Author Archives: theirishduck

In February this year (2012) after Apple released its latest Mac software, iBooks Author, careful readers of the licensing agreement noticed some legal restrictions for publishing books in the iBooks/e-Pub format. In April, Apple updates that agreement. iBooks Author allows you how to write, design, and publish interactive e-Pub books and post them for free or for sell onContinue reading “iBooks Fine Print”

Upon my surfing this month, I came across an EA Sports website, a gaming portal that enables players to ‘paste’ their head shots onto the body of the player of their choice. The micro-site is called Game Face. It gives this personal “welcome” to the players: Create your EA sports avatar on the web and getContinue reading “Game Face Review”

Back in January Apple launched this new education initiative today called iBooks Author. The iBooks Author application looks exciting and I can’t wait until I start my new job and get to play with the iBooks 2 ecosystem. Not just because it’s got people really talking and thinking about education, but because it finally putsContinue reading “iBookie Goodness”

As you all may know, mobile devices have had Web browsers for years. However, developing for them has always been painful because Web developers like me have had to deal with all these cross-browser issues. A lot of long days and late nights can be attributed to getting HTML, JavaScript, and CSS to work identicallyContinue reading “mLearning”

As you all know, I have been working on a few simulation concepts at work and for years, simulations have played an important role in the training activities of certain sectors, like the defense, aviation and aeronautical industries in several countries, not just here in Australia. These days, simulations are being adopted in other industriesContinue reading “Researching reflections”

At work, I was asked to describe to my team how the Search within Adobe RoboHelp works and functions, so I wrote this quick guide, thought it may help others that may need this. When you enter a search term within the Search box and press Search, the algorithm will display a list of topicsContinue reading “RoboHelp Search Observations”

Being a elearning developer, you probably have come across the term LMS, or Learning Management System, well there are probably four major reasons why organisations get an LMS – and any one of these is justification enough to make a purchase I think. The core reason is to manage and administer the learning function itself:Continue reading “LMSes”

Coming up next week, I will be running a workshop with my team and will be encouraging brain storming when in there. My personal experience with brainstorming in groups has produced mixed results. I have observed that the following factors adversely impact the output of brainstorming. Attempts of one or more individuals to establish thatContinue reading “Brainstorming Workshop”

As you all know, I have been working on some animations at work, made me think back when I used to work in broadcast advertising and motion graphics at Channel Nine. Back in early 90’s the Head of Communications from Sunrice approached me to collaborate on a commercial project requiring rice to do some, well…unusual things. IContinue reading “Reflection on my old TVCs”

Currently all the courseware I have written for my client follows mainly theory based or system specific information, requiring medium to high cognitive skills for reading instructions and using step-by-step based approaches. It is known that my client’s field involves a lot of manual “hands-on” type procedures, and learning is achieved by mentoring and assistingContinue reading “Work Update”