Wonderful Brain

MARCH 27, 2014

An entire industry has been built around PowerPoint (by example) as the foundation for programs like Articulate. And the tide is with them since money flows downhill from big corporate enterprises and their subordinate constituencies. Better, faster, cheaper.

Design 64

Design Courseware Instructional Design Mashups 64

Wonderful Brain

OCTOBER 26, 2012

And for training, the contemporary tool of choice is Articulate. I harbor a patent dislike for packaged authoring tools like Articulate. Nothing wrong with that except for three insurmountable issues: The first being Articulate and other analogues, encourages anyone to believe they know how to create learning.

Articulate 51

Articulate Authoring Tools Flash to HTML5 Conversion Cognitive 51

Wonderful Brain

APRIL 11, 2011

In other words, anyone can learn, by example, Articulate or Adobe Connect to develop credible learning. Cost savings in the corporate mindset are justified because there is no hard evidence a custom design really does THAT much more than a bunch of Captivates, glued on to a PowerPoint with sound. Sometimes off the shelf makes sense.

Corporate eLearning 77

Corporate eLearning Flash to HTML5 Conversion Pinnacle Courseware 77