(Notes from Training Tech Solutions Conference 2007)
General Purpose
- Adobe Flash
- Adobe Authorware
- Adobe Director
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Lectora Publisher
- OutStart Trainer (formerly Trainersoft)
- ToolBook
- Quest
- Rapid Intake
- ReadyGo Web Course Builder
- Learn.com CourseMaker Studio
- EasyAuthor
- Intuition
- Kallidua Authoring
- Kookaburra KnowledgePresenter
- TACTIC!
- MaxIT
- Toolbox
- LearnPoint Creator
- TEDS Learning Composer
Gaming
- Raptivity
- Learningware
- Composica Enterprise
- Intiva
- MOS SOLO (Generator + Styler)
- StudyMate
Simulation
- Adobe Captivate
- Kaplan STT Trainer
- Assima
- Camtasia Studio
- Firefly
- RapidBuilder
- Siebel SimBuilder
- Experience Builder
- TEDS SimCorder
- SimShop Developer Tool
- TurboDemo
- Humentum
- NexLearn
- Qarbon ViewletBuilder
Assessment and Testing
- Questionmark Perception
- Testcraft
- Exam Engine
- Respondus
- Articulate Quizmaker
- Pedagogue Testing
- Red inQ
- ViewletAce
PowerPoint to E-Learning
- Articulate Presenter
- Adobe Connect (formerly Breeze)
- Atlantic Link
- PointeCast Publisher Professional
- Brainshark
- Impatica for PowerPoint
- AcroTrain e-Learning System
- MindFlash
- FLEXeLEARN
- Power Book Builder
- Vox Proxy
(Notes from Training Tech Solutions Conference 2007)
Virtual Worlds
- Online persistent world that is active and available 24/7.
- To implement for learning, try learning from media companies to see how they integrate real life with virtual life.
Resources
Software
SecondLife
- It’s not a game, it’s not web 2.0. Likes to be seen as Web 3D.
- Join for free, don’t need to provide personal information.
- Security; allows private sessions/events, or build islands that allows only authorized members to enter.
- Can be slow if the servers are overloaded.
- Uses voice and IM/chat technology.
Related websites
Mashups
(Notes from Training Tech Solutions Conference & Expo 2007)
Podcasting
- Don’t need a mp3 or cell phone to access. Can be accessed through a browser.
Best Practice
- 15 minutes is the ideal time, although 2-50 minutes have been done.
- Build a portal (like itunes) or deliver via RSS.
- Let people produce their own podcasts.
- Talk radio style with music, 2 people, and spoof commercials. Keep it short, and fast moving.
Software and Services
Vodcasting
- Don’t need a mp3 or cell phone to access. Can be accessed through browser.
- Uses software similar to podcasting.
Best Practice
- 5 minutes is the ideal time.
- Use video for complicated subject matter
(Notes from Training Tech Solutions Conference & Expo 2007)
Mobile Web
- Great for just in time performance support.
- The phone needs data plan to access mobile web pages.
- When looking for hosting, make sure server is WML, WMLC, or WMLS compatible.
- Websites for mobile web pages uses .mobi (instead of .com, .tv, .org, etc.)
- For sites where you offer both regular and mobile pages you can label the mobile pages with a (m.) (ie http://m.cnn.com)
- Barcodes or RFID technology can be used to access and distribute websites to phones that have the appropriate reader/reciever. For example, scanning a barcode on a piece of paper will take you to a website in your phone. http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datamatrix http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semacode
Types of Mobile Content
- Information, education, retention
- On the job support
- Survey, quizzes, test
- Mentoring, coaching, collaboration
- Procedures, checklists, forms
- Notifications, alerts
- Games
Best Practice
- Keep the URL short so that people are more willing to go. Long URL is a barrier to entry.
- Keep content short. Make sure is compatible for mobile learning (i.e. don’t simply convert a book to mobile and consider it learning).
- Can use some of the same technology used in podcasting for recording content. See Podcasting below.
SMS messages
- Can only hold up to 160 characters per message
- Can be done through Outlook
- Example www.Learning-by-sms.com – Learn a new language by SMS.
Software and Services
Resources
Try it Out
- My mobile website I created in session (view with a cell phone or blackberry with web access)
http//cheese6.websiteforever.mobi or copy and paste this URL in a phone emulator at www.mooobl.com
- My mobile survey I created in session (view with a cell phone or blackberry with web access)
http//cheese6.mobiode.mobi or copy and paste this URL in a phone emulator at www.mooobl.com
(Notes from Training Tech Solutions Conference & Expo 2007)
Much of today’s technology is used in bottom-up information exchange, where large groups of people collaborate to produce organized content (think blog, wiki). Types of content organization can be divided into the following categories and examples.
- Discovery – www.boingboing.net is one of the world’s most popular blog authored by a five people on random, strange, and unusual topics.
- Prioritizing – www.digg.com is a blog where people collectively determine the value of the content on the web to be shared.
- Collaborating – www.wikipedia.org
- Flocking – www.flashmob.com and www.meetup.com are sites where people can schedule and create meetings with people that share similar interests.
- Mapping – www.outside.in maps local points of interest, stories, and stories from people for their community.
Terminology
Here are some terms used throughout the conference that may be new to some of us.
- Mobile Web – Refers to the World Wide Web as accessed from mobile devices such as cell phones, PDAs, and other portable gadgets connected to a public network. Access does not require a desktop computer. http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Web
- Mashups – A web application that combines data and/or functionality from more than one source. http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashups
- Web 2.0 – Refers to a perceived second generation of web-based communities and hosted services which aim to facilitate collaboration and sharing between users. http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0
- Web 3D – What SecondLife likes to consider their technology to be (it’s not quite an ‘official’ term yet since I can’t find it in wikipedia…).
- MMOG – Massively multiplayer online games such as SecondLife (related to MMORPG massively multiplayer role-playing games)
Other Terms you may want to know
- RSS and RSS Reader
- Ajax
- Moblog and MoVlog
- Folksonomy (tag clouds)
