H5P – New Content Type Image Slider and Accessibility Improvements – November 2017
H5P have released an updated to their plugins for Drupal 8, improved Accessibility with conformity to WCAG2.0 and new content types including an Image Slider. Below is H5P’s Image Slider example. If like me, your library doesn’t update or you can’t use the built-in updater, download the code from Github at https://github.com/falcon-git/h5p-image-slider. Unzip the file […]
Choosing The Best eLearning Template
Whilst I’m knee-deep in a new project developing new eLearning templates with Captivate, I found this article useful and pertinent to what I was doing! Choosing or even developing your eLearning Template is a crucial step in any eLearning project. Read more at 8 Golden Rules For Choosing The Best eLearning Template – eLearning Industry
5 Steps To Follow When Using An Instructional Design Framework For Your Online Courses
Instructional Design Framework For Your Online Courses: 5 Steps To Follow You’ve just landed your new job as an Instructional Designer, and you’re ready to start producing some learning materials. With all the new technology and tools available today to create online courses, this is an exciting time for eLearning, and a great time to […]
The Essential Skills To Becoming A Learning And Development Professional
Over the years I’ve been asked how I got into eLearning and Instructional Designing. I’d always wanted to teach and when the opportunity presented itself some years ago, I jumped at the chance. It was only then that I realised that as much as I wanted to teach, my expertise lay in technology and eLearning. […]
Essential Elements Of An Effective eLearning Template
As I look at developing a new eLearning template for where I work, I found this article to be really useful. Sharing as I hope it may help someone else. Read more at 9 Essential Elements Of An Effective eLearning Template – eLearning Industry
Should Successful Instructional Designers Be Subject Matter Experts Too?
I came across this eLearning Industry recently and it grabbed my attention. For me, it’s always hard to find someone with both the system / product knowledge and the instructional design skills to match. Personally, I would engage someone with instructional design skills and experience over an SME. Have a read for yourself and see […]
2018 MUA Committee – Being Elected
I wanted to personally congratulate a good mate of mine, K Scott Huntley on being elected into the Moodle Users Association for 2018. As an active member of the MUA, it’s awesome to see a what the MUA are doing for Moodle and how the wider community can participate. Read more about Scott’s feelings on […]
Planning eLearning Projects
It is said that if you fail to plan, then you plan to fail. So how exactly do you plan a successful eLearning project from day one? eLearning is a complex process. Online learners can chat with an online instructor by text or video call, but mostly it’s just them and the computer. To ensure […]
50 Instructional Design Acronyms You Need To Know
This is a great resource for those wanting to get into Instructional Design or even those already in the industry. Was a few in here I hadn’t heard of before! Check it out at 50 Instructional Design Acronyms You Need To Know
Pulling Data Back from the LRS: Correlation for Analysis
I recently came across this article by Anthony Altieri that provides some great tools on how to retrieve data from the a LRS. Read the article at Pulling Data Back from the LRS: Correlation for Analysis : Learning Solutions Magazine