The New Year is coming! All kinds of summaries for 2009 and predictions of 2010 come into view at this season. Education, one of the most important focuses, has certainly becomes the hot topic. For example, Jeanne Meister, author of the New Learning Playbook blog, wrote a prediction post on the five words to describe corporate learning in 2010. Have you ever noticed these hot discussions? Here we will show the top 5 E-learning Topics in 2009 and the Education technology trends prediction in 2010 to teachers, students and anyone who cares the education issue.

Top 5 E-learning Topics in 2009:

1. Twitter

Twitter shows its great energy in 2009. This community comes as the innovative learning and communication channel for people.

Tips: 29 Interesting Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom

2. Social Learning/Informal learning

Social media and networks are used in this kind of e-learning. Groups of individuals are using these new tools to collaborate and co-create content and generally work and learn together.

Tips: Measuring Social Learning

3. Google Wave

Google Wave is hotly discussed in the E-learning trends conference. It has strong potential to support powerful new models for social learning.

Tips: Google Wave in Education
4. SharePoint

SharePoint can be used to host Websites that access shared workspaces, information stores and documents, as well as host defined applications such as wikis and blogs.

Tips: Using SharePoint: eLearning Technology

5. Video

Video is the great element to make our learning alive. The online video sharing sites also encourage people to use and make videos for learning.

Tips: Top 10 Videos that Inspire US to Rethink the Way We Learn

Top 5 Education technology trends prediction in 2010:

1. EBooks will continue to proliferate.

EBook readers aren’t going to replace traditional textbooks anytime soon, but it won’t be long before someone adapts eBooks out of the consumer space and makes textbooks available on these portable devices.

2. Notebook functionality will grow.

Netbooks, known as relatively new category of small, light, minimalist and cheap laptops, have been quite popular throughout schools in US and are predicted to be more popular in 2010.

3. More teachers will use interactive whiteboards.

Interactive whiteboard allows teachers and students to work together easily. They have been used in a variety of situations such as in classrooms at all levels of education, training rooms , corporate board rooms, etc. and this trends will continue and even become hotter.

4. Personal devices will infiltrate the classroom.

The personal devices like iPod, and smart phone bring great convenience to the students. Some experts predict that these wireless, portable personal devices will be used more and the younger generation will also join in the user group in 2010.

5.Online testing will show its power.

The society pursues efficiency and speed more than ever. Online testing and assessment through making a Flash quiz or online quiz must be more frequently used in exams as well as evaluations.

The summary of 2009 is helpful for us to know the gains & loses and also the development of the education industry. You can learn the useful tips and technologies in Education to make your own teaching or study more efficient. As for the relating predictions, do you think they will come true? Let’s look for the answer in 2010 together.

As we all know, taking a quiz is a good and necessary method to test students’ performance and do other assessment work. Quizzes become more and more advanced and diverse with the development of computer technology. It has been an important means of learning and entertainment. There are three main types of quiz: paper based quiz, plain online quiz and Flash quiz. What are they exactly? Let’s see the sample for each.

Quiz based on paper:

Paper based quiz is the traditional form and used frequently, but it is too demanding to make one and you cannot share the quiz with others except print it or mail the paper.

Plain text quiz:

You can share the online plain text quiz easily through Web. A small number of the quiz creation sites can also support some advanced function like grading automatically, inserting picture and other settings. The problem is that you need to register and obey various rules on these sites when making and taking the quizzes.

Flash quiz:

Flash quiz is quite popular recently. People like making and taking such kind of quiz. The popular Flash quiz has many advantages and you can benefit from making a Flash quiz. Check the details:

Interactivity – add sound, images, Flash movie, feedback, etc. in the quiz to cheer up the participants

Time limit & Randomization – set more strict time control to avoid cheating in a test and add fun in a quiz game

Automatic marking – grade the questions instantly after submittal

Wide sharing – upload the Flash quiz to Websites to share with more people

Having watched the above samples, which one do you like best? Actually according to different needs, you can choose any of the three quiz forms. Quizzes based on paper nearly have no special skill required, as long as you have careful design; plain text quiz is easily made on the quiz creation Websites like Easytestmaker, Quizbox, etc. ProProfs is recommended among these Websites because of its more functions like inserting pictures, grading automatically, etc; in terms of Flash quiz, it is not difficult to make one. Here will show you two ways to make Flash quizzes.

1. Make a Flash quiz with Quiz maker software

Quiz maker software is the most professional tool to create Flash quizzes. Usually it is easy to handle and can support more attractive multimedia elements, various publishing channels and also detailed settings. Take QuizCreator for example, you can also track the quiz results without hassles via e-mail, LMS and its add-on Quiz Management System.

2. Make a Flash quiz with Adobe Flash

You can make a Flash quiz with Adobe Flash quiz template. Adobe Flash MX or higher version including quiz templates allows users to create Flash quiz with 6 interaction question types. Each template has a different graphical look and feel. Click to view the tutorial about how to create Flash quiz with quiz templates and detailed instructions on how to customize the quiz template.

The quiz is widely used in testing and also entertaining in recent years. Make the proper one according to your needs, and it is more beneficial to make a Flash quiz which brings us more wonders!

Christmas will be on our doorstep soon! What have you prepared for this happy moment? Have you got any special ideas for the celebration? Can we enjoy the holiday and also pass the knowledge to the young at the same time? To achieve these, the multimedia Christmas quiz is a good way to share Christmas knowledge and liven up your holiday.

The multimedia quiz embedded picture, audio, Flash movie, shows us a vivid quiz show. This funny Christmas quiz with our careful design offers him, her, you and me a chance to enjoy the exciting Christmas season but also test their understanding of Christmas. Here are some sample questions you may use in your multimedia Christmas Quiz:

Which picture includes Santa Claus? – Make a Flash quiz with picture to share cute Christmas image riddles. Pictures are always more attractive than the plain text. Colorful images help the quiz taker have a good mood. Search your favorite Christmas pictures.

Guess the name of this Christmas song? – We can test the quiz takers’ knowledge of the Christmas tradition, and we can add some audio files in the quiz to test more. For example, we can insert a few songs in the quiz and ask the takers to give the name to them. Search the charming Christmas songs.

Have you ever seen this Christmas film? – Christmas quiz with Flash movie adds wonders to the riddle game. The Flash movie can also be part of the illustration of the Christmas quiz. Search the Christmas Flash movies.

Christmas quiz can be a entertaining part of your Christmas holiday, especially the Christmas quiz with picture and audio and Flash movie. Let’s view a terrific sample multimedia Christmas quiz.

A wonderful multimedia Christmas quiz? Actually whether the Flash quiz is marvelous or not depends on our novel ideas. The multimedia quiz is interesting, while how can it liven up the Christmas?

Culture spreaders? – Make a multimedia Christmas quiz about the history as well as custom of this festival from sight and listening. Share the quiz online with students, friends, and even the strangers. It devotes to helping people spend the holiday with entertaining study about songs, culture of Christmas, and so on. Nothing is more exciting than sharing the knowledge with others.

Teachers? - Hold a quiz competition before Christmas and offer prize to the excellent performers. The multimedia Christmas quiz competition can check students’ knowledge from more dimensions. It also offers them chances to feel the happiness of competition. Share the happiness, good luck and knowledge with dear students in this Christmas season.

Businessmen? – Upload a Christmas Flash quiz with picture, audio, Flash movie to Websites. Interesting elements always attract people’s eyes; meanwhile, it is also a good way to increase the traffic. Show the customers what they care and you can also hold a little Christmas quiz competition with award. Seize the chance to increase Christmas sales and enjoy the Christmas!

Party organizers and participants? – Share this multimedia Christmas quiz with other participants. The colorful quiz with vivid elements must surprise the participants in the Christmas party. Who gets the highest score? Who are the winners? Ok, liven up the Christmas party with wisdom and knowledge.

Men looking for fun? – Create a multimedia Christmas Flash quiz, and place it on Webs or your own blogs. Wait for the quiz takers and discuss the feelings about the quiz together with them. Boredom will run away in the Christmas season, because you will get so many internet friends to discuss and compete together on your own topic.

No matter who we are, the multimedia Christmas quiz with picture, audio, and Flash movie is a good catalyst to liven up our Christmas season. Why not try to make one? There are many quiz maker software for us to make a multimedia Christmas Flash quiz, such as QuizCreator. Wish everyone Merry Christmas!

We will see varieties of quizzes online while surfing the Web every day. These quizzes are plain text quizzes, JavaScript quizzes or interactive Flash quizzes. Flash quizzes are matter-of-course the most attractive quizzes to fresh your eyes no matter from its multimedia or interactivity. Now, this article will show you three ways to make an interactive Flash quiz.

Make a Flash quiz with Flash quiz maker
Making quiz with Flash quiz maker is the best way to make a quiz whether from the aspects of easy-to-use or functions. No programing skills required. About functions, Flash quiz maker also supports up to 10 question types. Not only could you set personalized feedbacks and time to each questions and quiz, you also could shuffle and randomize questions and answers. Furthermore, you could create Flash-based quizzes with multimedia elements, such as images, sounds, narrations, Flash movies and so on.  Take QuizCreator for example, you also could track the quiz results without hassles via its free quiz result tracking system.

Make a Flash quiz with Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash is naturally the preferred tool to make Flash quizzes. If you have a good command of scripts, you could make a professional multimedia Flash quiz in minutes. If you don’t understand scripts, here are two ways for you.

1. Make a Flash quiz with Adobe Flash quiz template
   Adobe Flash MX or higher version includes quiz templates to allow users create Flash quiz with 6 interaction types: True/Flase, Fill in the Blank, Multiple Choice, Drag and Drop, Hot Spot and Hot Object. Each template has a different graphical look and feel.  You could create a professional Flash quiz with it easily. Click to view the tutorial about how to create Flash quiz with quiz templates.
   For detailed instructions on how to edit the quiz template to your requirements, learn the official Flash quiz template tutorial at http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/applications/quiz_tutorial/  
2. Create a Flash quiz with ready-made tutorial
   There are many Flash quiz related tutorials on Web, just google “Flash quiz tutorial” you will get more detailed tutorials, such as:
   http://www.tu-world.com/flash/flash_tutorial_08.php
   http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/48/1/Creating-Flash-5-Quizzes/Page1.html 
3. Make a Flash quiz with Scripts
   If you are good at Scripts, using Scripts to create Flash quizzes would be the most ideal way. This way of making quizzes is flexible, you can generate lots of different quiz in different style. Click to view how to create interactive multiple-choice Flash quiz in Adobe Flash CS4.

Make a Flash quiz with screen recorder
Using screen recorder to create interactive Flash quiz or game is an easy way. Many outstanding screen recorders have the quiz creation feature, such as Adobe Captivate and Camtasia. Although such tool is a little higher in price, they are good software for making quiz if you have both tools at hand. In compare, Adobe Captivate is more powerful in creating quiz. It contains advanced quizzing functionality that makes it easy to create your own robust quizzes and assessments with 6 question types.

If you want to use quizzes for assessment, you could use Flash quiz maker to create test for your learner, it will save you a lot of time, and such quiz tools are usually SCORM compliant supported. If you want to create quiz for fun, you could spend much time in learning Adobe Flash to make quizzes. If you have Adobe Captivate or Tech Smith, you could try to use it to make quizzes, it’s amazing!