http://thedesignspace.net/ My daily explorations, troubleshooting, solutions and discoveries. en-us ellen@thedesignspace.net Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:02:40 -0500 http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000989.html Something I've been thinking a lot about lately, since we have been looking at learning systems, is the idea of friction. My definition of friction is anything that either lowers our expectations of the results we can get from a particular tool or process to the point that we either change our expectations of the results or abandon them altogether.... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000919.html Supporting Informal LearningInformal learning is particularly useful where learners are not novices in a subject area and have some background, but are trying to add skills or need additional support for the details of unfamiliar tasks. Training people to find the information they need when they need it may work as well as training them to remember all the information... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000743.html http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000733.html For several days I've already been enjoying a great pre-Christmas present: a new Kindle DX! Despite being early, it didn't come a moment too soon. For quite a while, I've been hoping for a better way to read to cope with my aging eyesight and tired eyes and the ever-increasing amount of reading on my desk. Most of my work-related... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000667.html Where is the best spot for an educational (or other) intervention? When there is a workforce performance or knowledge gap to fill, trainers understandably think first of using training to fill it. But is more training really always the best answer? Depending on the skills involved and the characteristics of the audience, process improvement, usability improvement, training or performance support... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000649.html http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000659.html Eclipse is an open-source software development platform or IDE that has CVS (version control) functions built-in. Although Eclipse was originally built for Java development, it is very useful for working in other languages as well because of it's open plugin-based architecture. It is often used as the foundation for new applications because it is so easily extended. This series will... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000648.html Although some great books [1 and 2] have been written about the huge changes being wrought on society and culture by the digital revolution, it's just as interesting to speculate about the smaller consequences of the adoption of new technology. Here are some of the ones I've noticed, but perhaps you will have your own to add. Please jump in... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000646.html The HTML SCORM template works with Moodle, but it needs a few modifications to work perfectly. Server side include statements in the content pages must be replaced with the real code The closing javascript on buttons in the navbar needs to be modified from "top.window.close()" to "window.close" because of the Moodle uses a different learning activity window structure than our... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000627.html http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000536.html The SCORM Workshop held by LETSI (Learning Education Training Systems Interoperability) is over, and some clear direction emerged from the blizzard of whitepapers, informal submissions and comments over the last few months. I was very impressed by how fast they moved things forward in a few days. The design process will be driven by use cases generated by the people... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000368.html These 2 widgets allow your users to alter the speed (in frames per second) of the Captivate presentation they are viewing. To use them, go to the first slide you want the widget to appear on, select Insert: Animation and set the animation Options:Timing to Display for rest of project, and No transition. When you publish, make sure to copy... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000351.html Here's a screenshot of the template, showing part of the left-hand navigation expanded. Note the previous/next navigation buttons at upper right, which are automatically created based on your list of pages, as is the progress bar and page numbering at upper right....