Writing Online Tutorials by Mr. Martin Tessmer

Reading Mr. Tessmer’s book on the creation of online tutorials was a real treat.  I was very impressed with the applicablity of his knowledge and the humor sprinkled throughout made the text very read-able.
Some of the things that I found important within the reading are as follows:
1. Online learning needs to be designe differently than [...]

Tools of the week: Week 13 (11/10-16)

Thsrs and Wordle and ToonDoo
1. Thsrs is an online thesaurus, but rather than give you all options, it gives you the short words that are alternative to your submission.  Sort of cool, but really more a reflection on the ever pressing fight between meaning and space.
2. Wordle is a tool that I had specific [...]

Tools of the Week: 11/2-11/9

Jott.com: Turn your words into action
Jott makes sure you stay on top of everything. With a simple phone call to 866-JOTT-123, you can capture notes, set reminders and calendar appointments, stay in touch with friends and family, and interact with your favorite web sites and services…all with your voice!
Simply call Jott and tell us where [...]

Tools Of The Week: October 27 – November 2

Hey there,
This week’s tools of the week are:

http://www.ustream.tv/
http://bubbl.us/
http://www.esnips.com/

First, let’s talk about Bubbl.us since it is one of my favorite tools on the web.  You can see the chart below, that I build to get my ideas sorted for my latest presentation.  Really great app, social interaction is avaliable (although I have never used it).
http://bubbl.us/view.php?sid=170944&pw=yaqYUaoRlhDMINTgxMVVubVpqVm0vaw
YouStream seems [...]

Mutlimedia Learning: Richard E. Mayer

Richard E. Mayer is a leading reseracher and auther of materials regarding the use of multimedia in learning.  He is a Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) where he has served since 1975.
Mayer’s book, Multimedia Learning gives us insite into his [...]

Tools of the Week: 10.6.2008 – 10.19.2008

http://www.stumbleupon.com/
Is a website that helps you discover great websites.  Users categorize, tag and rate websites using the service which allows you and I to search and find things that we are looking for.
http://www.yugma.com/
Yugma is a service that allows you to host or attend on-line meetings.  Documents can be shared, skype can be used for phone [...]

Psycology Videos: http://learner.org/resources/series138.html

Notes:
Memory can be motivated by your surroundings when you learned something.
Memory can be traced to your physical state and biological position, to interference with other stimulus.
Ebbinghouse had no content, which organized the familiar and the unfamiliar.  Discovering meaning, order and organization within the information helps retainment.
One of the most powerful strategy of the human mind; [...]

OMG: There was more that I missed…

So, apparently I also missed the following:

Jing: http://www.jingproject.com/
Screencast-o-matic: http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/
Diigo: http://www.diigo.com/
Poll Everywhere: http://www.polleverywhere.com/

Hurmph….

Missing Week’s Blog: Picnick, Mogulus, Skrbl and GE Whiteboard

So this past week was riddle with heartach and sadness as I said goodbye to an amazing young woman.
That said, I did not blog as I was supposed to.  Instead I stayed awake nights asking chiche questions such as, “why do the good die young?”
Here are the topics that I was supposed to have blogged [...]

Multimedia Learning: Chapters 1-3

I know, I’m behind. I do carry this book everywhere I go, it just seems that crazy things have been happening while I am trying to make time to read. For instance, Monday morning I got on my bus to work, thinking that I would have a nice 30 minutes to read. No, no, no… [...]