tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38355582024-03-06T23:11:02.759-06:00eLearning for LifeThese days, everyone is becoming a constant learner. The Web has converted 'CBT' into eLearning. New and exciting tools like Blogs, Wikis, numerous social networking sites, and of course multimedia tools like Flash have transformed learning, which used to be from stuffy old books, into something that can be engaging, social and a daily part of life. The explosion of internet-connected mobile devices is going to create whole new learning opportunities too.Steve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.comBlogger196125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835558.post-16643589311078898162009-01-28T19:19:00.002-06:002009-01-28T19:26:20.572-06:00I'm moving this blogAfter 6.5 years, I'm movingWow - I started this blog on October 5th 2002 when I blogged about embarking on my journey towards an MSc in Multimedia Computing! I am stunned - I really had no idea I'd been blogging here for so long. but it's time to leave Blogger and mosey on to WordPress instead. I know. It's a chore, but it has to be done. Besides ... it seems everyone 'in the know' is using Steve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835558.post-47721103778023445422009-01-23T09:10:00.002-06:002009-01-23T09:16:34.396-06:00New Features in Adobe Captivate 4Tridib Roy Chowdhury has posted an extensive list of Adobe Captivate 4 new features to The Adobe Captivate Blog Productivity, Richness, and Robustness Round-trip PowerPoint workflow - optional linking or embedding Variables and Advanced Actions Text-to-speech functionality Customizable widgets - Flash components Adobe Photoshop layer support- Preserve layers in imported Adobe® Steve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835558.post-57307438727039384362009-01-20T22:56:00.003-06:002009-01-20T22:59:37.354-06:00Adobe Captivate and eLearning Suite Workflow Demosadobe has released a couple of workflow demos of the eLearning Suite here. There's also a great video demo posted here by RJ.Steve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835558.post-76216267654560666812009-01-20T05:21:00.001-06:002009-01-20T05:21:16.762-06:00Adobe Captivate 4 announcedCaptivate 4,Adobe,eLearning Suite Adobe announced the release of Captivate 4 today. Top new features in Adobe Captivate 4 SWF commenting Professional project templates Customizable widgets Roundtrip PowerPoint workflow Table of Contents and Aggregator Text-to-speech functionality Variables and Advanced Actions Expanded outputSteve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835558.post-32160798696264479552009-01-20T05:06:00.003-06:002009-01-20T14:15:06.436-06:00Adobe eLearning Suite AnnouncedAdobe,Captivate,ELS,eLearning Suite,Device Central Adobe has released the eagerly-awaited eLearning Suite. Offering seven innovative applications in one complete, integrated package, Adobe eLearning Suite combines full new versions of: Adobe Captivate® 4 Go beyond screen capture to author rich eLearning experiences Adobe Flash® CS4 Professional with Learning Steve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835558.post-85988262539900180072009-01-14T11:54:00.001-06:002009-01-14T11:54:26.172-06:007 Random ThingsThis morning I was tagged by Brian Dusablon with a difficult task: blog 7 random things about me. And as if that's not hard enough, I've to tag seven other victims friends too. Without my morning coffee, I'm not sure I can even count to seven, so let's see how I do:- In 1988 I coached the Scottish Ladies Powerlifting Champion in the 60Kg body weight class. She set 4 records on her way Steve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835558.post-81143853807513581202009-01-09T17:25:00.002-06:002009-01-09T17:27:16.223-06:00Pockets of PotentialStudy outlining the need for a national strategy for mLearning for schoolchildren The Joan Ganz Cooney Center has released a study into mLearning in schools. It outlines a suggestion for a national mobile learning strategy for the US and includes suggestions for teacher training to ensure that our teachers are equipped with both knowledge and understanding of mobile technologies and usage so Steve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835558.post-37063551492629264102008-12-10T20:43:00.001-06:002008-12-10T20:51:04.919-06:00Microvision SurveyDo you want to test a pocket-sized lazer projector?Do you love your iPod or iPhone, and want to use if to project video wherever you go?Microvision is getting close to releasing its first consumer-level PicoP Laser projector for mobile devices. As they get nearer, they are conducting consumer trials. They posted a survey recently to gaugue user interest, and offered those completing the survey Steve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835558.post-51179997556193863472008-11-14T21:25:00.008-06:002008-11-15T09:17:59.093-06:00REDFLY - a perfect Mobile Companion?Tired of lugging round your giant 'developers' laptop? Or do you need a secure but lightweight way to access your email and files that is more accessible than your phone?Over the last few weeks I have been testing out a new gadget, or as my wife says, a new "toy". This great new gadget has the interesting name of REDFLY (yes, all caps ... sorry!), and it is used to enhance the features of your Steve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835558.post-58123943605523138342008-11-13T20:41:00.003-06:002008-11-18T10:46:36.621-06:00Adobe shows off Captivate 4 and the Adobe eLearning SuiteAt the Adobe Learning Summit in San Jose, November 10th, Adobe showed several exciting new features from the next version of Captivate and from the up-coming eLearning Suite.Adobe Captivate 'Next'I have been beta testing Captivate 4 for several months, so I was pleased to be invited by Adobe to the Adobe Learning Summit in San Jose on Monday 10th November. At the Adobe Learning Summit, Adobe Steve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835558.post-41332296311532576232008-10-11T12:49:00.009-05:002008-10-11T14:57:24.341-05:00We found our first genuine Redneck truckClearing space for an extra goat pastureOur goats are pregnant, and they are due to produce their kids in the next few weeks. We live on 6 acres, and most of that land is overgrown so i decided it was time to clear some extra space so we can expand the goat pasture.First thing I found was a machete embedded in one of the trees.The undergrowth is pretty thick.Trash everywhere.... including this Steve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835558.post-14255556636431223982008-08-20T21:33:00.000-05:002008-08-20T21:38:22.801-05:00Captivate 4 beta announcedAdobe Captivate 4 BETA coming soonAdobe has been showing sneak peeks of Adobe Captivate 4 under NDA for a while. Now it looks like a public beta is about to open. Head over to Silke Fleischer's blog to sign up for the beta. Don't miss your chance to be part of the evolution of Captivate into a must-have eLearning applicaiton.Steve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835558.post-34061560287603881942008-08-01T14:15:00.001-05:002008-08-01T14:35:40.049-05:00An anthropological introduction to YouTubeAnthropologist Michael Wesch explores the virus that is YouTube This video, built on a presentation given to the Library of Congress by Michael Wesh explores the success of YouTube from a cultural perspective. The video is almost an hour long, so go get a cup of coffee or some cold beer, and pull up a comfortable chair!The presentation is very compelling. It takes the viewer through the evolutionSteve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835558.post-86578570231154608382008-07-27T15:22:00.001-05:002008-07-27T15:38:42.780-05:00Good instructional design helps us catch the 'moonwalking bear'Tom Kuhlmann shares his thoughts on the moonwalking bearCheck out this YouTube video. It's an interesting experiment on perception, or on focus, or on creative misdirection. Once you've seen this you should know better how stage magicians and card sharps fool you :-)Now see what Tom Kulmann has to say about it.He tells us that creative Instructional Designers can have a powerful effect in Steve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835558.post-67154925752302174362008-07-27T11:49:00.005-05:002009-01-10T09:39:07.580-06:00Online Reading - is it literacy?The New York Times has an interesting discussion on the effect of the Internet on literacy skillsThe article quotes various academics as stating that frequent book readers have better vocabulary and comprehension skills. They dismiss the Internet as a place for developing literacy skills.And yet our children are doing more of their reading on the Internet than ever before.More significantly, whenSteve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835558.post-52926775561510882632008-06-12T22:05:00.009-05:002008-06-12T22:35:25.491-05:00100 Helpful Web Tools for Every Kind of LearnerCollegeAtHome.com has a nice article from Christina Laun100 tools, split into groups by learning styleThe tools list is broken in to 3 major groups (representing 3 learning styles) and numerous subgroups.Visual Learners Mind Mapping• Charting and Diagrams• Videos and Photos• Auditory Learners PodcastsPresentation Tools • Audio Tools • Text Readers• Audio BooksKinesthetic Learners Note Steve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835558.post-45799019818340324722008-05-30T13:42:00.001-05:002008-05-30T13:54:42.064-05:00Google Android DemosGoogle Maps and Pacman. WhoodathunkGoogle have been demoing Android. Videos and pictures posted here. The demos show a lot of progress, and impressive speed. It looks like Android has taken a lot of lessons from the iPhone. We are going to have some great new devices over the next couple of years as everyone finally gets into developing advanced touchscreen interfaces.Steve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835558.post-354073864295954282008-05-01T10:53:00.001-05:002008-05-01T12:02:37.156-05:00Adobe Open Screen ProjectThe Open Screen Project is working to enable a consistent runtime environment, taking advantage of Adobe Flash® Player and, in the future, Adobe AIR®Adobe announced today a new project aimed at creating a single unified runtime for Flash, so that developers can create single-source solutions for PC, Mac, Linux, mobile phone, PDA, Chumby and more.This is exciting news for Flash/Flex/AIR developersSteve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835558.post-33480738332654973792008-04-15T10:03:00.000-05:002008-04-15T10:57:04.385-05:00eLearning Guild - FloridamLearning - Judy Brownwww.mlearnopedia.comwww.judybrown.comSteve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835558.post-24779304637552763332008-04-09T23:47:00.001-05:002008-04-09T23:47:52.109-05:00Alex Tokman talks about the Microvision Pico ProjectorSteve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835558.post-1657906019038085702008-04-09T11:09:00.004-05:002008-04-09T11:20:08.172-05:00LegacyCaptivateLoader: dealing with pre-existing scripts in your Captivate SWFNew: LegacyCaptivateLoader class for Flash lets you embed Captivate in Flash and communicate between themPipwerks has published a great article that addresses some issues that plague Captivate users who need a little extra control and customisation."Many of us use a Flash-based course interface (a.k.a. ‘player’) to load Captivate SWFs and other content. A well-known stumbling block for this kind Steve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835558.post-3824245759719230192008-04-08T06:26:00.000-05:002008-04-08T06:29:42.801-05:00Adobe merges business units serving PCs, mobile"SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Adobe Systems Inc (ADBE.O) said on Monday it was putting under one roof businesses selling software for computers, phones and consumer electronics to make them run on a single technology platform. "The announcement is part of a series of management restructuring moves Adobe is making following the planned retirement of two long-time executives, effective May 1. A Steve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835558.post-57922466884196529502008-04-07T21:17:00.003-05:002008-04-07T21:19:54.459-05:00Opera Mini 4.1 BetaOpera has released the beta version 4.1 of their super Opera Mini browser for mobile devices better, faster stronger ... The native browser for Nokia devices is already pretty good - it's based on the same WebKit foundation that has also the foundation of Apple's Safari browser used by Mac and iPhone. But I really like Opera Mini - it's very fast, by virtue of the use of Opera's proxy Steve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835558.post-4917319527481774592008-04-04T20:26:00.001-05:002008-05-23T10:06:48.131-05:00European eLearning SummitNottingham University, Nottingham, England19th to 21st August, 2008The European eLearning Summit (EeLS) will take place over the period 19th to 21st August. The summit venue is the East Midlands Conference Centre, located at Nottingham University, Nottingham, England.Built on the history of the popular EuroTAAC Authorware and eLearning conference, EeLS is bigger and better than ever before. With Steve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835558.post-2274109005656533012008-04-04T20:17:00.002-05:002008-04-05T11:10:33.347-05:00Pico-projectors Almost Ready for Prime TimeBrighthand reviews tiny mobile projectors at CTIATexas InstrumentsMicrovisionBrighthand has a nice review of Pico Projectors (pocket-sized projectors) as shown at CTIA this week.Sounds like Microvision has the edge right now with it's super-tiny laser projector. Microvision tell me that the projector can give up to a 100 inch diagonal screen, and can fit in a cell-phone sized device. Watch out Steve Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038999405216189880noreply@blogger.com0