VR for Learning Summit (co-located event at DevLearn)
Mastering Accessibility and Facilitation in VR Learning Environments presented by Sarah Mercier, CEO at Build Capable. APTD | CPTD 1 point
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xAPI Statement Constructor GPT
Note: This is a technical post. If you do not have a baseline understanding of xAPI, I recommend checking out Learn xAPI: xAPI Basics. Do you wish that you could write xAPI statements faster? Maybe you’re not a JSON pro and struggle to write or troubleshoot custom code to use in tools like Articulate Storyline? … Read more
Building an ArtificiaI Intelligence (AI) Companion
What happens when your colleagues challenge you to create an AI bot for a speed dating competition at an industry conference? Well, if you’re like me, you take the challenge and create Nathan Hale, the charming AI companion. Image description: Sarah is introducing her AI bot, Nathan Hale, to Megan Torrance at the front of … Read more
Planning for Success with Stakeholders through Prototyping
I believe that all instructional designers can attest to the fact that all projects are not created equally. Very rarely does the process of developing a training experience flow smoothly from start to finish. Between pleasing multiple stakeholders, getting buy-in, and working with multiple organizations, forward progress can be hard to achieve. You feel things … Read more
Closed Captions or Subtitles?
Several years ago, I was working on an elearning course to teach police officers about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). I was at the stage where it was time to add captions to the videos we had curated. I had been using a tool called Descript to transcribe the videos, but there was one video that … Read more