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Matt Stoner posted
elearning Best Practices
A question at the panel tonight asked about best practices. One I failed to mention was Version Control (plug there is a version control session on Thursday). How many people are using version control for their elearning development?
Garin Hess:
Matt, Rapid Intake's online course authoring tool, Unison, includes version control right within the authoring environment. Being an online system with features that allow multiple people to work in the same course at the same time, it's important to...
Matt Stoner:
I know alot of people won't be able to make my session today, but if you are interested. Here are my slides.
http://mattstoner.net/presentations/v...
Thu, Oct 22 at 9:27AM
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Mahdi Gharavi posted
Free pass to Arches Nat'l Park
For anyone who is local or is staying in the area longer and wants to visit Arches National Park this weekend, I have a free pass to give away (saves you $10). It's valid through Oct. 24. Message me and I'd be happy to give it to you.
Thu, Oct 22 at 6:16AM
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Mark Lassoff posted
"Official" Dinner Information
If anyone else wants to go to dinner we'll meet in the lobby of the University Guest House at 5:30. Everyone is welcome. We'll take Trax to Gateway, or wherever we wind up going. It will not be a late night :) See you at 5:30!!! _________________________________________________________________ If anyone is interested in dinner Wednesday or Thursday night-- I'm game. Maybe we can get a larger group together for networking, fun and foo... [read more]
Chris Tadlock:
what attire and approx cost will dinner be? Lauren and I would like to go, but always on a budget (aren't all trainers?)
Mark Lassoff:
I imagine dress code is "come as you are" and budget is going to be REASONABLE. There are a number of options in gateway and I am sure we can find something inexpensive.
Chris Tadlock:
cool we will be there
Wed, Oct 21 at 3:18PM
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Actionscript, Day II
This second Actionscript session will describe the audio and video features of the Actionscript 3 programming language. Participants will work with the instructor to build an MP3 player (Bring your own music, unless you like 80's Power Ballads!) and ... [session page]
Mark Lassoff:
If anyone wants to see a quick overview of what was covered in this session, you can see a 2 part video tutorial thats about :20 minutes at: http://learntoprogram.tv/2009/06/crea...
Wed, Oct 21 at 1:39PM
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George Maggelet posted
Info requested from session
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED THE SESSION. I HOPE THAT YOU TAKE THE SAMPLE TEMPLATES BACK TO YOUR ORGANIZATION AND LET YOUR FLASH PROGRAMMERS EXPLORE THEM. I HOPE IT WILL ASSIST YOUR ORGANIZATION IN DEVELOPING A WORK FLOW WHICH INCREASES YOUR CAPABILITIES AND PRODUCTIVITY. I HAVE ALSO ATTACHED THE AS3 TEMPLATE DEVELOPMENT FILES IN A ZIP FILE ATTACHED TO THIS POST. Below is the text which was displayed during the session: DE... [read more]
Wed, Oct 21 at 12:47PM
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Responses to the session:
Evaluating and Choosing Authoring Tools
"In this class, we'll evaluate Captivate, by Adobe; Camtasia, by Techsmith; ProForm, by Rapid Intake; myUdutu, by Udutu; and SlideRocket by SlideRocket. Participants in this course will learn about the various features of each tool, will have the opp... [session page]
Shauna Moyes:
it will be. Trial versions apply only where appropriate. Some of the cloud computing apps will be free unless you upgrade to higher licensing. s
Roger Mundell:
Hi Shauna,
myUdutu is free all the time. It's not a trial.
Roger.
Tue, Oct 20 at 12:01AM
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Mark Lassoff posted
Whats the conference Twitter Hashtag?
I know there is one, but I can't find it... Anyone? Hellooo.....
Isaac Hess:
Mark,
It's just #byol (I know, so simple you'd never think of it).
See you soon.
-Isaac
Mon, Oct 19 at 1:49PM
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Updated Sessions
Breakfast in Heritage Center, Welcome Session and Announcements, Develop a Storyboard with MindManager, Lunch in Heritage Center, Break (30 minutes), Breakfast in Heritage Center, Lunch in Heritage Center, Vendor Break: Come get cookies, brownies, and drinks, Interface design with the end-user in mind, Dinner in Heritage Center
and 2 others were updated.
Mon, Oct 19
Responses to the session:
Interface design with the end-user in mind
In this session we will discuss essential elements that need to be considered before, during, and in the future of your teams course style development.
We will learn how to get inspiration, conform to branding standards, and effective create cour... [session page]
AJ Webb:
Hey Shawn, is this session going to be a duplicate of your Tuesday session?
Shawn Scivally:
This session is all about teaching the "non-designer" how to design. We will be learning about what makes a design good and then how to implement it in our course.
Hope this helps.
Mike:
Hi Shawn:
I am not a graphic designer and I don't know Photoshop. Will this session still be useful for me?
Mon, Oct 19 at 12:39PM
(4 comments)
Responses to the session:
Articulate - Bring your PowerPoints to Life
Learn how to take your PowerPoints and have Articulate bring them to life. This session will cover the basics of Articulate (Presenter, Engage and Quizmaker). Learn how to brand your courses, create interactive content/quizes, export to a LMS, and mu... [session page]
Andrew Scivally:
Hello everyone! We just added another Articulate session on Wed. See you soon.
Mon, Oct 19 at 12:31PM
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Jason Bickle posted
Updated: AD HOC - New to eLearning Session - Monday, October 19th, 2009 1 PM Officers Club
Good evening, We have had some adjustments to the pre-conference schedule, therefore, I wanted to offer 1 abbreviated ad hoc sessions of the New to eLearning pre-conference training at no cost on Monday, October 19th at 1 pm - 4 pm in the Officers Club. Discussions will include the following topics: -eLearning - Not Just Technology But Methodology -Understanding the "Pros & Cons" of eLearning -Content Design & Development Considerations ... [read more]
Lauren Tadlock:
Jason,
I am very interested in this session. I and one other person plan to attend, but we might come in a bit late depending on flight times.
See you soon,
Lauren Tadlock
Jennifer Wardell:
Jason,
Yes, I'd really like to meet tomorrow night (Mon). My flight gets in at 4pm, so I can meet earlier (say 5) if it's better for you. 6 if fine for me, my email is jennifer.wardell@gmail.com. You can contact me there so I know where to meet yo...
Jason Bickle:
We will be meeting in the Officer's Club at 1pm. Come one come all...
Mon, Oct 19 at 11:25AM
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Responses to the session:
Exactly Where am I? Using the Web Mapping Technology to Teach
Take a virtual tour of historic Fort Douglas (the site of BYOL) using web navigation tools and discuss how these tools can be used to enhance your training projects. Featured tools include Bing and Google maps, Google Earth. There will also be discus... [session page]
Marc Ferguson:
Last minute request. For those who are coming to this session. take a few minutes and set up a Google Map account. It is free and it will allow us to collaborate on our own custom map.
Fri, Oct 16 at 9:37PM
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Matt Stoner posted
Birds of a Feather -- Instructional designers
There are quite a lot of ID people attending this conference and maybe the pre-conference too. Is anyone interested in getting together Monday evening for drinks/dinner? I'm flying in that afternoon.
Shauna Moyes:
Matt-
I'm also an ID and would love to get together with a group. Let me know details.
Robin McCraw:
I am interested also - great idea!
Matt Stoner:
Let's try to meet up around 6pm Monday evening at the main conference hotel in the lobby. Sound good?
Fri, Oct 16 at 7:40PM
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Responses to the session:
Evaluating and Choosing Authoring Tools
"In this class, we'll evaluate Captivate, by Adobe; Camtasia, by Techsmith; ProForm, by Rapid Intake; myUdutu, by Udutu; and SlideRocket by SlideRocket. Participants in this course will learn about the various features of each tool, will have the opp... [session page]
Isaac Hess:
Please note the room change on this session.
Isaac Hess | Executive Director
BYOL eLearning 2009
Thu, Oct 15 at 2:55PM
(1 comment)
Responses to the session:
Using Social Networks in Learning
This presentation will dive into the theoretical and practical of social networking and web 2.0 as viable learning tools. First, we'll look at theoretical foundation including constructivist principles such as social negotiation, multiple perspective... [session page]
Isaac Hess:
Dear Attendees,
I apologize for having to move this session. Lance contacted me and said that he needs to make an emergency work trip on Wednesday, making it impossible for him to give his session that day.
Rather than cancel the session, I fig...
Thu, Oct 15 at 2:54PM
(1 comment)
Responses to the session:
Web 2.0 Technologies that Work
This session will demonstrate how to use, as well as educate, participants on some of the many free and inexpensive collaborative web 2.0 tools available for incorporation into their elearning platforms. The list of tools is long and varied, includin... [session page]
will probeck:
Go to my ning page and become a member. leave some comments a see what is there to do. Add some music from wwww.grooveshark.com
http://probeckbyolsessions.ning.com/
will probeck:
This session was moved to this new time. I hope that you will still attend. I have some exciting new sites to share with everyone and some ideas to think about for the near future.
Let me know if you have any question. It should be fun.
Wed, Oct 14 at 9:46AM
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Responses to the session:
Interface design with the end-user in mind
In this session we will discuss essential elements that need to be considered before, during, and in the future of your teams course style development.
We will learn how to get inspiration, conform to branding standards, and effective create cour... [session page]
Shawn Scivally:
Hey Will, I'm not real familiar with the elements version...but I'd imagine you'd be just fine.
See you tomorrow.
will probeck:
Will photoshop elements7 work?
Wed, Oct 14 at 9:39AM
(2 comments)
Responses to the session:
One-Stop Learning: Combining interactive media with online help.
In my session, we will use RoboHelp as a delivery mechanism for demos and quizzes developed in Captivate. This method creates a comprehensive information system that incorporates the features that RoboHelp provides (Glossary, Index and Search capab... [session page]
Kathy Burke:
Here is the RoboHelp project file. You will need to extract all the files for the project to load in RoboHelp. It was created in RH7, but will convert to RH8.
Sun, Oct 11 at 10:30AM
(1 comment)
Responses to the session:
Tool Discovery - Building Your First Course
In this session you will build 3 small courses with many elearning tools. This training is designed to give you hands-on experience with many different tools so you may select software appropriate for your organization. Development tools include Ca... [session page]
Jason Bickle:
Due to a schedule conflict Monday evening, I can only hold the New to eLearning Ad Hoc session from 1-4pm on Monday, the 19th.
thanks,
jB
Jason Bickle:
Ad Hoc New to eLearning Sessions on Monday, October 19th
Good evening,
We have had some adjustments to the pre-conference schedule, therefore, I wanted to offer 2 abbreviated ad hoc sessions of the New to eLearning pre-conference training at no...
Sat, Oct 10 at 7:57PM
(5 comments)
Responses to the session:
Developing Flash E Learning Templates for the non-Programmer
This session will provide and present template(s) which can be utilized by content developers with minimal training in the use of Arrays, Importing audio and graphics to Library and assigning linkage IDs, and Flash Video Encoder techniques. We will... [session page]
George Maggelet:
I am happy you are all interested in my presentation. I am really looking forward to the conference and meeting you all.
Cheers!
Fri, Oct 9 at 5:21PM
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Jennifer Wardell posted
Reusable course development for the fiscally impaired
Do you have to know XML or Java for this class?
Fri, Oct 9 at 3:41PM
(0 comments)
Responses to the session:
Mobile Learning Fundamentals Workshop
According to the Yankee Group, mobile workers make up more than 40% of the U.S. workforce. As learning innovators, it is essential we design for the needs of this growing audience and use mobile technologies to augment personal productivity. In this ... [session page]
Jennifer Wardell:
Thanks!
a.j. ripin:
Thank you for your feedback. My goal is to do 30% lecture, 25% project examples, 25% hands on individual, 35% hands on group.
It will be a fast-pace, fire-hose, with a lot of discussion, examples, hands on activities, and tweeting a lot of extra c...
Jennifer Wardell:
A.J. - This is an exciting category of eLearning with lots of topics listed for this workshop. Can you estimate the percentages of time you'll spend on discussion and more importantly, hands-on practice?
Fri, Oct 9 at 3:04PM
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Responses to the session:
Is There Anyone Out There? Encouraging Interaction During Web Conference Training
In todays economy we must find better ways to teach worldwide. Bring your wireless internet enabled laptop to this session to participate in an actual webinar where you will see both what the presenter and the participant sees. Learn how powerful thi... [session page]
Marc Ferguson:
We will be breaking out. I agree, sometimes web conferencing is like juggling chain saws. Please bring your good ideas with you to the session.
Patrick Banks:
I would like to discuss / get ideas regarding how to effectively use / manage break out rooms during web conference training. I know it can be done, but seems intimidating and unruly.
Marc Ferguson:
For those participants in the web conferencing class. You don't need to install any files to prepare for this class.
The class will be a live web conference with all the bells and whistles.
If you have any specific topics that you want me to di...
Thu, Oct 8 at 8:32PM
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Shauna Moyes posted
eLearning 3.0
I'm very interested to see where elearning will go in a web 3.0 environment. I believe that as cloud computing becomes more and more sophisticated (and let's face it, it's pretty sophisticated now), we're going to see the evolution of elearning move to the cloud rather than be something that lives on individual machines. I'd like to see a "micro-net" of elearning modules created in the cloud and shared in the cloud. I'm sure that if all of the el... [read more]
Roger Mundell:
As the cloud eliminates bandwidth concerns it opens up new possible pedagogies, including letting the learners contribute more, adding more opportunities for mastery, engagement, constructive learning, etc.
It also makes our free business model mo...
Wed, Oct 7 at 4:49PM
(1 comment)
Responses to the session:
FLEX Your Muscle: An Introduction to Flex
The Flex development environment can be tricky for the uninitiated. During this seminar, participants will learn how to navigate the Adobe Flex environment, how to use several of the basic tools available within Flex, and will deploy programs to the ... [session page]
Mark Lassoff:
I can't guarantee that everything will work, but, I believe you will be able to do most of the hands on work in the session with Flash Builder 4 Beta.
Brian Hogsett:
Will Flash Builder 4 beta be okay to use during this session?
Wed, Oct 7 at 8:04AM
(2 comments)
Responses to the session:
Captivate Simulations and Demonstrations
Learn how to quickly and efficiently build interactive software simulations and demonstrations using Captivate. In this session, you will learn how to properly configure Captivate before capturing to maximize the software's potential and minimize tim... [session page]
Ryan Knight:
I'm not sure. I was not involved and didn't attend the pre-conference sessions. You are welcome to call me and ask questions if you want. Ryan - 801-372-5584
Robin McCraw:
I am signed up for the Advanced Adobe Captivate pre-conference session. Will the Captivate Simulations and Demonstrations session cover unique topics?
Tue, Oct 6 at 12:39PM
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Robin McCraw posted
File not Found
I have run into 6 or 7 FNFs on this site this afternoon. Is there a time when all of the content will be loaded? (Sorry - I just won't remember to keep checking).
Tue, Oct 6 at 12:37PM
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Responses to the session:
Get a Life in a Virtual World
This session is a practical demostration on how to use virtual worlds for training and F2F meetings. It will provide an overview of Second Life and then show actual use of other worlds - along with the pros and cons of each.
Files to install for t... [session page]
will probeck:
Go to my ning page and become a member. leave some comments a see what is there to do. Add some music from wwww.grooveshark.com
http://probeckbyolsessions.ning.com/
will probeck:
To access goweb3d.com you will need the latest version of java. Go to www.java.com and download it. Then go to the following link and create an avatar. Have some fun with it and make sure you use your real name. We will be going into a few sites so i...
will probeck:
Great to see that so many of you are interested in virtual worlds. I have been tweeking my presentation and am excited to work with all of you. When you go to the goweb3d site on the right nav click on goweb3D image to create an avatar. In Second Lif...
Mon, Oct 5 at 1:06PM
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Isaac Hess posted
Announcing Tuesday Night Banquet!
Hello Attendees, We're happy to announce that on the first night of the conference (Tuesday, October 20) we will have having a free banquet night for all attendees! This will include catered dinner, a panel discussion, and many giveaways! You won't want to miss it. For more information, consult the online calendar. Thanks! -Isaac Hess
Thu, Oct 1 at 5:26PM
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Responses to the session:
Vendor Session: Using Udutu to make life easier
The session will ensure that:
1 - Attendees will be able to build and publish a short course
2 - attendees will understand conditional branching and its uses
3 - attendees will be able to create an interactive scenario
4 - attendees will be able ... [session page]
Roger Mundell:
Other useful but not required tools would include colorpic http://www.iconico.com/colorpic/
Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
and Paint.Net http://www.getpaint.net/
These are all free tools, safe to use, that can help you to add more pro...
Roger Mundell:
Please create a user account in advance of the session, and I will share some library content with you that we will use during the hands on exercises.
to create a user account visit www.myudutu.com (it is free)
Wed, Sep 30 at 3:52PM
(2 comments)
Responses to the session:
SCORM Revealed! SCORM Basics for Flash Developers
In this session you will first learn the basics of SCORM and what they mean to a Flash developer. With that basic grounding you will learn to create a basic Flash course that uses SCORM to communicate with an LMS. You will also learn to use SCORM tes... [session page]
Steven Hancock:
Just in case some of you did not get the course files for this session I have included them here.
Steven Hancock:
To all those that will be attending this session, notice that I have added one more piece of software: Simple SCORM Packager. This will make our packaging much simpler so we can focus on more important things. There is a trial version for this.
I...
Tue, Sep 29 at 10:50AM
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