How not to use PowerPoint

We happened across this hilarious clip while trawling YouTube. It may well be a few years old and have over one million hits altogether - but from what we see out in the real world the lessons are still being learnt.

Although its focus is PowerPoint, its relevance to e-learning is a no brainer! Enjoy.

Podcast #5 - Back to School with E-learning

E-learning is a growing industry - both in terms of organisational uptake, and in terms of practitioners. So it's not surprising that a number of the UK universities now offer Post Graduate Certificates, Diplomas, and Master's degrees in this area.

Dr Judith Good, Director of the IDEAs Lab at Sussex University, and Dr Lyn Pemberton, Principal Lecturer at Brighton University run the Post Graduate Certificate in E-learning that's jointly offered by Sussex and Brighton Universities.

We caught up with both for our latest podcast, to bring you an insight into what one of these courses can offer. Is it a case of ivory towers, or a vocationally strong offering that addresses the needs of real world e-learning professionals?

Find out by listening to Doing E-learning's latest podcast.

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You can find an overview of the Sussex and Brighton PG Cert here, and the prospectus and application details can be found here.

Finally, as Judith told us on the day, for additional information on the course feel free to contact her at J.Good@sussex.ac.uk.

Podcast #4 - How to be an Effective Subject Matter Expert

What makes an effective Subject Matter Expert?

The Subject Matter Expert is crucial to getting the content right - but doing the role is not always an easy task. For the SME what should they know, what should they do, and how should they do it?

Doing E-learning's latest podcast tries to shed some light. Click the controller below to play How to be an Effective Subject Matter Expert.




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To accompany this cast we're providing our own How to be an Effective SME checklist, together with a great link to a set of slides covering the Critical Decision Method.