The Disabled American Veterans’ DAV Magazine recently came out with a two page article covering the DAV iTRAK education system. DAV partnered with Illumen to bring this learning solution to life and we are proud to link to their article, which describes what DAV iTRAK is and how it benefits the lives of disabled American veterans.
You can also link directly to DAV’s digital version of the magazine (page 8): DAV Magazine – July/August
Illumen is excited to have a shout out in the book Immersive Learning: Designing for Authentic Practice by Koreen Olbrish Pagano.
Book Overview from Amazon (Click here to purchase):
Numerous studies have shown the same results: Virtual practice is often as effective―or more so―as real-life practice. Why is this? Immediacy of feedback―corrective feedback at the time of error―plus the ability to control the training environments to ensure the most common or most difficult scenarios are experienced and navigated by learners. The most useful training allows learners to actually practice skills in a safe environment.
In immersive learning, you can control what experiences learners have, the feedback they receive, and the opportunities they have to see both short-term and long-term consequences. Imagine the possibilities that new technologies can bring for training design! Doctors, salespeople, managers, emergency first responders―all can benefit from technology-enabled training. But how do you do it?Immersive Learning walks you through the process of designing and building immersive learning environments using the framework of the familiar ADDIE model. In this book, you will learn how to:
- Discover a framework for thinking in terms of immersive learning design.
- Outline the process of designing for immersion.
- See real examples of organizations that have applied these principles to solve learning and performance challenges.
Pagano’s book covers the depth of immersive learning through engaging information and examples. It’s practices are sure to increase ROI and enhance learner understanding, retention, and performance.
A deal breaker has appeared for many who want to use Articulate Storyline 2 for its HTML5 playback on iPads. As the image above shows, the play/pause buttons are missing and the restart button is not centered vertically from the published HTML5 LMS files.
This is often missed because it only effects the LMS published files, so if you test publish through the Web tab, everything will look great. Only a view through your LMS will show, or not show, the missing button problem.
Articulate is aware of the issue and has posted this:
Play/Pause Button Is Missing in HTML5 Output in Mobile Safari
You may find that the play/pause button is missing from the seekbar when you view HTML5 output in mobile Safari on an iPad or iPhone.This is a known issue. It’ll be fixed in a forthcoming software update for Articulate Storyline. Enable the Check for updates at startup feature to be notified when new updates are available.
We look forward to their update, but until then we need a fix. Luckily, there is a fix.
John Ruiz posted on the subject at the Articulate community blog: https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/storyline-2-play-pause-button-seekbar-missing-on-ipad
This problem can be fixed by copying some of the HTML from index_html5.html file into the index_lms_html5.html file. When you publish your SCORM, AICC, or TIN Can compliant files through the LMS tab, click Open to view the published files. These two HTML files can be open in any text editor, such as Notepad on the PC. If you don’t have a text editor or want one that can display line numbers, check out Notepad++.
In your index_lms_html5.html file you will find the problem HTML around line 70:
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Illumen Group is proud to announce our sponsorship of the Chicago eLearning & Technology Showcase this year. This event, with more than 30 contributing speakers is setting the bar for eLearning based events.
This year, the Showcase celebrates the evolution of adult learning and performance, with an emphasis on the role of new media and interactive methods in business and institutional training. The Showcase provides a full day of educational sessions for all levels of experience. More than 30 speakers will explore all aspects of elearning—instructional design, development tools, media resources, virtual classrooms, social and interactive applications, mobile learning, rapid elearning, and more. Attendees will have an opportunity to create their own schedules from a variety of topics or follow one of four Showcase Tracks, including Simulations & Social Media, eLearning Tools & LMS, Online Design, and Management of eLearning.
More information about the event and registration can be found at the Chicago eLearning & Technology Website.
Illumen will be at the event showcasing our eLearning applications and offering information on the process and development of technology and learning based solutions. We hope to see you all there.
We are often asked, “Can you give us a few examples of eLearning and eMarketing projects?”. The terms ‘eLearning’ and ‘eMarketing’ cover a wide variety of types of projects. We have many people who need our services, and they all search for us in different ways. We often see:
Not only are there many ways to say it, there are many more types of projects. Below are a series of examples of eLearning and eMarketing projects:
New and existing warehouse employees required training and refresher courses for all aspects of their day-to-day job tasks. These tasks included using a RF scanner and its software to properly catalog incoming products, locate and shelve products, comprehend new orders, locate and box products, prepare inventory reports, and prepare products for shipping. Employees also had to learn the process for handling exceptions to their general processes, such as incorrect inventory, products too high or large to gather for packaging, and damaged products or boxes.
Illumen developed a custom LMS and seven training modules for certification within each role.
With a high turnover in employees, and thus, an increasing amount of time, energy, and cost was being spent on training live in store with a manager.
Illumen developed a plan focused on building the level of experience both in making drinks and food by providing preparatory steps […]
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The user interface design you use in your eLearning modules are key to your user’s ability to see, read, interact, navigate, and in the end, comprehend your content. The user interface (often called a UI) also refers to the elements of design, or the “look and feel” of the project. We have all used custom based modules, as well as PowerPoint, Articulate, Captivate, and Lectora (to name a few) based modules and have seen the way they use user interfaces to guide the user through the content using a menu or next button. This basic, or 101 level introduction of eLearning user interfaces will look at what is often used and why.
Let’s first take a look at an interface that has elements that we often see. Take a little time looking at the design below. Pay attention to the content, the navigation, and other components. We will break them down shortly.
When dealing with training, education, and marketing solutions, it doesn’t take long before we start hearing words we may not know. Below is a list of 20 common terms and definitions.
More people are using mobile devices to handle their everyday computer tasks. Given three minutes and my iPhone, I can check my work and personal emails, my schedule, the news, the weather, and sometimes even get in a game of Tetris. It, like so many mobile devices, is usable, engaging, efficient, informative, and scalable. This mobile convenience should carry through training and marketing solutions as well. Unfortunately, often due to certain limitations of each mobile device and their short shelf life, there is often not a credible mobile counterpart to most training applications. To bridge the gaps, here are 6 ways to extend the user experience of your web or CD-ROM based app through mobile devices.
Illumen has updated our demo reel with a few new projects to show off some of our current work. We are excited and proud to show off what we have worked so hard on. We always strive to push ourselves harder and create better and better work that is always educational, informative, engaging, and flat out enjoyable to look at and fun to interact with. We are keeping busy so expect this reel to be updated again soon. Check it out!
