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The last few days I have been working with the new Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, the fact is, in this version of DPS, you never actually get a Folio file saved on your machine. You now virtually create Folios within your Folio Builder panel within InDesign, and then upload individual articles to a Folio usingContinue reading “Adobe DPS”

I was asked recently in an interview, whilst they read my resume, what a taxonomy is. I basically said it was a way to categorise and organise content and assets in a clear way. I looked it up in the dictionary and found that Taxonomy (from Greek “taxis” meaning arrangement or division and “nomos” meaning law)Continue reading “Taxonomies”

I had a think the last week, and thought, some places I have worked in have not got a clue when it comes to Style Guides. So I compiled a list of what you may want in one. These are just items that I think you need to consider when putting together a style guideContinue reading “Style Guides”

Blended learning is an umbrella term for learning methods that combine digital technology and traditional, in-person training. In my last workplace, we were trying to introduce a fairly new paradigm called Flipped Classroom. As you all know, in school, teachers spend a lot of time devising ways to assess their students progress and even moreContinue reading “Flipped Classrooms Research”

I have come to the realisation that Instructional Design (ID) has become a bit of a unknown to a lot of traditional training organisations. Some feel that ID is simply common sense design while others see it as a land grab to own the fun bit of the design process. This is all complete nonsenseContinue reading “ID and Learning Architect Vent”

Last night our smoke detector went off, woke me up and gave me a great sense of curiosity on how they work. Upon reading several sites, I found this little factoid for all those geeks like me out there. Many residential smoke detectors contain a small amount of the element Americium-241, a radioactive element, atomicContinue reading “Smoke Detectors”

Earlier this year, I was fortunate to work on a project using Mahara. For those that don’t know, Mahara is an E-Portfolio system. E-Portfolio systems are a place to store institutional and personal learning articles or ‘artefacts’. Students can use these artefacts to demonstrate their development over time to various audiences including prospective universities andContinue reading “Mahara”

I have been working a lot with video lately at work and to work with digital video it often helps to know a little bit about the technology, I thought I would share with you all, some basic concepts behind digital video in particular this term called codec. Essentially, a codec is a mathematical formulaContinue reading “Video Codecs 101”

Just recently at work, I was asked what tools are best to create publications and what are the differences between an EPUB, PDFs and other digital publishing formats. As you all know, after previously worked in educational publishing, there are so many options out there, it could take a while to discover what the differencesContinue reading “The joys of digital publishing”

As you all know, late last year we all saw the launch of the next generation of consoles from Microsoft and Sony. The Xbox vs Playstation rivalry continues, while online, most kids are enjoying the re-birth of old school PC gaming. Yet, from my research and talking to teachers, all the talk about technology inContinue reading “Consoles in schools”