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Through the generous support of its partners, LINGOs is able to provide free and/or subsidized accessed to a number of learning tools and enable organizations to develop, launch and maintain technology-assisted learning strategies. This section provides access to further information on the suite of learning tools available to LINGOs member agencies. Each section provides information on product specifications, licensing and user support.

One of the ways that LINGOs supports its member agencies is through the support provided via the LINGOs Learning Tools Blog found on this page. 

The LINGOs Learning Tool Blog's Recent Posts

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Articulate Flash Player Updater Ready for “Prime Time”
... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:34:25 +0000
In two previous posts, I had indicated some of the impacts that the new version of Flash Player has had on courses developed in Articulate Presenter and on the user experience of Articulate Engage v1. The Articulate support team has done an excellent job documenting the fix to the compatability problem, and I am happy to share that [...]
Articulate Engage and Flash Player v10
... Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:53:32 +0000
The release of Flash Player 10 has led to compatability problems with Articulate Presenter Version 5.  Fortunately, as indicated in the previous blog post  Articulate has provided a Flash Player 10 Updater that is very effective at revisign your Articulate Presenter output files so that they will run effectively for users with Flash Player 10 [...]
Important! New Flash Player Release Might Impact the Performance of Articulate Courses
... Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:47:54 +0000
Today’s posting on the Articulate Word of Mouth Blog   identifies a potential challenge Articulate course developers will have with the newest release of the Adobe Flash Player.  If you or your users upgrade to Flash Player v10 (released today), you may not be able to properly view courses created with Articulate Presenter 5. The blog post does a good [...]
Elluminate New User Video Clip
... Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:07:43 +0000
For two years, LINGOS member agencies have endeavored to make the Elluminate Live Virtual classroom accessible to staff across the world.  During that time, two adoption challenges have been especially significant when promoting the application within organizations: 1.        Ensuring that field-based users overcome their initial apprehension of entering live on-line sessions; 2.       Ensuring that new users have [...]
Loading Articulate Presenter Courses in the IntraLearn LMS
... Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:15:38 +0000
A previous article  discussed the interoperability of courses generated by Outstart Trainer and the IntraLearn LMS.  Now it is time to examine the same question in the context of LINGOs’ second e-Learning authoring tool - Articulate Presenter.  Below you will find instructions to access a course that addresses the topic of “Designing Projects in the International Development, Relief [...]
The Virtual Training Mastery Series
... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:24:34 +0000
While applications such as WebEx, Elluminate and Live Meeting allow just about anyone  to host a live online meeting, most of us really haven’t stopped to think about how to transfer our great (and maybe not so great) facilitation skills to these environments.  Typically, online meetings happen like this:   one person talks and then on occassions [...]
Loading OutStart Trainer courses in the IntraLearn LMS
... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:20:14 +0000
Increasingly, LINGOs member agencies are building custom developed courses to deploy to staff around the world.  One of the initial steps in the course design process, is to review course requirements (interactivity, navigation, aesthetics, tracking) and decide which development tool to use.  This blog post is designed to help designers as they make this decision,  Posted [...]
Why We Love Jing
... Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:55:09 +0000
At LINGOs, we love JING!  When we are working on a virtual team and need to work through a complicated troubleshooting issue… … make a JING!  Need to train a group of LMS Administrators on how to complete a task on the Learning Management System… … make a JING!  About to launch a major new [...]
4 Challenges my Current Course Authoring Tools Don’t Address (and Oustart Evolution might)
... Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:54:43 +0000
Over the past four years, I have developed e-learning courses for 5 different international development organizations.  During that time, my learning “toolbox” has been large, including over 8 course authoring applications:  Authorware, Flash, Captivate, Camtasia Studio, Qarbon Builder, Outstart Trainer, Articulate Presenter, Articulate Engage, and more. Each of these applications has its relative strengths, and the goal [...]
Top 100 Learning Tools for 2008
... Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:22:18 +0000
The Centre for Learning & Performance recently published its yearly list of the Top 100 Tools for Learning.  The list is a fun and informative read that I enjoyed on a number of levels.   As I reflect on the rankings of the list I realize there are three principle observations that come to mind: First, I was happy [...]

LINGOs Learning Tools Blog - Latest Post

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In the last Learning Tools Blog post, I presented statistics illustrating the rapid pace at which LINGOs member organizations have adopted Elluminate Live for on-line synchronous training. One of the ways LINGOs supports agencies as they adopt synchronous on-line learning, is through our work with the Elluminate company to identify a variety of learning resources that enhance the capacity of staff who attend and lead on-line synchronous training.

These learning resources fall into the following general categories:

Elluminate Live! Participants can visit the Elluminate Support Site

• to complete an on-line orientation program
• to view the recorded Elluminate Participant training webinar
• to access quick reference guides and tools
• to check their system configuration compatibility for the Elluminate product.

Elluminate Moderators can

• Participate in four different live webinars that Elluminate schedules on a regular basis to learn how to use the many features of Elluminate Live!

• View recorded videos (averaging 4-10 minutes each) that instruct moderators on how to use the most common features of Elluminate Live!
• Visit the Elluminate Support Ste to access resources, tools and technical information to support Elluminate Moderators

On-Line Curriculum Designers and On-Line Facilititors

· Can attend LINGOs' On-line Virtual Mastery Series which introduces best practices for designing and facilitating courses in the on-line synchronous environment.

Elluminate Troubleshooting is another area in which moderators will inevitably need to develop skills. As a frequent moderator of Elluminate sessions, many times I have found myself In the position where a participant is unable to fully participate in an event due to problems with bandwidth, audio, Java plug-ins, systems compatibility and/or firewalls. To address these challenges, Elluminate moderators need to develop skills to identify and address some of the most common problems encountered when when managing on-line events.

Over the next six months, LINGOs and Elluminate are collaborating closely to develop troubleshooting resources that help moderators analyze and resolve these challenges. As one of the first steps in this process, LINGOs will host a webinar on June 12, 2008, entitled Are You a Skilled Elluminate TroubleShooter? (for details on this event click here) This webinar is highly recommended to all Elluminate Moderators, as it will include a number of practical tips that can be used immediately.

In addition to the upcoming webinar, Elluminate has documented solutions to the most frequently occurring technical problems on their Help Desk Website and LINGOs is documenting the most useful troubleshooting tips on its Elluminate Workspace.

UPCOMING OUTSTART TRAINER WEBCAST

LINGOs' partner, Outstart, is hosting a Live Webcast: Rapidly Developing e-Courses with Impact, Using OutStart Trainer. The Trainer authoring tool provides the capacity to develop rich learning content without programming; with the potential to easily add Flash, audio, video or streaming media and more.

June 10th, 1:30 p.m. Eastern (EDT) REGISTER TODAY

	As far as I'm concerned, distance, funds and visa problems are no longer a limit to the aquisition of knowledge. Since the Finance on-line course, I've decided to use this mode as one of my favourite means of aquiring knowledge and building more on my efficiency and effectiveness as a productive staff.
	Elvis Van-Dalen World Vision - Ghana

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