Online training or Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) has gained tremendous popularity for its cost reducing advantages and the ability to accommodate large audiences across geographical boundaries. However, here’s yet another learning technology that has been abused and poorly utilized to maximize learning opportunities. In most instances, VILT is delivered as a passive learning experience […]
Gamification is a hot topic in the L&D industry today. To be honest, I think I always used gamification before it got its name. From early childhood we learned to love games because they are fun, they have rules and they are challenging. In other words, games are everything school is not. As an […]
In a world where most businesses use many computer applications to document and track transactions; trainers often struggle to provide effective software training. The most common occurrence explaining why this happens is the appointment of a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the application to conduct the training. SMEs tend to view the world through their our […]
I’m super excited about this post because it’s about a powerful authoring tool named Quizlet. First, let me explain my excitement for this awesome online FREE elearning tool. The year was 1989 and I had just arrived in Miami, FL from Venezuela without any knowledge of the English language. I joined the school system and learned […]
Robert Gagné (1916-2002) gave us many concepts surrounding the learning process in adults. However, his most significant contribution to all of us in the Learning and Development (L&D) world is known as “Gagné’s 9 Events of Instruction”. Whether you are a Subject Matter Expert (SME) who is or wants to become a trainer, any training course […]
Instructional videos have always been considered a great way to convey knowledge or illustrate concepts. This week I did a bit of quick green screen video editing to create a mock TV show dubbed “eLearning Legends: Atsumi”. Why? Another awesome ELH Challenge of course! This week’s challenge #101 was inspired by the presence of Atsumi […]
ELearning Heroes Challenge #100 is here and it’s all about “Before and After” visual comparisons and contrasts. By the looks of it, we might get 100 responses to the 100th challenge! In this post, I cover a bit of the method behind two slider samples I built for the challenge. The first slider sample was […]
Time is the only commodity we can’t buy, we can only use it or it’s gone. When I’m not defeating elearning evil (that is, preventing ineffective and\or boring learning from happening) I usually develop learning solutions for call center personnel. So, what’s so relevant about that? Well, call center professionals have everything “timed” on their schedules. Therefore, […]
I always enjoy a good ELH Challenge and this week’s challenge #97 offers some great creative concepts for interactive buttons. My submission concept can be described as an animated switch. The interaction happens when the user clicks a round button; then, the button switches from one side of the screen to another on a “U” […]
A little over a week ago, I wrote this LinkedIn post about great FREE image resources for e-learning. Trust me, free images are easy to find in comparison to free audio resources. However, it’s still very feasible to find some great quality audio files for your e-learning projects. Music is ubiquitous on everything our learners […]
Animating images in your elearning project can add some screen movement to give your learners context or grasp their attention to focus on certain area of the screen. Adobe After Effects is a motion graphics and motion picture effects software that allows you to bring still images to life. In this AndragoBlog post we’ll take […]
Recently I was helping a colleague with a development issue where she wanted to control user navigation on a Storyline2 elearning module pending on the completion of viewing a video. The problem was the video resides on another site. So, how can you help the user view the desired video content without leaving the elearning […]
One of Articulate Storyline2’s feature is the slider interaction. The slider is a powerful interaction because you can give the learner real-time outcomes based on the position (step) he or she drags the slider button to. Although you can simulate slider interactions in other authoring tools (usually installing external widgets), nothing compares to the ease-of-use […]
GIFs or Graphic Interchange format images provide you with the ability to animate images or video for use on web sites and even elearning modules. This week’s Elearning Heroes Challenge #83 is about creating 10 GIFs that could be used for a learning course or even to describe the instructional design process. For my sample […]
Articulate Storyline is perhaps the best solution for elearning authorware and aELearning Heroes Challenge (ELH) is a great way to get you working with it. This week’s challenge #79 is about custom menu navigation. There are many advantages to creating your own navigation menus and SPACE is definitely one of them. Using Storyline’s default player […]
For this week’s Elearning Heroes Challenge #78 the mission was to share some icons that would be used in elearning projects. So, I refreshed some old school PowerPoint tricks to draw vector icons for this challenge. PowerPoint has some cool features that can make designing these icons a fun a creative exercise. On this […]
It has been a week since the eLearning Guild’s 2015 Learning Solutions Conference ended and life is not the same. Or is it? In this NOOB review, I give you my take on the conference as a learning experience and also a first-timer’s overview of the GREAT and MEH moments of the event. There are […]
Learning objectives are a critical piece of any course or learning activity involving adults. They are preliminary statements providing adult learners with clear guidance (when written effectively) about the expected outcome of their involvement in the learning activity. One can then assume that their primary purpose is to inform the learner. However, learning objectives have […]
Adobe Captivate CS8 and Articulate Storyline2 are considered the leading elearning authoring software tools due to their ability to generate great learning interactions. Captivate has been in the “game” for about 11 years while Storyline’s first version was released in 2012. I get often asked this question at work: “Hey Alex, we are going to […]
Elearning Heroes Challenge #71 was all about teaching math concepts with elearning. My submission was a military-inspired game where learners solve math problems and blow stuff up. Nothing wrong with “safe” mortar training and engaging learners by testing basic math skills. For this sample I used a combination of vector drawings built with Adobe Illustrator […]
One of the great features available in Articulate Storyline2 (SL2) are the Slider Controls. So, for the Elearning Heroes Challenge #70 which involved creating a Valentine’s themed elearning interaction. I wanted to create an interaction where Cupid, the fabled roman god of love lend you his bow and arrow so you can answer questions on a […]
Once again, I had the pleasure of partaking in this week’s ELearning Heroes Challenge which was to create an elearning experience for football training. For my global friends I mean American Football and since the Super Bowl was yesterday, this was an exciting sample to build. The concept I came up with was very simple […]
Many of us always dreamed of having our own business and making it BIG. Many of you reading this blog may have done just that and I respectfully bow to you for your awesomeness. A huge part of conducting business is billing. Invoices are the main drivers for getting PAID and blissfully managing your Account […]
If you develop your elearning courses with Articulate Storyline there’s no better way to start the year honing your skills and creativity by completing an ELearning Heroes Challenge (ELH). This week’s challenge was a tough one and it forced me to come up with creative ways to combine three awesome templates into one unified design. To […]
Recently I was approached regarding an interactive chart I developed on Articulate StoryLine2. The inquirer was a Lectora user and was interested in achieving the same functionality with Lectora. I downloaded the free trial version of Lectora Inspire12 and immediately got busy on duplicating the SL2 chart with this tool. Lectora Inspire12’s navigation panel looks […]
Family Feud is a very popular game and TV show. I love the game and it was the inspiration for this elearning version developed in Articulate Storyline2 that can be applied to various learning scenarios. In this version, I chose to make it an individual challenge in which the learner has 10 seconds to answer correctly […]
My fondest memories as a kid had to do with three things: Play, play and more play! Learning games have been around for many years but, now we have the capability of creating games with elearning authoring software such as Articulate Storyline. This post is about the development of a game sample named Cowboy Bomber, an […]
