This article is for designing forms but I think it translates fairly well to documents as well. This site is also a great source for design ideas and tutorials.
Some of the problems with forms and I’d say documents as well, include:
a lack of emphasis on anything. (Note: if you emphasize everything that means that NOTHING [...]
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.” Alvin Toffler
And via Michelle Martin…
“Nobody learns except by making mistakes,” Drucker wrote in his 1954 landmark book, The Practice of Management. “The better a man is, the more mistakes he will make—for [...]
This is a great idea for the right situation. 29 topics in 90 minutes. Dareen Barefoot used it to cover web 2.0 sites but it could be adapted for lots of other things. Great Idea!
Looks like a good option for finding training content.
http://www.trainingmanager.info/
Free alternatives to the Adobe Creative Suite via makeuseof.com
Adobe Acrobat Reader ==> Sumatra PDF
Adobe Acrobat ==> PDFCreator
Adobe Photoshop ==> Paint.NET
Adobe Dreamweaver ==> Kompozer
Adobe Flash ==> Synfig
Adobe Illustrator ==> Inkscape
Adobe InDesign ==> Scribus
Adobe After Effects ==> Jahshaka
Adobe Premier Pro ==> VirtualDub
Adobe Encore DVD ==> DVD Styler
Per Karl Kapp via Jane Bozarth:
“If the only thing moving is somebody’s lips, then you don’t need video.”
In response to Tony Karrer’s post about improving Google skills, here is a 12 minute version that I built for an assignment in the Ed Tech Master’s program at SDSU. Here’s the link to it via my portfolio site. which has a little additional explanation about how I created it awhile back.
http://tmiketaylor.wordpress.com/category/principles-theories-models/
(The direct link is [...]
If you’re not familiar with Thiagi you should take a quick look at this video. He explains some of the ways he approaches things like leadership and harassment training. Very interesting, unique and I’d say effective ideas. Great stuff! Go ahead and watch – you won’t be sorry.
YouTube – UMBC Training [...]
