Selecting a color scheme and designing graphics are important considerations for creating web-based training. Professional visual communicators use powerful software such as Adobe®Illustrator and Photoshop to design course templates and create graphics. These programs have a steep learning curve. The complexity of the programs makes them difficult to use if you work with graphics sporadically. When we use graphic software, we often focus on accomplishing our goal (e.g., airbrush over
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Top 10 Ways to Annoy a Project Manager
Microassist’s years of experience developing Elearning have taught us how vital project management is. Elearning projects are more complex to manage than traditional learning projects because they involve technology and training. There’s more risk, more time constraints, more budget pressures, and more potential for communication failure. We are dedicated to using our experience to help Elearning project managers find success (check out our workshop on the topic!). We’ve asked our
READ MORE about Top 10 Ways to Annoy a Project ManagerDiversity & Learning – What’s Missing from Your Internet?
Bill Taylor’s post on the Harvard Business Review’s Blog Network really got me thinking this week. The question he poses is whether you are learning as fast as the world changes, and Taylor leaves readers with three takeaways, centered around the idea of diversity in learning: The best leaders (and learners) have the widest field of vision. Avoid stale sources of information, and take a cue from Steve Jobs: diverse
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Interview with Instructional Designer Debby Kalk
Debby Kalk is an instructional designer and elearning project developer with over 20 years of experience producing interactive, video, and classroom-based learning programs. She has developed training and customer education programs for companies such as USAA Insurance, Dell Computer, and Verizon Wireless. She has also worked with publishers such as Prentice Hall, McGraw-Hill, and Addison Wesley to develop online educational products. At, Microassist, Debby has developed training for a statewide
READ MORE about Interview with Instructional Designer Debby KalkNon-Verbal Communication: 7%-38%-55% Rule
Albert Mehrabian, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, UCLA, is best known for his publications on the importance of verbal and nonverbal messages. In his studies Mehrabian comes to the conclusion that there are three elements to face-to-face communication: Words (7%) Tone of Voice (38%) Body Language (55%) The relative importance of verbal and nonverbal messages were derived from experiments dealing with communications of feelings and attiudes. How does this effect E-learning?
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