The Download is Friday, May 10, 11-3:30 It’s coming up fast…but, there is still space available! If you’ve got the time on your calendar for the next TorranceLearning Download conference, we’d love to have you! Click here to register! Writing with Images, Developing a Learning Culture, Learning Transfer: Making it stick after they leave the classroom, iPads & Kindles, & Nooks –
“Internet Explorer 10 is fast and fluid. Everything you want to do on the web is a swipe or a tap away, and feels instant. Browser tabs and navigation controls appear only when you need them and quietly get out of the way when you don’t.” Boy, if that doesn’t sound sexy…I don’t know what does! Who wouldn’t want that?
In the “what’s old is new all over again” category (no, I’m not talking about the disconcerting popularity of 80s “fashion”) there’s a lot of talk these days about blended learning. In February, I presented at the ASTD TechKnowledge conference on new tools for Blended Learning and it turned out to be a standing-room-only session. New technology and media tools open
Not-so-serious gaming: How an old-fashioned game and some new-fangled software might change the way you embed interactivity in eLearning. By Alison Hass and Matthew Kliewer Articulate released Storyline in May, 2012. Storyline has features that allow for greater flexibility in the presentation of content, sequence of screens, and learner interactivity than Articulate Presenter. We explored Storyline’s functionality by using it
At our November Download, we asked about everyone’s plans for 2013. In short: more of everything! Let’s take a deeper look at the results of our completely non-scientific sample. More mobile learning. More than half the respondents will be doing more mobile learning in 2013. Combine all the buzz these days about mobile with the fact that less than 2%
At our November Download conference we asked the roughly 60 learning & development professionals who joined us about their challenges at work, their plans for the coming year, and their feelings on the job. Despite the grey fall weather in November, the slow economic recovery in Michigan, and the looming deadline to avoid the fiscal cliff (because no article these
We tried something new at our semi-annual Download conference in November, and it was quite a hit. We called them Flash Projects (think of this as the conference version of a flash mob, not HTML5’s nemesis) and it offered a way of working together and creating something for others within the confines of a conference setting. It turned out to
The TorranceLearning Download is coming up on Friday, November 16, 2012! If you haven’t attended The Download before, here’s what it’s all about: We run several really short, concurrent discussions on a wide range of topics, all related to learning and development. You choose what you want to see, wander about as you wish. Did you notice that? They’re called
When was the last time you checked in with a SME for a course after it has gone live? Can you even find the SME for all your courses? Believe it or not, you’re not the only one who has a tough time tracking down your SMEs. It happens all the time in all sorts of organizations. You’ve both done
The stores are full of back-to-school wares and in some states, the kids are already hitting the books. It’s a great time to buckle down and make sure you’re on target for what you need to do between now and the end of the year. So how’s business? Is the organization on track to meet all of its top strategic
