Momenta Learning No. 82 News on Elearning and Online Learning

Welcome to the No. 82 Issue of Momenta Learning News on Elearning and Online Learning

The Power of Animation in Elearning - Mindflash Over the last twenty years, technology gave birth to the PowerPoint presentation and animation within PowerPoint is a very well-known function for user engagement in the modern training landscape. We all went wild for flying bullet points, sound effects and word art. That being said, animation has evolved, it is an amazing tool that...

How to Share E-Learning Courses Using Amazon S3 | The Rapid E-Learning Blog Today I am going to show you how to set up an Amazon S3 account to share elearning courses and portfolios. It's something I mentioned previously when we discussed ways to share your courses. However, this post provides more detail and it's super important to those who use Google Drive to share their elearning courses because Google is discontinuing that option on August 31, 2016.

The Best of eLearning in May 2016 May was a busy month here at Trivantis®. Here's a quick look at everything we've been up to! On the blog: LUC 2016 Recap: Sharing Bright Ideas in Sunny Florida Featured Trivantis Community Post: LUC 2016 Community Showcase New case study: Lectora Makes Insurance Training Interactive and Efficient On the web: State of the Authoring Tool Industry This month, we headed down to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for the annual Lectora® User Conference.

Learn to Lead: 10 Online Learning Platforms to Hone Your Entrepreneurial Skills Entrepreneurs need to wear multiple hats if they are going to succeed. And that's why you will never find a single learning platform online that covers all the bases. You need to go out of your way to diversify if you want to keep learning as a busy entrepreneur and find the best platforms for you in relation to all the skills you need for your business.

Online learning courses have paved the way for those who aspire to upgrade level of education Technology has touched every arena of our life. A quantum leap in this field has revolutionised the overall system of education. Online learning courses have transported education from the limited realm of population to the general masses. Multiple courses by correspondence have been introduced for the benefit of students who get study material through mail ...

Unpacking the Problem of Unmotivated Online Students (EdSurge News) Recently, I received this message from a college professor in response to a blog post I wrote: "I truly believe in the benefits of online learning; but only for those who really want to learn. And unfortunately, those students are few and far between-maybe 5 to 10 percent ...

Transform Online Learning: How to Take the Distance Out of Distance Learning Are you teaching online classes and interested in an instructional strategy that could help to strengthen your relationships with students, while also influencing their level of performance, motivation, and engagement? Dr. J developed an innovative approach to online teaching with an instructional strategy called Appreciative Andragogy.

Successes and Lessons Learned: Designing Online Group Presentations - SPS | Distance Learning As much as we like to think our online courses are perfect, there is always room for improvement. Our job is never done. On the Distance Learning team, we are first and foremost concerned with partnering with faculty to develop high-quality learning experiences for students.

Online Summer Camps. They're a Thing. - Brain Chase Keep your child learning, busy, and entertained this summer with Brain Chase! A new revolution in summer camps has arrived (drumroll please...): Online Summer Camps (a.k.a Virtual Summer Camps)! These are not the traditional, pay-hundreds-of-dollars-to-keep-your-kid-entertained-for-a-week camps. Online summer camps are quickly becoming a popular and MUCH more cost effective way to keep your kids entertained and learning throughout the summer.

Are MOOCs in danger of becoming irrelevant? In spring 1961, the American inventor Buckminster Fuller told a group of Southern Illinois University administrators that a new campus they were planning would soon be obsolete. He informed them that classroom learning was finished. Instead, students would gain knowledge through "an intercontinentally networked documentaries call-up system, operative over any home two-way TV set".

Sales Up Costs Down How do the world's leading brands connect with new customers? Many-such as AT&T, DISH, and Verizon-rely on Clearlink, a fast-growing customer-acquisitions company, for online marketing, advertising, and point-of-sale transactions. With more than 1,200 sales agents leveraging customized marketing and analytics platforms, Clearlink creates millions of long-term customers for its brand partners while collecting valuable data about consumer behavior.