Design, Develop & Author eLearning

 

Design, Develop & Author eLearning

eLearning is an essential option for every training strategy. Training professionals can no longer watch the eLearning process, but must become an essential part of the process in order to achieve a specific learning goal or objective.

Authoring tools are a great starting point for eLearning but programs built solely with eLearning authoring tools tend to get repetitious – the same kinds of interactions followed by the same kinds of exams followed by the same looking characters and icons.  During this session, you'll learn about additional tools that can make your eLearning extraordinary.  Animation tools, video editing tools, graphic design tools, digital cameras and videos all bring additional ways for your students to learn. Whether you are new to eLearning, or have been using authoring tools for years, this session will provide you with new ideas to enhance your eLearning.

It’s time to get creative and go beyond what you can do with your authoring tools!

At the conclusion of this session, you will be able to:

1. Incorporate an effective model for eLearning design  and development into your current instructional design process.
   
2. Identify the three software components necessary for successful eLearning authoring
3. Describe the primary features for two of the most popular eLearning authoring tools available
4. Leverage additional software development tools, like Photoshop and Animate, and integrate these additional graphic and multimedia pieces into your authoring tool 
          

Presenter: Thomas Toth

Thomas has over 20 years of global experience in the design and development of training programs and educational technology. He has led the creation and implementation of global learning initiatives for companies like Western Union, Janus Capital Group, SafeNet and IHS. As a consultant, he has designed and built training programs for clients such as CHANEL, Swarovski, Newmont Mining, Airgas, Murale and Trizetto. He currently serves on the Board of Advisors for SeedPaths, a training company that teaches young adults the professional and technical skills required to gain meaningful employment in the IT industry. 

He is a recognized as an expert and innovator in the area of online learning and is a regular speaker for the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD), and has delivered presentations to the eLearning Guild, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) and Pepperdine University.

 Thomas is the author of the book Technology for Trainers (now in its second edition!) and a contributing author to both the ASTD Handbook for Workplace Learning Professionals and Michael Allen’s eLearning Annual 2012. Thomas’ work in the area of leadership program development lead to an ASTD BEST award for training and development in 2008.

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Technology for Trainers here

 

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Map and Parking Directions:

IMPORTANT NOTE: Palm Beach State College has a new GPS friendly address. It is the same location and room.

801 Palm Beach State College Drive - Boca Raton, FL  33431 

The event will be at the Palm Beach State College Humanities and Technology Building. PBSC is located on the FAU campus. The campus is most easily accessed by taking Spanish River Boulevard to FAU Boulevard. Once on FAU Blvd, keep right as the road forks, and you will see PBSC on your left across from the FAU stadium.  Our event will be held in Humanities and Technology Building- Room 103.

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Area of Focus and Expertise: Instructional Design

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