Dave Ferguson
Dave Ferguson
Instructional designer, other duties as assigned (or accepted) at Broad Cove Consulting
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    Dave Ferguson

    https://www.daveswhiteboard.com (general blog) https://www.ensampler.com (job aids and performance support) https://twitter.com/dave_ferguson
  • Victoria BC
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion Vancouver Island/Victoria User Group
"Wednesday is usually not good for me, either, but a combination of meeting place and nearby pub shows that Pat has highly developed netwo..."
  • over 6 years ago11/16/17 at 9:25 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion Vancouver Island/Victoria User Group
"Yesterday, two of us at BC Pensions (here in Victoria) sat in a seminar featuring the genial and helpful Kevin Thorn. As an unexpected fr..."
  • over 6 years ago11/16/17 at 6:09 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion Teaching Adults How to Use Applications
"Kimberley: Does "assess competency" simply mean "see if the staffer can [confirm that the doctors completed ABC seminar]?" Or is there s..."
  • over 6 years ago10/18/17 at 3:14 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion Anyone using E-learning / Instructional design to travel and work remotely?
"Jenny, In my experience the option to regularly work onsite means an area with a base of employers who already use the kind of skills y..."
  • almost 7 years ago06/09/17 at 9:27 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion I'm looking for feedback on designing scenario-based e-Learning - please!!
"Dianne: I'm glad you found the comments helpful. I admire what you're doing because I think the difference between a scenario and a goo..."
  • almost 7 years ago06/08/17 at 2:45 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion I'm looking for feedback on designing scenario-based e-Learning - please!!
"It's great that you're not only working out loud, but updating as you go. Not everyone's open enough to solicit feedback like this. These..."
  • almost 7 years ago06/06/17 at 7:01 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion Ideas for a fibre networking spatial course
"I want to second both of Christy's suggestions. Especially for the new employeees, there are concepts and processes that they need to und..."
  • almost 7 years ago05/23/17 at 9:17 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion Looking for training materials to build a portfolio
"Lisa, Can you identify some corporate or organizational topic that's of interest to you and then create your own example? If you haven't..."
  • almost 7 years ago05/23/17 at 5:38 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion Colour and font.
"I tend to overthink this sort of thing, and to avoid that I found this page helpful; it encourages me toward the less-is-more mindset wit..."
  • almost 7 years ago05/23/17 at 5:05 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion Scrolling Panels: demo and details (Storyline 2)
"Background on the demo: so you don't have to piece it all out yourself. Most of the action takes place on one slide, scroll panel demo, ..."
  • almost 7 years ago05/16/17 at 3:30 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion Scrolling Panels: demo and details (Storyline 2)
"Tristan: In Storyline 2, I ran into odd behavior elsewhere with states, so I'm wondering what happens to the disappearing callout circle..."
  • almost 7 years ago05/16/17 at 2:54 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion Scrolling Panels: demo and details (Storyline 2)
"I had a "not working properly" (or "as expected") situation on the third scrolling panel (the timeline). I tried having "appear on hover"..."
  • almost 7 years ago05/16/17 at 2:41 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion Scrolling Panels: demo and details (Storyline 2)
"You're welcome. I was having a hard time figuring out when the interactive stuff was on the panel, and when it wasn't, so I did a lot of ..."
  • almost 7 years ago05/15/17 at 11:15 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion trends in learning and development
"For connecting with individuals, I rely heavily on Twitter (where I'm @dave_ferguson). If you're not professionally active there already,..."
  • almost 7 years ago05/15/17 at 3:30 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion Getting Creative with Real Estate - Drag and Drops with Limited Space and a Lotta Content
"One notion that I tried out briefly (and with fewer sources, so it might not work for you): Use a single source shape -- same size fo..."
  • almost 7 years ago05/11/17 at 5:20 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion Storyline 2 - player size calculator
"Qinyi, have you seen this post from Alyssa Gomez? Might be something for you in here: https://community.articulate.com/discussions/artic..."
  • almost 7 years ago05/10/17 at 3:50 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion Using contractions
"I agree with Owen on the "it depends" factor. My own experience with multinational companies underscores the difference between written ..."
  • almost 7 years ago05/01/17 at 8:35 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion Have you ever had to design something you hated, but your client loved?
"Peter Block, in Flawless Consulting, described three ways that clients (internal or external) employ consultants: As an extra pair of ..."
  • almost 7 years ago04/28/17 at 3:51 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion How to build a portfolio using work from work
"I've often fictionalized work done either as an in-house developer or as a consultant. What I try to do is highlight the aspects I think ..."
  • 7 years ago04/19/17 at 4:30 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion eLearning for "Serious" Subject Matter
"Another ingredient you can stir into many approaches, especially a scenario-based one, is what I call a what-do-you-think question. The i..."
  • 7 years ago04/18/17 at 6:21 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion Strategy for Rolling out New eLearning
"In the tips from Nicole Legault that Allison shared, the first one is Identify What's in It for Learners. Most learners aren't intereste..."
  • 7 years ago04/11/17 at 8:20 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion Images of Celebrities
"I hope they help. And, yes, it does look complex. I'm interested in this topic, and (in case it's not clear) I am not any kind of expert ..."
  • 7 years ago02/02/17 at 5:04 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion Images of Celebrities
"Wikimedia Commons says that the Wikimedia Foundation "does not provide any warranty regarding the copyright status or correctness of lice..."
  • 7 years ago01/31/17 at 7:24 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion Using contractions
"Clark and Mayer, in eLearning and the Science of Instruction, report research on "discouse processing" to show that "people work harder t..."
  • over 7 years ago01/06/17 at 10:12 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion How do you design soft skills (client interaction) for a technically minded person.
"Joe Harless, from whom I learned a great deal about instructional design and about improving performance, thought that the drawback to "s..."
  • over 7 years ago01/06/17 at 9:44 pm (UTC)