This week, the e-Learning Heroes challenged us to find engaging ways of teaching maths concepts. Now this might initially seem unrelated, but my kids love the EJ Spy School books. Recently, we read one of them where the eponymous character has to crack a code to get into the Spy School. Riveting stuff, for the kids anyway. The code…
I mentioned earlier that I went to the official launch of the Digital Licence in Sydney a few weeks ago. As the unveiling of The Alannah and Madeline Foundation’s latest e-Smart product, it was pretty awesome. In my previous posts, though, I didn’t really go into detail about what the Digital Licence actually is. So… The eSmart Digital…
This week, the E-learning Heroes’ challenge was to to design a Valentine’s Day themed interactive graphic, demo, or activity. I love love, so I put in an entry. Plus, I’ve been looking for an excuse to play around with Storyline 2’s quick and easy slider interactions. So, for imagery, I selected a wedding-themed vector set from my library of…
Hey, in my post last night I mentioned that Paul Fletcher MP was at the launch of the eSmart Digital Licence. Mel Doyle was busy telling me all the gossip while Fletch was at the podium, so I didn’t hear much of what he said on the day. Luckily, he’s been nice enough to post a video of…
Today, a who’s who of Australia’s greatest educational and technological brains gathered at King’s School in North Parramatta to launch the eSmart Digital Licence. I went there too, ‘cuz I developed the assessments… and because Mel needed company. Oh yeah, Melissa Doyle—formerly of Mel & Kochie—was the host for the day. The Digital Licence is the latest product from the brilliant minds…
Every week, Dave Anderson at E-Learning Heroes sets an e-learning challenge for developers. They vary in length and requirements, but typically involve creating a short interaction that illustrates a practical point. They’re the sort of activity that all developers cut their teeth on: things that motivate you to explore your software and find practical methods that can later be transposed…
It’s been three weeks since Articulate launched their much anticipated new flagship, Storyline 2. In the time since the launch, many articles have been written about the new features that are capturing developers’ attention. For me, three new feature combos stand out as particularly handy: Motion paths New animations Timeline manipulations Motion paths Storyline 1 only ever offered…
Hypothetical: Client ZYX operates in a heavily regulated field. They hire you to develop an on-screen text-based course to train their staff about their legal obligations. They’ve got smart legal people who give you all the facts that need to be taught. You take those facts and transform them into a sharp series of 100 slides that…
October has been a great month. Aside from me working on a bunch of interesting projects for great clients, my little girl has started her transition from kindergarten to primary school. We’re both pretty happy with how things are going. It’s also seen the launch of our new brand for e-learning development: storylinedeveloper.com.au. The…
Clipart is so 80’s, am I right, people? Sure it is. There’s no point trying to deny it. Any 80’s kid with even the slightest interest in computers tried to make use of cheesy Clipart at every opportunity. Illustrations jazz any subject up, right? That’s why images of ice creams and vintage cars were crammed—no matter how inappropriately—in the…
