ASTD TK-2009: My Observations

ASTD,TechKnowledge,Rapid eLearning,eLearning suite I’m just back after attending the first two days of ASTD TechKnowledge 2009. We had good traffic at the Adobe booth on both days. The new Adobe eLearning Suite trial DVDs disappeared like hot cakes. I thought there were a much higher percentage of people who were just starting to adopt eLearning, compared to eLearning veterans at TK 2009. This is very unlike the eLearning Guild conference, where most of the people I meet are folks who’ve […]

Conferences we'll be at in the next 30 days

Adobe Captivate,ASTD TechKnowledge,Learning Technologies,LearnTec Tridib, Suresh, Jayashree and I will be at a bunch of conferences in the coming month. I will be attending ASTD TechKnowledge in Las Vegas this month. Tridib and Jayashree will be at the Learning Technologies conference in UK during the same time. And Suresh and I will be at the LearnTec conference in Germany between the Feb3rd and 5th. At Learning Technologies, Tridib will be speaking on ‘Creating and managing visually-rich and engaging training content for tomorrows learner’s’. […]

Captivate wins Best of eLearning!

Adobe Captivate,Best of eLearning Award OK, I did not stage this! When I made the post yesterday about the finalists, I had no idea that the awards were going to be announced the next day. Adobe Captivate 3 has won the Best of eLearning! 2008 award for ‘Best Simulation Tool’. Also, Adobe’s Acrobat Connect Pro won the ‘Best Virtual Classroom’ award. The combination should help streamline your eLearning course delivery. When the latest version of Connect Pro was released, we […]

eLearning vs. Classroom- Green, More Effective

eLearning,green The cover story on the current edition of eLearning magazine features Silke’s article on going green with eLearning. Silke, the Adobe Captivate product marketing manager, speaks about how as eLearning professionals, we are uniquely positioned to reduce the carbon footprint for our entire organization. She makes an excellent case for how eLearning is inherently green… how by moving your course online, you instantly cut the biggest contributor to your carbon footprint- travel. While we are making a case for […]