The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 14, 2016

What most people don't know is Adobe Connect has an easy to use, but feature-light, content management system to deliver courses and curriculums to learners. This workflow has been around for over 10 years from Adobe (well, technically Presedia, then Macromedia, and then Adobe Systems).

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eLearning 24-7

JUNE 11, 2013

Of course if you are in the southern hemisphere it is not summer but fall/winter – sorry folks! With all this fun summer stuff, comes my summer course authoring tool rankings. For those who are in my top ten course authoring tool rankings. #10 Well, it is a fun product to create a course. Why you may ask?

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eLearning Cyclops

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Back when I first started developing e-learning courses, I used Macromedia's Authorware. Almost every course involved using Flash for interactive elements (animations, games, quizzes, simulations, video, etc.). No, I can skip the middle man and produce entire courses in Flash.

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eLearning Cyclops

OCTOBER 11, 2009

They are not stand alone e-learning tools, but together allow me the ability to create effective e-learning courses. And it worked very well with my Macromedia Flash when I was getting started in e-learning. Being able to add quizzes and publish SCORM/AICC compliant courses is a big plus too. old habits are hard to break.

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eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

When courses were needed to be developed and built, anyone who came upon this challenge, realized that the importance of comprehension, retention and synthesis, would be based on the design, mechanisms and delivery of said content. Eventually the land saw Macromedia Breeze and Dreamweaver enter the lands, with these items called templates.

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ATD Learning Technologies

JULY 7, 2016

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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Aptara

JUNE 10, 2019

Since the advent of e-learning, Macromedia products were popular, and enormous quantities of content were generated using platforms like Director and Flash. Scale— Maybe you’ll begin with a few training courses, but at some point in time L&D is expected to convert hundreds or even thousands of hours of training into newer forms.

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Tony Karrer

JUNE 23, 2010

But then I received a great question via a comment: I am a Masters student enrolled in an Instructional Design course with Walden University. Remember End of an Era – Authorware – another Macromedia/Adobe product. I am somewhat new to the field and this article intrigues me. Should I hold off on learning Flash.

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OpenSesame

AUGUST 13, 2012

These units can be arranged in different orders to create multiple courses from the same set of LOs. You can put together these LOs and create different courses that will cater to people who are interested in just surviving and the advanced user who might be interested killing a few zombies, too, in the process.

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SHIFT eLearning

APRIL 24, 2014

The early prototypes were, of course, crude versions of our current personal computers. It was also during the early 90s that many schools that deliver online-only courses were established. In 2005, Adobe bought Macromedia and transformed it into Adobe Flash. Early 1980s: The Introduction of Personal Computers.

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Moodle Journal

SEPTEMBER 16, 2005

Macromedia Flash arrived for the VLE Content Development team, and the Support Workshop requested a support course in Moodle so they can carryout demonstrations for users!! Everything seems to be falling into place.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 1, 2012

He founded the computer-based course authoring tool Authorware in 1984 and later formed Macromedia through a merger which was then bought by Adobe Systems.

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Allison Rossett

MAY 17, 2012

With a network of similar subject matter experts in all subjects (see MIT and Harvard’s new OpenSource college courses for example) and for a variety of demographics, students from around the globe may finally have equal access to the best instruction for their own personal condition.

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Allison Rossett

MAY 17, 2012

With a network of similar subject matter experts in all subjects (see MIT and Harvard’s new OpenSource college courses for example) and for a variety of demographics, students from around the globe may finally have equal access to the best instruction for their own personal condition.

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TechSmith Camtasia

JULY 31, 2013

He was an avid Authorware (Macromedia) developer and has continued on over the years to create many different sources of educational materials including Interactive PDF’s, iBooks, and eBooks. Dave Buell is an IT professional with more than 15 years of experience and has a master’s degree in Information Technology.

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Coassemble

OCTOBER 16, 2020

eLearning is a structured course or learning experience delivered electronically; it can also include performance support content. Think of collegiate universities that offer free online courses that can be accessed and completed by a learner without instructor input. What is eLearning used for today? Corporate eLearning.

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Adobe Captivate

OCTOBER 19, 2009

He was one of the original consultants Macromedia tapped during the Robodemo days. If you deliver courses or training via virtual classrooms, or create asynchronous eLearning content using Adobe Captivate then this session is for you. Rick has been creating eLearning content for decades and is an old hand at Captivate.

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Learnnovators

JANUARY 8, 2015

Authorware merged with MacroMind/Paracomp to become Macromedia, which was later acquired by Adobe. There are other important constructs as well, of course, but CCAF is a pretty surefire path to successful instruction. And, of course, both Authorware and ZebraZapps have won tons of awards as well.

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Learnnovators

JANUARY 7, 2015

Authorware merged with MacroMind/Paracomp to become Macromedia, which was later acquired by Adobe. There are other important constructs as well, of course, but CCAF is a pretty surefire path to successful instruction. And, of course, both Authorware and ZebraZapps have won tons of awards as well.

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Instructional Design Authorware Blended Learning ADDIE 145

Coassemble

OCTOBER 16, 2020

eLearning is a structured course or learning experience delivered electronically; it can also include performance support content. Think of collegiate universities that offer free online courses that can be accessed and completed by a learner without instructor input. What is eLearning used for today? Corporate eLearning.

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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. I managed to have a quick chat with Michael Allen and he explained just what a major undertaking the development of this tool has been.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 18, 2015

If you wanted to build courses, you were required to either learn Flash or hire a Flash programmer. That meant a lot of organizations were shut out of building their own elearning courses. Thus the non-programmer was empowered to create Flash-based courses at a fraction of the cost. Create interactive elearning courses.

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mLearning Revolution

MAY 2, 2012

But of course, there’s a lot more. I really like what Articulate has done regarding publishing to HTML5 and enabling learners to use their iPad to consume courses created in Storyline. User Interface and User Experience. I would like to see Articulate gradually expand beyond the iPad and into other mobile devices over time.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

JULY 30, 2007

I was a very early user of Authorware , Director , and of course, FLASH. beta when Intel partnered with Macromedia to get 3D into Director. So of course I checked out his archives and discovered some very cool stuff. I can't remember how it happened but I became mostly connected with Director. I was involved with the Dir8.5

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Upside Learning

JUNE 15, 2009

Over the last ten years or so, major elearning developers have preferred to use tools like Flash, Authorware and Director from Adobe (earlier Macromedia). As of now, majority of eLearning content is delivered through the web and all audio driven courses require audio to be in sync with the onscreen content (graphics / text animation).

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Upside Learning

JUNE 15, 2009

Over the last ten years or so, major elearning developers have preferred to use tools like Flash, Authorware and Director from Adobe (earlier Macromedia). As of now, majority of eLearning content is delivered through the web and all audio driven courses require audio to be in sync with the onscreen content (graphics / text animation).

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Aptara

AUGUST 24, 2017

In 1996 Macromedia first introduced the Flash Player, developed to play videos, animations, and audio and to support enhanced interactivity in web browsers. It has been the choice of developers over the years to create highly interactive and engaging eLearning courses. You can chunk a longer course into multiple microlearning modules.

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eLearning Development

OCTOBER 17, 2008

This is a huge upgrade, and the first time Adobe has released a unified upgrade for all the Adobe and former Macromedia products. When I have time, I’ll publish some courses and let you know what I think. This tool converts video files to FLV for inclusion in courses. Flash CS4 Professional. Photoshop CS4 Extended.

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Mark Oehlert

OCTOBER 19, 2008

I wonder if part of this is due in part to an out-moded model of instructional design than is focused on industrial-era units of learning like courses and isn't built from an architectural standpoint, to handle the idea of people actually learning vis systems like IM, wikis, blogs, etc. I will say this.whether or not LETSI or SCORM 2.0

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Upside Learning

JUNE 15, 2009

Over the last ten years or so, major elearning developers have preferred to use tools like Flash, Authorware and Director from Adobe (earlier Macromedia). As of now, majority of eLearning content is delivered through the web and all audio driven courses require audio to be in sync with the onscreen content (graphics / text animation).

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Blended Learning eLearning Developer Blended Authoring Tools 100

The Learning Dispatch

JANUARY 3, 2020

that is, Macromedia Flash.). Perhaps consider whether what they’re talking about can apply to course design. the promise of university courses available throughout the world. Have you designed—or are you thinking about designing—an email-based course? Can we use it training? Are we making it as speedy as possible?

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mLearning Revolution

JUNE 9, 2013

In fact I think that most of the new features being promoted by Adobe have been there for a while in competing products like Articulate software, namely the ability to include YouTube videos in a course, as well as embedding a browser session on a slide.

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eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 19, 2010

The RCAT market, regardless if it is fee based or not, has come down to a single key question: What is a WBT course? If a RCAT vendor tells you they have been in business for over 10 years, they are somewhat misleading, since WBT courses really didn’t start to hit the mark until 2000 and then you have limited choices on how to build.

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Breakthrough eLearning

MAY 3, 2006

When an organization faces a real and immediate training challenge that needs to be addressed, the higher-ups do not want to hear things from their training department like "it generally takes us six months to produce an eLearning course," or "you can count on it costing X thousands of dollars per instructional hour." no longer apply.

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mLearning Revolution

JUNE 16, 2012

In following their tweets, they claim that ‘real’ mLearning is pausing a course on the desktop and continuing from there on the iPad is where it’s. Really, isn’t that something we have been doing for years via SCORM for desktops at least? Oh and where’s Tin Can support for tracking mLearning?

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mLearning Revolution

AUGUST 21, 2015

I don’t know much about this partnership, but it appears that Adobe has partnered with the eLearning Brothers in an effort to bring users access to a ton of learning assets (over 25,000), including cutout people, games, interactions, scenarios, course starters and more. I tested this and it works really well! Conclusion.

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mLearning Revolution

JUNE 21, 2012

In my years working for Adobe and Macromedia, one thing I learned was the importance of leveraging technologies from various products across the rest of the company. Of course one could just Preview in a Browser and then manually adjust the width of the browser to see the preview in desktop size, tablet size and smartphone size.

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