Rapid ePlatform Learning (eLearning & mLearning) development is about efficiency. In order to develop at that pace, monthly or weekly releases for example, content templates and styles play a vital role. As an instructional designer or developer, I don’t want to be thinking about how to design the page, where the images go, or what font I need. By my count, with laptops, tablets, and mobile devices, we connect through technology to our lives and businesses at least a dozen ways.  Therefore, we need to make sure it's beneficial, relevant, and timely.  . MORE >>

With course development and course team members, we make too many assumptions, building resentment and creating conflict. .  . If we don't communicate what we need, how will those  around us know what to do?  . As of this year, my wife and I have been married eleven years, and we have 3 kids, ages 10,8, and 6. Suffice it to say,  we have some conflict everyday. The daily grind of work, house, school, kids, and a dog create family issues. life we appreciate, however, many of those issues revolve around poor communication, just as we discussed in last week's article on SME/ISD tensions.  . MORE >>

When developing applications for just-in-time performance support, here are some items I keep on my checklist. They are good to consider when taking on that app development assignment. Unlike other software applications, companies cannot spend months on development and deployment, speed is of the essence. As a developer, ask how you might be able to update applications on user’s devices. Again, consider this during design and development, even if you envision never having to update the app. This can easily accomplished with a simple interface to the system. MORE >>

As we near the completion of development on version 1.0 Android Apps Cross-Platform Toolkits iOS Mobile Developmentof one of our new apps, the Mobile Learning Primer, we wanted to share some of what we’ve been encountering. [.]. MORE >>

The big news of the moment amongst App developers, is the surprise announcement by Apple that they are relaxing some key restrictions on how Apps can be made. In particular they say: …we are relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create iOS apps, as long as the resulting apps do not download any code. This should give developers the flexibility they want, while preserving the security we need. As one of a small (but enthusiastic) set of app developers striving to make cross-platform apps, this is a HUGE deal. They all use different languages. MORE >>