Distance Learning, mLearning, Digital Education, Technology

Free graphic design & web design resources for designers

Via Yael Even-Levy, PhD (Second Life: JoelleYalin), THE OFFICIAL ANDREASCY

PowerPoint is awesome, but here's the truth: some of the default features of PowerPoint can lead you down the path of creating horrible PowerPoint slides

Via Baiba Svenca

In this list we're sharing some of our favorite websites that offer free resources for presentation design such as templates, icons, images, fonts and more.

Via Baiba Svenca

Looking for the perfect font for a branding or logo project? We’ve researched some of the very best fonts for tackling a new logo design – and complied them into a handy list for you to refer back to whenever you need.Whether you want an elegant serif, stunning slab, high-impact stencil or more, you’ll find a wealth of inspiration here. Scroll down for 15 of our favourite logo fonts...
Via Jeff Domansky

Learn to create Chain Links in PowerPoint. Add stunning chain links PowerPoint Templates in your presentation and leave your audience stunned.

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There's a powerful tool hiding in your browser: Inspect Element.
Right-click on any webpage, click Inspect, and you'll see the innards of that site: its source code, the images and CSS that form its design, the fonts and icons it uses, and the Javascript code that power

Via Farid Mheir, massimo facchinetti

Keep your audience engaged with these simple presentation tips and tricks.

Via Baiba Svenca

Creating your own images is also an excellent tactic for re-purposing text-only content into enticing images. Here are some examples: Turn quotes into an interesting slideshow, post an event announcement on a pretty picture, place stats onto eye-catching graphs, give a blog post title some pizzaz, create an infographic about the history of your biz, create a catchy, custom featured image for a video, etc. The possibilities are endless.

 

To help you create images that get BuzzFeed-worthy engagement, here are 13 of our favorite and easy-to-use visual content creation tools....

 

63% of social media is made up of images according to Citrix.Photos account for 93% of the most engaging posts on Facebook according to Socialbakers.Photos get 53% more Likes, 104% more comments, and 84% more click-throughs on Facebookaccording to KissMetrics.On Twitter, tweets with images receive 18% more clicks, 89% more favorites, and 150% more retweets according to Buffer.Adding a photo URL to your tweet can boost tweets by 35% according to the Twitter Media Blog.Instagram currently has 300 million monthly active users and 70 million new photos are shared each day.

Via Jeff Domansky, Gust MEES

The Slide Bandits are coming to rob your presentation!

Via Baiba Svenca

10 quick and easy design hacks to turn your next PowerPoint into an eyecandy.

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I’m constantly trying to improve the course for my students. Here are seven things I always try to include when I build online courses. 1. A welcome video,

2. An introduction video of the course,

3. Consistent weekly updates and reminders

Via Becky Roehrs, Elizabeth E Charles

Currently, dramatic changes take place in terms of rapidly emerging modes of communication, technologies, increased cultural diversity, evolving workplaces cultures, new challenges for equitable education and the varying and changing identities of students everywhere. Bearing this in mind, this article draws on a design-based research study to argue of the need for museums to respond to global trends and fulfill their social and educational imperatives by investigating the potential of a particular pedagogical framework that is grounded in culturally inclusive pedagogical practices and characteristics of ubiquitous learning.

Via Andreas Christodoulou, THE OFFICIAL ANDREASCY

Free notebook paper graphic created in PowerPoint. The template is fully editable using PowerPoint's Edit Points feature. Includes video tutorial.

Via Baiba Svenca

There will always be times in the day when you are in desperate need of a caffeine boost, yet no where near the closest café. and for these times, mokase have comprised the answer to your caffeine-deprived prayers, in the shape of a phone case that converts your smartphone into an on-the-go espresso maker. using a simple system of a disposable insert which houses the coffee, and an app that heats it up on demand, the mokase pours out an espresso made by your smartphone.

On setting out to develop a product to brew coffee whilst out and about, Luigi Carfora and clemente biondo of ‘smart k’ had the idea of incorporating it into a gadget already carried around every day—the smartphone. the duo successfully designed a case that measures less than 1cm in thickness,  is completely waterproof and insulates the coffee when brewed. through a side slit in the mokase, the ‘mokaromi’ cartridge is inserted. the coffee—sealed within a vacuum on the inside of the cartridge—is freed when inserted into the phone, as the ‘spout’ breaks the membrane of the vacuum allowing the drink to exit....

Via Jeff Domansky

Via paul rayner

All you need to know to get started creating your own fantastic presentations!

Via Baiba Svenca

Deloitte’s Human Capital professionals leverage research, analytics, and industry insights to help design and execute the HR, talent, leadership, organization, and change programs that enable business performance through people performance. Visit the “Human Capital” area of www.deloitte.com to learn more.

 

Learn more:

 

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/10/03/design-the-learning-of-your-learners-students-ideas/

 

 

 

Via Gust MEES

The Slide Bandits are coming to rob your presentation!

Via Baiba Svenca

Great fonts (like most excellent things on the Internet) are generally handcrafted by independent designers. Making a font takes an incredible amount of effort, which is usually reflected in the price tag. On rare occasions, though, kind and generous designers will give out a few fonts for free, as a way of advertising the rest of their collection. If you like any of the fonts below, please consider supporting their creators.

 

I’ve compiled the following list of 25 must-have free fonts for entrepreneurs, designers and anyone else looking to impress. Enjoy!...

Via Jeff Domansky, aufaitLibrarian