A quick overview of my “learning” background…my exposure began when I became an instructor. As an instructor I gave a lot of thought to creative delivery of training but I was not responsible for development. After offering my ideas for improvement of the course materials one too many times I was offered the “opportunity” to join the development team where I worked on instructor led development. Our department was just beginning to touch the surface of online course delivery. I was then given yet another “opportunity” to add to my bag of tricks. As with many companies these days are resources are running thin so I am doing all three. I teach between two and five weeks a month. What do you mean there are not five weeks in a month? Maybe someone could tell my boss that! So I teach anywhere from a couple of weeks to everyday and in between I develop and revise courses. One of the challenges that I face is keeping the training interesting. In my instructor led classes I am always looking for new and creative ways of presenting content. I look for games or activities that keep students engaged and help them retain the information.
When developing online courses I want to keep the content moving and make sure that the learners are not bored. Since I develop for the same group of employees they will see many of my courses. I have to incorporate new graphics, backgrounds, and different ways of delivering content so they will not get bored. One of the ways that I look for new ideas or find inspiration is by looking for other developers. I develop using Adobe CS3 package and Adobe Captivate. I look for websites, blogs, and other media for inspiration. Below you will find links to several blogs that I find helpful to me.
These first two blogs are good resources for captivate tricks and ideas.
http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/
http://www.cpguru.com/
Tracy's blog is not specific to a certain program but has good ideas.
http://discovery-thru-elearning.blogspot.com/
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I find that your current profession is very interesting. We share various things in common, first, as instructors; we face the challenge of keeping the training interesting. Second, in our instructor led classes we are always looking for new and creative ways of presenting content. We do look for games or activities that keep students engaged and that will help them retain the information. Third, since we share similar interests in teaching adults, I found this article that explains step by step the experiences that Adult Learners may and can experience during learning or training experience and it provides resolutions for Instructors. These are a few of the topics that are discussed in this article: Reflection, authentic experiences, communication, dialog, discussion, self-assessment, correction, picture superiority effect and dual coding.
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Thank you so much for this list, Erika! I am glad that you posted this blog site specifically: http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/. Since we are going to use Adobe Captivate in our future courses, this site will hopefully provide useful tips and tricks to use with the program. =)
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