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Based on Brandon Hall research the most common requirements when selecting an authoring toll are: 1.    Novice friendly, yet still has underlying extensibility for complex interaction types. 2.    No plug-in required (with the exception of Flash output). 3.    Adherence to SCORM specification and AICC standards. (The real need is full interoperability with many LMS solutions.)ContinueContinue reading “Another Top 10…Most wanted online course features”

Although this article is touted for NEW trainers & teachers I think we can take a moment to review this to check in and make sure we’re doing many of these things regardless of how long we’ve been a trainer or teacher. Creating Passionate Users: Ten Tips for New Trainers/Teachers Powered by ScribeFire.

Nice article from Digital Inspiration discussing options for putting presentations online with advantages of each http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/08/upload-powerpoint-presentations-ppt.htmlPowered by ScribeFire.

This is the blog for one of my summer classes. The thing I like best is that Karl is “eating his own dogfood” and using blogs and wikis for all the class content. Plus, us participants are creating the content ourselves. Kind of reminiscent of the Encyclopedia of Educational Technology maintained by Bob Hoffman.

Since I’m trying to learn how to use my new Nikon D50 I love this photo. nikon em bokehBlogged with FlockTags: flickr, flock, photo

http://www.feedcycle.com/features.php Feedcycle sends dialy content sequentially. i.e item 1 the 1st day, item 2 the 2nd, etc. etc. No matter when subscriber begins. They all get the same stuff in the same order. VERY COOL. What other ideas do you have for this type of service?

At work I have a laptop with a 2nd monitor. Working from home today I tried to open a PowerPoint file but the Open dialog box was opening “off screen”. This little shortcut saved me.ALT+SHIFT+SPACE: Displays the main window’s System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close theContinueContinue reading “Recovering Off-screen Windows”

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I’ve read good things about Windows Live Writer so I thought I’d give it a trial run. I like the concept of a better WYSIWYG editor with less “weirdness” than the default WordPress editor. Plus it looks like it will be easier to insert media via an editor like this. Let’s see how it goes…stayContinueContinue reading “Windows Live Writer”