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The Science of Storytelling: Why Telling a Story is the Most Powerful Way to Activate Our Brains
Hearing stories activates areas of our brains as if we were experiencing the elements of the story ourselves, not just language processing areas.
Weekly Bookmarks (6/16/13)
June 16, 2013Weekly Bookmarks (6/2/13)
June 2, 2013-
11 iGoogle Alternatives for Teachers
I’ve been using iGoogle as my home page. igHome looks like a good alternative with a good gadget selection, but there are several other choices here to check out.
Weekly Bookmarks (5/19/13)
May 19, 2013-
Tips on making courses load faster in Moodle
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The Open Source eLearning Blog: Why Your Moodle Site is Slow: Five Simple Settings
Settings to change to improve the speed of a Moodle site
Weekly Bookmarks (4/28/13)
April 28, 2013-
5 Essential Qualifications to Look for in an Instructional Designer | WPLMS
Justin Ferriman’s list of ID qualifications. I disagree with almost everything on his list. Justin misunderstands the role of IDs and thinks we need to be mini-SMEs with industry experience so we don’t “annoy” SMEs with our questions. I’ve written a lengthy comment rebutting his arguments.
Weekly Bookmarks (4/21/13)
April 21, 2013-
Unprotect a Word form easily, even without the password | Examiner.com
Great tip for unprotecting a Word form when you don’t have the password, by inserting the text of the file into a new blank document. This gives you the form but without protection turned on. Useful if you need to clear out all form fields at once to reset a form to blank. Once you get the form unprotected, you can use the Reset Form Fields button on the Developer toolbar.
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Excuses for Not Having a Portfolio | Ileighanne’s Blog
List of common excuses IDs give for not having a portfolio, with responses and solutions. There’s a list of portfolio resources at the end of the post.
Weekly Bookmarks (4/15/13)
April 14, 2013-
Video: Website Evaluation – Explained by Common Craft | Common Craft
Common Craft video on how to evaluate and review websites to find trustworthy information
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Copyright Information and Resources | University of Minnesota Libraries
University of Minnesota information on copyright, starting with two questions: “Can I use this?” and “What do I own?”
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Youtube Video Gallery for Moodle Database Preset
Template for using the Moodle database as a gallery of YouTube videos
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Articulate – Word of Mouth Blog – Troubleshooting LMS Issues
Ways to troubleshoot Articulate publishing to the LMS, grouped by 3 major symptoms (content won’t upload to the LMS, course doesn’t play as expected, or tracking/reporting/resuming problems).
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Articulate – Word of Mouth Blog – 9 Ways to Troubleshoot Articulate & LMS Issues
This is from 2008, so it only references Presenter and Quizmaker, but these steps would apply to Storyline too.
Weekly Bookmarks (4/7/13)
April 7, 2013-
Bookshelf course created in Articulate Storyline. Basically a wrapper that lets people see multiple e-learning courses to show off what others have done for Storyline. You can download the template and you could use this for a portfolio or gallery of other work.
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Pipetting | Learning Solutions
Comic book style course on pipetting. Lets you choose your own avatar. Best of show (non-vendor) from Solution Fest 2013
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