Moving on...

Since I have completed my master's degree, I've deceided to develop another blog and leave this one for archival purposes. Check out Instructional Development Personalized at http://idp-michele.blogspot.com/ I hope you will visit me at my new site as I continue my journey in the ISD world.... Michele

Graduation!

I finally completed my Master's in Instructional System Development from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)! I should have plenty of time to update this blog and contribute to it more frequently. Thanks for reading!

White Paper on Learning Interactivity

Really good reading from a company who is doing very interesting things with software... Learning interactivity often comes with a serious downside. Custom content can be expensive and time consuming to produce, straining or exceeding the budgets of many learning organizations. A new research paper by Harbinger's Raptivity describes how it is now possible to create compelling and effective eLearning content that not only provides true interactivity, but is also affordable and easily created by individuals who have little experience in content development. Click here to obtain the complimentary copy of white paper on 'Raptivity makes Interactive Learning Easy’.

Free Media Pre-Production Software

Here's something I've been saving to post since August. It almost makes me want to go back to making videos and films... Celtx http://www.celtx.com/ Celtx is the world's first all-in-one media pre-production software. It has everything you need to take your story from concept to production. Celtx replaces 'paper, pen & binder' pre-production with a digital approach that's more complete, simpler to work with, and easier to share.

Learning & the Brain

Wow! I can't believe it's been so long since I posted. Things have been crazy at home and work. But this information is intriguing. There is a group that is using social brain research to enhance learning. It's geared toward all kinds of professional involved in education. A flyer for an upcoming conference is how I found out about it. http://www.learningandthebrain.com/

Animator vs Animation

I think everyone will love this fun animation!! http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs13/f/2007/077/2/e/Animator_vs__Animation_by_alanbecker.swf Michele

Share documents with everyone for FREE!!!

Another great free tool just came across my desk. http://www.scribd.com/ At this site you can upload your documents and share with anyone for FREE. This is similar to the UTube experience but with documents. It will even give you embed code to use in web sites, pages, blogs, etc. How cool is this!! I think this would be a great way to share documents on your resume!! Can't wait to try this, I've got to update this blog with all these neat new FREE tools.

Free Screen capture software and media hosting: Jing Project

This came across my desk about 6 weeks ago but just came across it again. I've pulled some text from their FAQ's --see below. I'm hoping to use this technology in this blog over the summer basically for FREE you can do screen captures, record video and share online. What is the Jing Project? Is Jing a product? Not exactly. Is Jing a “beta”? Well, it’s not exactly that either. Jing is a concept that we’re evaluating to see if it can improve everyday conversations. Determining if Jing will be a product is what we are trying to do by gathering feedback from people like you. We think it’s a great way to improve daily conversations via email, IM chats and blog posts. http://www.jingproject.com/

Time tracking for projects

Hi! Just another rainy spring day here in Maryland but something potentially very helpful just came across my desk. Keeping track of time spent on multiple projects is difficult and not knowing exactly how much time it takes to complete a project makes it difficult to predict how long the next one or should I say the next similar one may take. Templates and timelines are all good but if they don't stand up consistently across projects, they are really just guidelines. This tool looks easy to use and the best part is it is FREE!! http://www.toggl.com/

Assessment Information

Great wealth of white papers on assessment from Questionmark. http://www.questionmark.com/us/whitepapers/index.aspx#pfl