PC. ( Imagine the guy driving a bull dozer in a coal yard for instance.)  It’s much easier for them to find a TV/DVD player than aContinueContinue reading “Publishing PowerPoint/Articulate to DVD”

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Articulate Community Flip Card Template “in the wild”

I just wanted to share how I’ve used one of the great  elearning templates from the Articulate community for a recent project.  If you haven’t tapped into the Articulate community you’ve definitely been missing out! I used Tom’s Flip Card template for a course  on signs & barricades.  I loved the original version but it’sContinueContinue reading “Articulate Community Flip Card Template “in the wild””

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Elearning Support tools

So I was looking for a really nice website that would tell you what browser you had along with a bunch of other details relevant to helping troubleshoot elearning courses. I’ve come up with a few but still can’t find the one I originally had which present the info in a much more polished format.ContinueContinue reading “Elearning Support tools”

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Tools of the Trade

Melissa’s post in response to a LinkedIn eLearning Guild Group discussion “What are the top tools for freelance elearning design and development?” has prompted me to round up my list of top tools. So here is a quick peak into my toolbox… Content Creation: PowerPoint – This is my primary tools for authoring courses andContinueContinue reading “Tools of the Trade”

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