DIRTYWORD - Issue 2

Welcome to the difficult second album, otherwise known as issue 2 of Dirtyword. It might feel a long time since our last issue graced your screen, but we’ve been full throttle for the last 60 days here at DWHQ. And we hope you’ll agree, it’s been worth it.

This month we’re looking into our crystal headset and asking whether the future of learning lies in strapping goggles to your face and experiencing your courses in VR / AR. With Microsoft now in league with Meta to give some serious competition for Apple, are we on the verge of an e-learning revolution even bigger than AI?

And talking of Artificial Intelligence, just how do you make your written courses stand out from all the Chat-produced sameness that’s flooding every corner of the online world right now? Mark Gash uses Bill Murray to give some pointers.

Lewis Carr has been hitting the coffee shops in search of digital nomad utopia - does it exist or was it all a clever marketing ploy by Starbucks and Wetherspoons to get more people through the door?

We chat to Farina Mackay, Global Sales Development Team Manager at Degreed and ask just what it takes to be a leader at one of the world’s largest e-learning organisations. And whilst Farina is a very real woman, we put some fake ones through their paces, as we roadtest a handful of Text-To-Speech AI avatars to see whether you should consider them for your projects.

All of this, plus tutorials on creating 360° worlds, custom drag-and-drops in Articulate Storyline, Sam Harold discussing the importance of music in e-learning, a look at accessibility, and how Bill and Ted invented non-linear learning.

Oh yeah and we’re going to be at Learning Technologies on the 17th and 18th April - stop by our stand and say hello!

Cheers!The Dirtyword Team

Contents

Who do you think you are?

Client'ell

E-Learning Roundup

More Human than Human

The Digital Nomad Survival Guide

Learning Burst: Jargon Buster

Farina Mackay

Create immersive 360° Worlds On A Shoestring Budget

Tech Trumps

Dr. Carl's E-Learning Surgery

That Synching Feeling

USBeen And Gone

New Creds On The Block

Know Your Role: Instructional Designer

AR(E) Headsets The Future Of E-Learning?

E-Learning Hitting The Right Notes?

'80s Time Travel

Awesome Tutorial: Articulate Storyline Custom Drag-And-Drops

Video Game Takeaway

Accessibility Spotlight