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In Memory – Corporate Instructional Designers

eLearning 24-7

The idea of rapid content authoring, was non-existent. The dominating authoring tool by far, was Authorware. The idea of a rapid content authoring tool, whereas anyone could build a course quickly was appalling to everyone who built courses. Other course authoring tools started to appear right after Authorware.

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Michael Allen – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

He was the founder and CEO of Authorware, a revolutionary eLearning authoring tool. Authorware merged with MacroMind/Paracomp to become Macromedia, which was later acquired by Adobe. As we know, Authorware became a groundbreaking authoring tool combining power and ease of use, and ultimately the industry standard.

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MICHAEL ALLEN – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS

Learnnovators

He was the founder and CEO of Authorware, a revolutionary eLearning authoring tool. Authorware merged with MacroMind/Paracomp to become Macromedia, which was later acquired by Adobe. one of the most successful authoring tools ever created. Authors tend to do what tools make easy.

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Cultivating capability with Walmart’s Brandon Carson

CLO Magazine

As vice president of learning and leadership and head of the global leadership academy for Walmart, founder of L&D Cares and author on the future of learning and development, Brandon Carson stays provocative in the industry. ” Over 20 years in California, Carson worked with tech companies such as Google, Macromedia and Adobe.

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The brand new Captivate 9 puts Adobe years ahead of the competition

mLearning Revolution

Back in 2012 you would have been hard-pressed to find anything exciting in version 6 of Adobe Captivate, in fact most of the cool stuff at the time was coming from Adobe’s competitors, namely Articulate with their new Storyline software and their latest iteration of Articulate Studio. Other noteworthy features in Adobe Captivate 9.

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CAMMY BEAN – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS

Learnnovators

Cammy is the author of The Accidental Instructional Designer: Learning Design for the Digital Age - second edition (ATD Press, 2023). We were just starting to use computers in the workplace and people were still trying to figure out how to click a mouse and display a drop-down list on a software screen.

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