While emphasizing the “why” of digital accessibility, Microassist CTO and noted accessibility advocate Hiram Kuykendall also provided web and application developers over an hour’s worth of web accessibility resources and instruction during Austin Adobe User Group’s (AAUG’s) June meeting. Below, I’ll cover a bit of the overview he gave, as well as point to accessibility resources developers will find helpful as they build and test their projects. In addition to his
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Is Video or Text Better for Learning Retention?
During our recent webinar, “Reaching New Audiences through Online Training,” one attendee asked, “Do people retain training better, same or not as much with video versus reading?” I wanted to poke around in the research before answering. It turns out that the research doesn’t offer a very clear answer. As can be the case, different studies show different things (ever wonder if butter is good or bad for you?). Individual studies
READ MORE about Is Video or Text Better for Learning Retention?Your Perfect Elearning Development Shop: An Individual or a Team?
When you’re considering a new elearning project, how much thought do you give to the size of the instructional design shop that you’re engaging for elearning development? One Person or a Team? There are several questions when designing learning—do I do this in-house or should I outsource? Should our training be instructor-led or self-guided online? Something else? The question of team size—an individual or a group—often gets overlooked. It shouldn’t.
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“Should I create the training in-house?” This is a question that program managers might think about. Developing training internally with your available staff resources is certainly an option. Many organizations have knowledgeable staff on a given topic, or staff who are intimately aware of the ins-and-outs of the projects at hand. It’s common for organizations to recruit them to develop the related curriculum. Often, these subject matter experts (SMEs) present
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So you need to train someone to do something. What are your options? There are several different training methods and a number of variations on each. Essentially, I usually group them in three areas: instructor-led training, webinars, and elearning. Under instructor-led, we can place the standard classroom learning environment. There’s an instructor, with students in the room with the instructor. The instructor can be the classic sage-on-the-stage, or the more
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Resources from the Microassist Learning and Development Team We’re always on the lookout for current information and resources for improving our curriculum and elearning development skills and knowledge. But why keep what we find a secret? Below is a collection of learning and development resources from our learning design team. UPDATE: You may also be interested in the learning and development resources we mentioned during one of our 2017 webinars.
READ MORE about Learning and Development ResourcesNotes from the ACLU Privacy & Technology Conference
Heather Poggi-Mannis, Microassist’s information security training product manager, attended the ACLU Privacy and Technology conference at the AT&T Conference Center at the University of Texas Austin. The purpose of the conference was to start conversations about privacy, how technology can be used to violate it and what is being done to protect privacy rights. Morning Keynote: Dr. Chris Soghoian, Principal Technologist and Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU: What Keeps You Up
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For years, law enforcement was criticized for being a closed and unapproachable society. Studies showed that too often police officials took a “we know what the priorities for public safety need to be better than the community does” approach. It was repeatedly demonstrated that a stunning misalignment existed between agency perceptions of citizen concerns, and actual citizen concerns. The take away for us was that positive and regular interaction with
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Traditional Training Has a Lot of Peripheral Costs but Failure to Train = Catastrophic Liability As an agency head, I was constantly coping with the ebb and flow of funding. Sadly, the latter years saw more ebbing than flowing. Budget reductions and unanticipated shortfalls necessitated a relentless cycle of reprioritization, force reductions, equipment replacement, schedule modifications, reductions in services, deferred purchases, consolidations, and all the other things that executives do
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Law Enforcement Outreach Training to Deal with Community Tensions As a veteran of law enforcement for more than three decades, I am troubled by recent events that suggest a chasm between law enforcement agencies and communities. I am also troubled when I speak to colleagues who dismiss nontraditional methods – like internet-based outreach – for bridging those social chasms. Especially in light of the fact that these methods work incredibly
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