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How to Make E-Learning So People Really Learn: Q&A With Ethan Edwards

ATD Learning Technologies

Ethan has been designing online instruction for almost 25 years, beginning with work at the PLATO laboratory at the University of Illinois, continuing through positions at Authorware, Macromedia, Microsoft, and as a consultant with a host of top companies in the United States and abroad.

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MICHAEL ALLEN – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS

Learnnovators

Michael Allen, the CEO of Allen Interactions, is known for pioneering multimedia learning technologies, interactive instructional paradigms, and rapid-prototyping processes—bringing each forward into leading corporate enterprises. Authorware merged with MacroMind/Paracomp to become Macromedia, which was later acquired by Adobe.

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Role Models in Educational Technology on Ada Lovelace Day

Janet Clarey

I think our little corner of the blogosphere – the edusphere – has a fair amount of women who understand that “learning technology” encompasses a much broader definition of both learning and technology. Betty Collis , Emeritus Professor, Consultant. Nancy White , Founder at Full Circle Associates, Consultant.

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Future Trends in e-Learning

Vignettes Learning

The new workforce will want a more flexible workplace and may prefer flexibility to higher salary The use of gaming in training or "Nintendo meets Macromedia" is not that far in the future. Videogames can be a powerful way to instill real-world skills," says Geoffrey James in Business 2.0.

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CAMMY BEAN – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS

Learnnovators

In 2009, she helped start up US operations for Kineo , a global provider of learning solutions. The course developers at my first learning company programmed everything from scratch, which we then had transferred onto CD ROMS. At some point, we started using Macromedia Director and that was a huge shift.

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