Transparent Echo Technique for Background Images

Yes . . . I’m back to the e-Learning heroes challenges after several months of not being able to participate. Somehow, I could not just resist this particular challenge – it was both simple and fun! The Challenge David Anderson, the challenge umpire asked us to use what Tom Kuhlmann called the transparent echo technique to create background …

Let’s Learn to Say the Time

This week’s articulate e-learning challenge was to design an interaction to teach any math concept online. With several math concepts from simple additions, to number groupings, use of slide rule, right to complex permutations, it was both fun and engaging for me, to watch all entries pour in!

3-type Approach to a Convincing Invoice

This week’s articulate challenge was to design a creative invoice for use in e-Learning. It was a good challenge because sometimes designers become too engrossed in designing and delivering, that we don’t pay enough attention to how to properly prepare an invoice for our work. This challenge called forth several creative ideas from articulate community …

6 Tips For Starting Out Into the E-Learning Field: A Personal Story!

I had just decided to pursue a career in e-Learning but the more I read about and saw the great work e-Learning professionals did, the less confident I became to launch out. I got intimidated by their years of experience and quality of work and articles and wondered where to begin, how to begin and …

The E-Learning Heroes Community in 2014: My Story!

It was a great year for me at the articulate e-Learning heroes community in 2014. I recall that night just a few weeks after I decided to pursue e-Learning as a professional career, sometime in May last year. I was bent on finding out information about e-Learning on the Web and so I searched and …

Digital Storytelling: Course Reflection

I have just finished a coursera online MOOC on Powerful Tools for Teaching and Learning: Digital Storytelling. I have decided to write a series of blog posts to share my lessons learned, my experience and the finished story of the course. You may want to read earlier posts before going ahead with this. 1. Digital …

Audio Narration and Background Music in digital Storytelling

I have just finished a coursera online MOOC on Powerful Tools for Teaching and Learning: Digital Storytelling. I have decided to write a series of blog posts to share my lessons learned, experience and finished story of the course. You may want to read earlier posts before going ahead with this. 1. Digital Storytelling: Introductory …

Best Holiday Attitudes in Marsala

A very exciting one for me as David challenges us this week to do anything with the newly declared Pantone’s Color of the year 2015 – Marsala. I must confess I didn’t think I’ll like the color when I saw it at first, though wine is my favorite color but working with it and using …

Favorite tips for aspiring e-Learning Freelancers

Everyone talks about the difference between a stable job and a contract kind of job. If you have to wait until you find work to do, your finances may not be as stable. And what if you don’t find work to do in a year? This can be a daunting fear for new e-Learning professionals …