Digital Magazines and Interactive E-Learning #58

Digital Magazines for E-Learning #58: Challenge | Recap

The Daily

My all-time favorite digital magazine was The Daily. It did a really great job integrating video, multimedia, embedded interactions, and clickable graphics into news stories.

Unfortunately, The Daily closed in late 2012. You can view a video overview of the app on YouTube.

WIRED

Another magazine app I subscribe to is WIRED. They don’t include as much multimedia as The Daily, but they do a really good job re-using interactive templates.

National Geographic

I haven’t looked at this app in a while but they’re always mentioned as one of the better interactive magazines. Last week Kimberly Bourque shared some screenshots from a recent issue. Subscription: activated.

Challenge of the week

This week your challenge is to design a digital learning magazine. 

Resources

For inspiration, check out some of the more popular digital magazines. 

Magazine apps:

• WIRED Magazine iPad | Android
• National Geographic Traveler iPad | Android
• Oprah Magazine iPad | Android

Video overviews of digital magazines:

• National Geographic Magazine
• Introducing Polo Basics for iPad
• The Daily

Blog posts:

• How to Build an E-Learning Template with No Money Down
• How to Build an E-Learning Template in 30 Seconds

Share your e-learning work

• Comments: Use the comments section below to share a link to your published example and blog post.
• Forums: Start your own thread and share a link to your published example..
• Personal blog: If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We’ll link back to your posts so the great work you’re sharing gets even more exposure.
• Twitter: If you share your demos on Twitter, try using #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can track your e-learning coolness.
• Facebook: Share your work on our Facebook page by replying to this Facebook post with a link to your example.

Last week’s e-learning challenge:

E-Learning Challenge #57: Challenge | Recap

New to the e-learning challenges?

The weekly challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challenges anytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos.