Clive on Learning

JANUARY 22, 2012

As Managing Director of Publishing for Epic, back in the 1990s, I was involved in quite a few CD-ROM projects that mirrored quite closely was is envisioned for the iPad. True we were restricted to distributing on PCs via the offline medium of a laserdisc, but the creative product was almost identical.

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CD-ROM Authoring iPad Apple 71

Clive on Learning

AUGUST 5, 2010

Ten years ago, all we had, at least as far as workplace e-learning was concerned, was interactive tutorials, very closely resembling the computer-based training materials that we had previously experienced on CD-ROM and videodisc. Is this formal content with high production values, or is it just 'good enough' and rapidly-produced?

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CD-ROM Content Learning Objects Social Media 82

Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 31, 2017

For close to forty years we have witnessed little change in the way these modules are designed, developed and displayed, even though the delivery channel has shifted from floppy disk to videodisc, from CD-ROM to the web browser. That is until now. Let’s just remind ourselves of the traditional approach. Business as usual.

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CD-ROM LMS Module Slides 45

Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 31, 2017

For close to forty years we have witnessed little change in the way these modules are designed, developed and displayed, even though the delivery channel has shifted from floppy disk to videodisc, from CD-ROM to the web browser. That is until now. Let’s just remind ourselves of the traditional approach. Business as usual.

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CD-ROM LMS Module Slides 40

Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Michael was, of course, the creator of Authorware, a highly powerful tool from the CD-ROM era, which Adobe eventually gave up on after they inherited it from Macromedia. You can storyboard and prototype directly in the tool, as you iterate towards a launchable product. Animation tools includes.

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Authoring Tools CD-ROM Authorware Macromedia 73

Clive on Learning

JUNE 13, 2007

Adobe professional design products are incredibly sexy, but not for the feint-hearted. You can't just feel your way around these products and some sort of structured education really pays off. The book sits underneath my monitor and I complete the exercises using the illustrations supplied on the accompanying CD-ROM.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 20, 2005

I was introduced to the dubious joys of computing back in 1980, by a video engineer that I had employed to set up and run a production studio within the training department for which I was responsible. But by the late 1980s, CD-ROM had taken the place of videodisc, media went digital, and they took our video away.

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