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 From order taker to problem solver
"For a long time I've recommended Robert F. Mager's What Every Manager Should Know about Training. It won't magically turn someone into an..."
  • over 6 years ago12/28/17 at 7:53 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson replied to the discussion Scrubbing PHI and examples from elearnings
"Do your IT people have develop-and-test environments where they work on changes and enhancements to your systems? These environments some..."
  • over 6 years ago12/28/17 at 7:44 pm (UTC)
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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 commented on the e‑learning example Storyline: Horizontal Slider Navigation
"I like the slider, especially because after the first movement I have a sense of how long the scenario might be. One thing I'm wonderi..."
  • over 6 years ago11/01/17 at 6:08 pm (UTC)
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Dave Ferguson commented on the article A Quick Primer on Blended Learning
"We do a lot of technical training that involves proprietary systems -- rarely a good candidate for elearning, since the systems change re..."
  • over 6 years ago10/20/17 at 11:08 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 commented on the article What Are the Advantages and Potential Challenges of E-Learning?
"One of the risks in elearning (inherited from its ancestors that ran on PCs or mainframes) is the ALAWHT factor: "As Long As We Have Them..."
  • over 6 years ago10/17/17 at 4:37 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 started a new discussion Scrolling Panels: demo and details (Storyline 2)
"I've been working with scrolling panels. Here's a demo showing a few ways to use them in explore/explain situations. If you haven't trie..."
  • almost 7 years ago05/15/17 at 6:32 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 started a new discussion Storyline 2 - player size calculator
"Here's a spreadsheet to help you: Adjust height or width of your story to achieve a 16:9 or 4:3 aspect ratio Calculate overall player..."
  • almost 7 years ago05/04/17 at 4:10 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)