HTML5 And Flash: Why It’s Not A War, And Why Flash Won’t Die

Some time ago Tim Legge ran out of his office and threw the opportunity out there for people to give their two cents on the HTML5 and Flash sissy fight disagreement.

There were some great conversations around the topic. Essentially we came to the opinion that flash wont die. It may die in web, but flash’s capabilities in multimedia and learning solutions for the corporate space is very much alive and thriving.

To support the discussions we had Ben Webber today pointed my (and others) attention to an article, Luke Reimer a contributor on Smashing Magazine wrote, that is very much a run down on the topic. Essentially he points out that our opinion was quite inline with what his is.

If you are interested in the detail he gives to support this, please check out the post.

HTML5 And Flash: Why It’s Not A War, And Why Flash Won’t Die

Six emerging technology trends in Australia

One of the guys from Nielsen was at the Web 3.0 conference and presented six emerging technology trends based on the results in their “Australian and Internet Technology Report 2010″. For a summary of what he had to say check out the full post.

iPad Usability Gets Thumbs Down From Expert

Original Article from Lifehaker.

By Angus Kidman on May 11, 2010 at 3:00 PM

We now know how much an iPad will cost in Australia and what data plans will be available from Optus and Telstra, but a common question remains: do I really need one? If you’re after a good applications experience, usability research suggests the iPad may not be the best choice.

Picture by mikebaird

Adobe Launches Creative Suite 5

Adobe Launches the latest version of it’s creative suite, which includes products such as Flash and PhotoShop. There a number of amazing new features, including iPhone App creation in Flash, and 3D content and photo manipulation tools in PhotoShop. Check out these videos for a taste!

Adobe Flash platform experience (Flash Player 10.1)

The Future of the LMS: A Software Lifecycle Perspective

This report, prepared by Sage Road Solutions for the E-Learning Guild, describes the current status and future direction of Learning Management System (LMS) use in e-Learning.

The product lifecycle diagram shown suggests that LMSs, as we have known them until today, will likely start to fade from the learning ecosystem scene by 2012. Evidence suggests that over the next five years LMSs will look more like portals and less like platforms. They will feature Web 2.0 collaborative tools, including connected modular functionality, which organisations will select as being most rele­vant for the management needs of the learning organisation doing the purchasing.

Games…Games…..Games

If you have a lot of money to spend, then this section is for you.

To view some free online games, go to Kongregate.

Learning Reinforcement 2.0: How to Strengthen Learning After Completion

There are three stages to the learning process: before, during and after.

Do you know how much time organisations focus on each part?

• Before 10%
• During 85%
• After 5%

Yet research has shown that most of the value is generated during the ‘after’ phase. This is when transfer of learning occurs.

• Before 26%
• During 24%
• After 50%

Actions Speak Louder than Words: Creating Meaningful e-Learning Interactions

Simple techniques can make a significant difference when creating interactions that truly engage learner’s attention, even when working with interactions such as drag and drop activities.

The key words are Instructional Interactivity, this presentation is based on the fourth white paper in a series titled “how to start a change reaction”.

Social and Mobile Learning

The clear buzzwords for the first day of DevLearn2009 were: social and mobile. Both topics have a dedicated breakout area and a host of sessions covering various aspects of these topics. These are two of the key areas learning professionals should be paying distinct notice to. Until now, we’ve been so focused on other areas that we may not have given mobile and social learning the attention it deserves as two of the hottest educational frontiers to be faced in the near future.

Integrating with Your Existing LMS

The discussion around Acrobat Connect Pro continued with Andrew Chemey highlighting a few ways in which Adobe products can integrate with an existing LMS to: enhance your offering or increase productivity.

He mentioned that Captivate and Presenter output can be tracked by an LMS using either the AICC or SCORM (which uses a structured ZIP format called SCORM-PIF) eLearning standards. If any of our team don’t yet know what SCORM is, please yell out as I think it’s vitally important you understand the 10,000 foot view. These products are also able to include quizzes and other interactions. Although these products are nice, they seem to be much better suited to those looking to deliver PowerPoint style content, online. They don’t hold a candle to the level of multimedia, animation and quality components that our clients and us are accustomed to seeing in courses.