Upcoming Events

Exhibitor - Booth: 130

Build-a-Course Room

Creating Engaging Simulations (Using ZebraZapps by Allen Interactions)

Monday, February 13, 2012
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM

Creating Sophisticated, Answer-Judging Interactions (using ZebraZapps by Allen Interactions)

Tuesday, February 14, 2012
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Speaking Sessions

Creating Interactive eLearning

Session Number: C08
Wednesday, February 15
12:15 PM – 3:15 pm

Instructional interactivity is the key for creating effective learning experiences that motivate learners to improve performance. Learn a design methodology, consisting of four key elements of instructional interactivity; explore these design principles through examples from organizations who have implemented successful e-learning programs. Finally, you'll apply the design principles learned by building an interactive application in a new cloud-based authoring system.

You will:

• Learn a design methodology for creating effective e-learning applications.
• Explore successful e-learning programs which illustrate effective design principles.
• Build an interactive application in a new authoring system, applying the design methodology.

Exhibitor

Pre-Conference Workshop

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How to Build Interactive eLearning Fast with ZebraZapps

Tuesday, March, 2012
8:30 AM

Session Number: P14
Ethan Edwards, Chief Instructional Strategist, Allen Interactions

eLearning technology provides unprecedented opportunities for creating engaging, meaningful, memorable, and motivating learning experiences. Although there are now also social, collaborative, and mobile possibilities, much eLearning fails to rise above simple presentation and testing. Possible explanations: 1) tools are too difficult to learn and incapable of assisting throughout the process from design conceptualization through delivery, 2) Rapid development tools limit possibilities, or 3) design skills and processes are demanding and lacking. ZebraZapps, a new authoring and delivery technology that supports sketch-based brainstorming/prototyping, can be the answer to an organization’s eLearning development needs. It allows development of very advanced interactivity without programming or scripting, is extremely easy to learn, offers innovative ways to use or create reusable objects, supports industry-wide collaboration, and produces Web 2.0-enriched learning experiences.

Workshop participants will learn the basic features and functionality of ZebraZapps to easily and quickly create interactive and dynamic eLearning. You’ll get the hands-on practice and coaching needed to use ZebraZapps. Interactions created in ZebraZapps will center around an instructional design methodology for creating effective learning experiences with instructional interactivity. You’ll learn to apply these principles in creating interactions in ZebraZapps.

In this workshop, you will learn:

• How to brainstorm instructional designs for high-engagement learning
• How to quickly create prototypes and interactive sketches
• How to substitute finished media for sketched elements
• How to create simple and complex interactions quickly and easily