Toolbox Tip: It’s Easy to Pause the Recording Process in Adobe Captivate

Kevin A. Siegel

Go ahead and record a lesson, and...check that email...take your break...tweet away...all without having to redo your valuable recording. It's okay! Captivate will wait. More »

Making E-Learning Stick: A Q&A with Barbara Carnes

Justin Brusino

A new book from ASTD Press, Making E-Learning Stick, shows instructional designers new and easy-to-implement ways to increase transfer in both asynchronous e-learning and live, virtual training. I recently chatted with author Barbara Carnes about the new books. Here&rsq... More »

Poster Sessions: Not Just for the Science Crowd

Juana Llorens

If business card swapping is high on your to-do list for ASTD 2012, be sure to take a few minutes to check out the Community of Practice networking event(s). There are numerous chances to meet your community manager(s) as well as colleagues who share your professio... More »

Why Games Don't Teach

Ruth Colvin Clark

From Angry Birds to World of Warcraft, the charismatic popularity of entertainment games is the envy of every trainer teaching information security 101 or facilitating new hire orientation. But games encompass so many diverse potential learning environments that it make... More »