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In Memory – Corporate Instructional Designers

eLearning 24-7

E-Learning developers – again, common term. Boutique shops for custom course development were springing up faster than you could say Sock Puppet (Pets.com). The dominating authoring tool by far, was Authorware. Authorware usage and fan base made Storyline supporters and usage look like a rock stage at a state fair.

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The ongoing work of learning standards

Litmos

Consider the internet; developments on top of the TCP/IP protocol like SMTP and HTML allowed a variety of tools to work together to bring us email and the world wide web. Initially, when you developed eLearning, you were pretty much dependent on the tool you developed it in. They make working together easier. Learning Standards.

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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

Someone came up with the idea to create templates for developing courses quickly – and no, it wasn’t someone from Adobe or Articulate. However, ND never hit its stride and had the potential to do so – the very first vendor, whereas you could use part of it via a jump drive (true). I never tested it, but they noted it.

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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

eLearning 24-7

I personally think what has hurt them in the greater market is the push by so many vendors (some of which are legit competitors) to refer to them as “traditional”, citing how long they have been around. Skills building/development/ongoing feature sets are awesome. They are a 100% Talent Development Platform.

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What should we do?

eLearning 24-7

Should I write that the reason VR has not taken off is due to the reality that great VR content requires custom development which easily can run into the 100 of thousands of dollars? Should I write that some vendors charge as low at 10 thousand dollars and others a King’s ransom?

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The Content Conversion Cause - Abhijit Kadle

Aptara

A large library of content developed using tools on the verge of expiry and delivered on platforms facing obsolescence will be a significant challenge for learning and development teams in large organizations for years to come. Engagement Type —Would you collaborate closely with the outsourcing vendor? Will you be ready?

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Adobe Summit Day 2 - Authorware and the future of e-Learning

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

Adobe eLearning Solutions So, Ellen is talking about Authorware and IT's future in eLearning: 6 part plan 1)Business continuity 2)conversion 3)migration 4)enablement 5)develop the next gen leanring content authoring 6)improved communication Tom KIng will be acting as the Liaison for Adobe and the Authorware community to help this transition process.