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I hate these sales letters
I got a sales email the other day. It basically said “We have a great new product. Click the link below to see the video about it”. That was it — no description, not idea about the market, no cost info. Nothing! I was supposed to click on a link to watch a video of [...]
Friedman And North on Vouchers
The link below is to an “old” article by Gary North. The article is from 1993, but the point is interesting and quite timely. Milton Friedman argues for school vouchers as a way for parents to retain control of their children’s education, while North argues that he who pays the piper still calls the tune. [...]
Free learning 2 (for everyone)
This is a TED video of Salman Khan. He is promoting using video for learning. He also put his money where his mouth is and created the Khan Academy. The academy has a zillon free videos on all sorts of topics. I wish this were around when I was in school. One benefit he talks [...]
Free learning (for trainers and instructional designers)
“The best things in life are free” or “you get what you pay for”? Each is true sometimes and in this case it is the first one. Here are two sources of free eLearning through live (and recorded) webinars: Training Magazine Network and Training Games Network. The former has been around a few years and [...]
Here we go…
I decided a couple of months ago that video was a great way to 1) get people’s attention, and 2) communicate ideas — especially for training. So I thought I should learn more about making videos. The first online materials I got were from Lorraine Grula. These are more about production and videography and I [...]
Welcome back!
I’m starting this over. I am embarking on a journey to learn more about video creation. Video for learning, video for marketing and video for fun. I will chronicle the learning here. I am also thinking about how ideas and concepts from other disciplines can help in the training profession. I will also be sharing [...]
