For those who are new or inexperienced to preparing a poster session, I have a few thoughts that I would like to pass on to future poster session presenters.

The 15-minute film (embedded below) is a pretty good general overview of the semantic web. That is, turning all of the data on the web into structured data so as to define relationships between it and derive meaning.

I often find students of ID and eLearning struggle with basic concepts in layout and composition of their multimedia eLearning projects. This short overview introduces the classic principles of design in the context of creating an eLearning project with Adobe Captivate 5.

"TwitterCamp is a desktop application that allows you to monitor tweets from your friends using the popular Twitter service. The application is especially suited for running on large displays such as plasmas, LCDs, and projectors at conferences. It is simple to customize the interface so that you can use the application for your conference."

An article my wife and I wrote about recycling crafts for children.

In the vein of "Did You Know"...Still skeptic about social media, watch this new video" with mind blowing stats

"If you wanted to stop reading after that sentence you'll understand why Copyc.at could be an important resource.This web app analyzes any URL and outputs a variety of information about how readable its content is. Taken into account are things including word length, the number of syllables used per word and the numbers of words per sentence."

Gagne's Events of Instruction form a compelling foundation for Instructional Design, however, there is the sense that the learner is somewhat passive. So I liked Smith and Ragan's expanded approach of learner-generated instructional events. And I've added my own modifications to theirs. It's all mashed together in the table below.

"In this tutorial, we'll be designing a clean website layout using the 960 Grid System. You'll see how working with this system can streamline web development workflow, and how to work with a grid system."

30 inspiring examples of good menu design. Though many are pure CSS, others add in some images and/or JavaScript to increase the aesthetic and functionality.

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HTML5 is giving web designers and developers new capabilities that were things of fantasy with previous versions of HTML. Web pages will now be more semantic with the use of structure specific tags. Visual elements like rounded corners are now built in, and so is the ability to create drag and drop interactivity. Even though HTML5 is not fully supported in major browsers, there are those that are pushing forward and experimenting with its new features. In an effort to encourage you to do the same and to prepare you for the future, we've rounded up 15 useful HTML5 tutorials and cheat sheets.

A grid at its barest is nothing more than a series of intersecting horizontal and vertical lines spaced at regular intervals, but its innate propensity for creating order out of chaos makes it one of the most powerful tools at a designer's disposal. If you want to reap their benefits of grids on your next project but are unsure of the specifics, this article is for you.

Ever wondered how a particular effect was achieved in a web design, and, after zooming in several clicks, you found that the author added several subtle shadows, borders, gradients, etc? In the past, this was achieved simply by slicing out an image, and setting it as a background of some element. Luckily, with CSS3, we can be afforded much more flexibility. Now, while the code for such a simple effect might be a bit tedious, it's well worth it, and that's what we'll review in today's written and video quick tip!

In this walkthrough we'll go through the process of converting the design concept from PSD document right through to completed HTML and CSS mockup, complete with clean and valid code, a few touches of CSS3 and some quick fixes to help out old IE6.

Readability is a simple tool that makes reading on the Web more enjoyable by removing the clutter around what you're reading. Follow the steps below to install Readability in your Web browser.