This aggregated resource comes from Dustin Betonio at Tripwire Magazine. While specifically targetd at web designers, I believe elearning developers and mobile learning developers would also benefit from these ebooks. A few that I will be adding to my iPad 2 are: Introduction to Good Usability Integrating Accessibility Through Design A Practical Guide To Web Typography The Elements of Typographic [...]

These are my Jumptags for March 17th through April 13th: Problems with ADDIE – Moving Your WordPress Site and Database « Weblog Tools Collection – here comes a time you may have to leave one web host for another. No matter the reason the idea of relocating an entire website – especially one that has been online for sometime – [...]

These are my Jumptags for February 9th through March 17th: Free and legal music downloads – Jamendo – Download and listen to over 20,000 albums, legally. Use BitTorrent or download directly to discover and share new artists. All content is Creative Commons or "Art Libre" licensed. Philip Hutchison Talks SCORM and E-Learning — Campus Technology – In this candid and [...]

If the fun from yesterday with the graphic communications majors at Clemson University wasn’t enough, today, I get to discuss cognitive load theory and web based instruction with graduate students and faculty in the Psychology department here at the university. I’m a little nervous about this talk, because I haven’t presented this before. This is a line of significant research [...]

Instructional designers are familiar with the basics of usability testing to improve the design of an instructional unit even while it is still in development. Watching users work through an instructional unit or navigate a Web site for the first time helps uncover the ambiguities underlying what we thought was quite obvious. Poking around the Web, I came across a [...]

These are my Jumptags for January 11th through January 12th: Browsershots – Check browser compatibility, cross platform browser test Notable | Easiest way for teams to provide feedback on websites. – Notable allows you to quickly and easily give feedback on design, content, and code on any page of a website or application without leaving your browser. fivesecondtest – Have [...]

These are my Jumptags for December 14th through December 15th: http://www.GoogleLitTrips.com – This is the tips and how to page for Google Lit Trips. ICTAC MEMO iPhone Apps for Education – A list of iPod touch and iPhone applications for use with learning. Organized by different content areas, too. The myth of the page fold: evidence from user testing | [...]

These are my Jumptags for November 24th through December 7th: Instructional Design and Development Blog » Blog Archive » Teaching Frustrations: Why Don’t Students Follow My (Clearly-Labeled, Logically Organized, and Bold/Highlighted/Flashing) Instructions? – Instructors who teach in online environments often devote extensive time and energy into designing a Web space that is inviting and useful to students. But frustration inevitably [...]

These are my Jumptags for November 23rd 10-Second Website Usability Testing – Learn a simple method of website usability testing that takes just a few seconds to complete and offers a good measure of a website's user-friendliness. 5 Useful Habits To Avoid The Most Common Mistakes In Web Design – Learn how to avoid the most common web design mistakes [...]

These are my Jumptags for October 21st through October 26th: satmodel.gif (GIF Image, 550×673 pixels) – Image hierarchy of ISD using ADDIE. Free Vectors – 7 High-Quality City Skyline Vectors | Think Design – A pack of 7 high-quality City Skyline Vectors, created by ThinkDesignBlog.com A List Apart: Articles: The Myth of Usability Testing – A List Apart offers a [...]