This blog post was written by one of our graphic designers – Johanna Wheeler. In this post, Jo takes us through her top five graphic design tips when developing learning materials:
- Typography
- Graphics
- Content
- Colour
- Accessibility.
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Articulate 3 is here
Are we seeing the end of the Articulate Storyline perpetual licenses with the release of Articulate 3 this month?
You’ll know what a huge fan we are of Storyline, so it is with a mixture of sadness and enthusiasm that we see the release of Storyline 3.
#MoodleMootau2015 wrap up
I am about to board a plane on my way home after the annual Moodle Conference in Melbourne. The many words I have heard and spoken over the last week are floating around in my head and the one I keep repeating is “Bricoleur”. A bricoleur is a tinkerer who constructs and sculpts using whatever comes to hand.
Typical myths about learning management systems (LMSs)
Learning management systems are one way to facilitate the task of online training. The effective use of a good LMS plays a huge role in maximising return on investment for a company. Therefore, companies need to understand how they can make the best of their LMS and use it to their advantage. This article is about the myths associated with LMSs.
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Thinking about instructional design
I’ve been working with a client doing some heavy duty instructional design work (three courses to be developed in a short period of time). This is working with a writers over different disciplines and has me thinking about instructional design… and why I love it!
What is gamification and where do you start?
I have written a few blog posts on gamification and we realised that while we talk about gamification (and there is a growing amount of information out there), it might be worth doing an ‘introduction to gamification’ webinar and blog.
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Moodle Evolution: Moodle Moot 2014 Wrapup
This year’s Australasian Moodle Moot’s theme was ‘Evolution’ – and the keynote address by Alec Couros swept us into the future with his vision of the educational potential offered by the tools of connectivity. The examples Alec shared of openness in education, networked learning, social media in education, digital citizenship, and critical media literacy were very inspiring and set the tone for an evolutionary conference.
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Let’s talk experience, not technology
In May, I was asked to be on a panel with Professor Gilly Salmon and Andrew Douch for the IBSA VET Practitioners of the future conference.
There’s always been technology in education, we know students want technology in their learning, so let’s focus on the student experience.
Top 10 tips for taking control of your professional development
Knowledge is power – but how do you plug into new ideas when budget-conscious organisations are flipping the switch on professional development (PD)?
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Rapid E-learning: Go beyond good looks!
Remember the movie Shallow Hal with Jack Black and Gwyneth Paltrow?
For those of you who haven’t seen it, Jack Black starts off as a shallow jerk who – after a magical encounter with Anthony Robbins in a lift – sees people’s inner beauty on the outside. The plain yet deep and loving become beautiful/handsome. The beautiful yet selfish and cruel have their inner flaws revealed as physical ugliness.
