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My current interest is in learning how to design educational iPad apps for elementary students. This blog entry highlights the four most helpful resources I’ve encountered during the beginning stages of my research.

Here is a list of links we at Seward love this week. Use them for work or play!

This week I had the pleasure of attending a presentation by Keith Knuth, a Principal Software Architect at Lawson software, in which he discussed how the mobile device revolution is changing the face of eLearning.  Keith’s presentation was to the Digital Learning Forum, a group committed to the exchange of cutting edge information around the [...]

I took some time recently to read the new ebook from Hubspot: 2011 Facebook Page Marketing. I felt like I was a little behind on best practices and new(er) Facebook features (What!? I can create a fan page without it being tied to my profile? Yes, a little behind.) As promised, this ebook got me up-to-date on [...]

The more I work with the content management system Joomla, the more I become enamored with how much work it takes off my shoulders. If you haven’t heard of Joomla, it is an open source software package that allows a user with no programming experience to setup a website and manage its content.

In my last post, I wrote about the Development Phase of an eLearning product. This is when your team actually creates the eLearning product. The Development Stage is extremely intense and demanding for team members on both the development and client side. In addition to implementing the design, all team members must be involved in [...]

Here are some of our favorite books and websites this week! I sent out a vague email soliciting items for this list, not specifying whether they should be for work or play. So, we have a bit of both.

Over the past two years, a “new” discipline has emerged in the web development world—web content strategy. I say “new” because many of us web professionals have been doing content strategy for years, we just didn’t have a name for it.
Here is how a couple of content strategy gurus define it:

“Content strategy is a repeatable system [...]

Seward Inc. staff describes some of their favorite tools they’re using right now.

A Learning Management System (LMS) can be a tremendous help to companies and organizations in efficiently managing their eLearners and eLearning resources. However, deciding which LMS fits your needs best depends on many factors. If you are only looking to manage your training, an LMS may be the answer. The LMS will monitor your learners [...]