Steve Flowers
Steve Flowers
Performance Consultant and Producer at U.S. Government Agency
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    Steve Flowers

    ***My opinions are my own and do not reflect past, present, or future employer's views*** @xpconcept on twitter. General and specialized problem solver, designer in multiple disciplines, and developer (tool pilot), change agent and solution champion. Co-wrote a book on Storyline: http://go...
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion "Engaging" E-learning?
"Reed Burgan said: You must include a printable certificate of couse completion.  With any elearning course.   I think a certificate can ..."
  • over 13 years ago02/19/11 at 11:39 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion "Engaging" E-learning?
"Awesome. Will have a look. Always nice to be able to see a presentation even if you couldn't be there"
  • over 13 years ago02/19/11 at 11:29 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Creating That "Ah Ha!" Moment For Learners
"Great point, James. Knowing your audience (or even just knowing people) you're likely to benefit from having a Plan B (or in some cases S..."
  • over 13 years ago02/18/11 at 3:30 pm (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Narration Resource
"Great resource, Andy. Super smart strategy to form a connection as well. Brilliant! @Magda - Thank you for posting! I was curious about y..."
  • over 13 years ago02/18/11 at 1:37 pm (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion "Engaging" E-learning?
"Too cool, Gerry. I'd love to see your preso. Is it posted somewhere we could have a peek?"
  • over 13 years ago02/18/11 at 1:24 pm (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Linking to Presentations from Presentations
"I agree. Smaller is the "lesser of evils". I look at my own attention the same way I did of my classroom students and online students. ..."
  • over 13 years ago02/18/11 at 1:16 pm (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Linking to Presentations from Presentations
"By SCORM rules you can't link from one SCORM file to another. There are some systems (SumTotal) that have API (Application Programming In..."
  • over 13 years ago02/18/11 at 12:36 pm (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion a single flash file
"To get a single file I think you'd have to use a different tool than Articulate. The nature of Articulate's output is multiple files (exc..."
  • over 13 years ago02/18/11 at 10:05 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Creating That "Ah Ha!" Moment For Learners
"Here's a short article (one of 100 things you should know about people #56): http://www.whatmakesthemclick.net/2011/01/30/100-things-you-..."
  • over 13 years ago02/18/11 at 9:55 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Creating That "Ah Ha!" Moment For Learners
"Sometimes the story, and the interactions, ARE the performance. I just finished a long set of courses that used this pattern: Present a ..."
  • over 13 years ago02/18/11 at 9:26 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Audio Editing Help?
"I've learned to love Adobe Soundbooth. Sony (SonicFoundry) SoundForge was my tool of choice before based on the convenient region slicing..."
  • over 13 years ago02/18/11 at 8:15 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Recommendation for swf editor
"Hi Shelly, Really depends on what you want to do with it. You mean something to create custom SWF interactions and animations? If so, Swi..."
  • over 13 years ago02/18/11 at 7:52 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Creating That "Ah Ha!" Moment For Learners
"At a high level, great stuff in this article as well: http://uxmag.com/design/the-psychologists-view-of-ux-design"
  • over 13 years ago02/18/11 at 6:54 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Creating That "Ah Ha!" Moment For Learners
"Really interesting article. I think we're looking at a complex assembly with quite a few moving parts and many "it depends" variables. Ex..."
  • over 13 years ago02/18/11 at 6:40 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion What does the future Instructional Designer need to know?
"Thanks for the article reference, Reuben. That's exactly what I've experienced. I can totally dig an ISD having a hunger to expand their ..."
  • over 13 years ago02/17/11 at 2:44 pm (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion What does the future Instructional Designer need to know?
"I love this video series. There are a few connecting points in this one where you could substitute one type of designer for another: http..."
  • over 13 years ago02/17/11 at 2:33 pm (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Audio & text - do you have both on your screen?
"I'm the same way. Though I believe there are users that would prefer to have the text and the audio. By moving your text into the notes s..."
  • over 13 years ago02/17/11 at 11:09 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Question for the Voiceover Artists....
"Expanding on Andy's advice for a glass of water, I've seen some narrators actually like to narrate with a piece of hard candy or a cough ..."
  • over 13 years ago02/17/11 at 6:12 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Question for the Voiceover Artists....
"One thing you might try, Bruce. Sounds like you might be running into a background process kicking in and mucking up your capture stream...."
  • over 13 years ago02/17/11 at 4:43 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion What does the future Instructional Designer need to know?
"Wayne's idea resonates with me. I do think this is a gap. A comprehensive understanding of business methods and operation skills in a bus..."
  • over 13 years ago02/16/11 at 2:44 pm (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion What does the future Instructional Designer need to know?
"I'll agree with you, Sandra. It is about the whole package. That was my whole point. As priorities go, it doesn't matter how polished thi..."
  • over 13 years ago02/16/11 at 9:47 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion New Version of Articulate
"That tool looks interesting, John. It is cheaper but there are a few distinct differences between (my quick assessment of) Zenler and a t..."
  • over 13 years ago02/16/11 at 8:08 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Ideas - Reaching Truck Drivers through elearning
"That's a pretty neat concept, Bruce. I'm not sure I'd love it for drivers to engage in that type of learning while at the wheel. But nice..."
  • over 13 years ago02/16/11 at 7:58 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Ideas - Reaching Truck Drivers through elearning
"I've also found this model to be really approachable: http://www.jellyvisionlab.com/ I prefer this "connective emulation" to the standard..."
  • over 13 years ago02/15/11 at 9:15 pm (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Ideas - Reaching Truck Drivers through elearning
"Those are great suggestions. CDs an DVDs have the side benefit of not relying on a piece of IT owned equipment and aren't tied down to a ..."
  • over 13 years ago02/15/11 at 9:04 pm (UTC)