10-20-30 Rule

I like the concept of this. Guy Kawasaki’s 10-20-30 rule says that a PowerPoint presentation should have ten slides, last no more than twenty minutes, and contain no font smaller than thirty points. I think Merlin Mann of 43folders said it best…”Get in, get out, and don’t make people squint. Awesome.”

Are you using the right elements?

[via Soul Soup ] This is a good reference to see if there are other tools that you could be using to collaborate better.

How are you using these tools that are listed? Are there any that are new to you?

Another Top 10…Most wanted online course features

Based on Brandon Hall research the most common requirements when selecting an authoring toll are:
1.    Novice friendly, yet still has underlying extensibility for complex interaction types.
2.    No plug-in required (with the exception of Flash output).
3.    Adherence to SCORM specification and AICC standards. (The real need is full interoperability with many LMS solutions.)
4.    Short learning curve [...]

Top 10 Tools

via Jane Hart Here is a list of many elearning professionals and their top 10 tools. See my own personal top 10 below:

Firefox
Google:  Reader,Search, iGoogle & NoteBook
Del.icio.us
Picnik.com
Word Press
Wikispaces
Articulate: Presenter & Quiz Maker (also Engage)
Audacity
Captivate
PowerPoint

Amen to this one!

I couldn’t agree more…”The Slide Is Not Your Script” “The Slide Is Not For Documentation Purposes” & “Your Slide Is Not Your Note Page”
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Ten Tips for New (and old) Trainers/Teachers

Although this article is touted for NEW trainers & teachers I think we can take a moment to review this to check in and make sure we’re doing many of these things regardless of how long we’ve been a trainer or teacher.
Creating Passionate Users: Ten Tips for New Trainers/Teachers

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Got Visual Aids?

Via Pivotal Public Speaking, I found this article referencing some research saying that only 7% of the information conveyed in presentation comes from text. But think of the last one you saw…was it dominated by text? Too often we cram way too much text at the expense of other, more effective options. Visual communication accounts [...]

Put your PowerPoints Online

Nice article from Digital Inspiration discussing options for putting presentations online with advantages of each
http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/08/upload-powerpoint-presentations-ppt.html

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Cool Summer Class

This is the blog for one of my summer classes. The thing I like best is that Karl is “eating his own dogfood” and using blogs and wikis for all the class content. Plus, us participants are creating the content ourselves. Kind of reminiscent of the Encyclopedia of Educational Technology maintained by Bob Hoffman.