Thursday, August 13, 2009

Better than Bullet Points

Hundreds of people joined me for a whirlwind tour of my second book, Better than Bullet Points: Creating Engaging E-Learning with PowerPoint. The session, hosted by the Training Magazine Network, came down to this: Plenty of horrible e-learning has been created with expensive tools. Good e-learning is about thoughtful design, not software.

Articulate's Tom Kuhlmann offers this example of an e-learning tutorial created with PowerPoint. It's based on the great "Frog Guts" high-school-biologyg simulation, so be warned about the content.

For those who missed the session, Cammy Bean was kind enough to offer a concise recap on her "Learning Visions" blog.

I'll be offering the extended version of the"Better than Bullet Points" program for Training Live + Online Events beginning on September 9.

3 comments:

mike said...

As always, great stuff Jane. Now if we could get everyone to apply these ideas we'd all be better off. "See" you in #lrnchat tonight?

Jane Bozarth said...

Thanks a lot, and yep, see you tonight. #lrnchat is my favorite time of the week.

Readers? Don't know about #lrnchat? Every Thursday night, 8:30 ET, a group of learning professionals gathers to discuss issues of interest. Join us on Twitter with the hastag #lrnchat.

And watch soon for #lrnchats scheduled at a more convenient time for those in the UK and europe.

Cammy Bean said...

Jane,

You're an absolutely fabulous presenter. What I didn't capture in my notes was your great use of the optometrist test. "Which is better: One or two? One? Two?"