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Things to Consider Before Investing in eLearning Development Tools

Hurix Digital

Flash (SWF files) created a revolution when it was first introduced in the use of graphics and interactive elements; however, it suffered a setback thanks to current trends in eLearning systems and gradually lost relevance. Now it may be that you already have some online courses in Flash. and operating systems such as Windows and MAC.

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The Genericization Of Content

Upside Learning

This proliferation of devices is having a strange ‘dumbing-down’ effect on a lot of the eLearning courseware being created right now. Whatever happened to those interactive engaging pieces of courseware that made one go ‘cool, I like this’; not much of that to be seen. Why do I think this way?

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Considerations in Developing Accessible Courseware

ICS Learning

Adobe Flash, while falling out of favor quickly due to lack of wide mobile support, had made significant improvements to its Accessibility features over the years. In the earlier days of 508 requirements, conventional wisdom was to avoid Flash. Can touch screen keyboards adequately substitute for ‘real’ keyboards?

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How Apple Killed Flash for eLearning (and What to do with All That Non-Compatible Courseware)

eLearningMind

In 2010, Steve Jobs singlehandedly started one of the biggest–OK, maybe the only–software feuds by stating that Apple products wouldn’t support Flash, citing reasons like a high fail rate, lag time, and the overall unnecessary nature of the platform. percent of websites used Flash for multimedia applications. Today, only 10.7

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What Is Mobile Learning (mLearning? +Benefits, Tools)

WhatFix

Back to Blog Employee Training What Is Mobile Learning (mLearning? Benefits, Tools) February 6, 2023 Disha Gupta Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Mobile learning has been around since the early 2000s, but soared in popularity post-COVID when companies transitioned to remote work. What is Mobile Learning?

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Should I Convert or Update My Flash Course?

eLearningMind

The verdict is in, and it looks like HTML5 has officially dethroned Flash as development language of choice. Unfortunately, if you developed your eLearning in Flash, that can leave much of your current courseware and eLearning modules out of date and incompatible with many of your learners’ devices.

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Mobile Learning Moves the Evolution of Authoring Tools

Association eLearning

Also, since projections currently show that the web will be accessed by more mobile devices than desktops by 2014, this post will also explain how D2W has been designed to help authors create and distribute engaging eLearning anywhere… well, almost anywhere. Mobile Learning Moves the Evolution of Authoring Tools - October 9, 2012.