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Is HTML5 Ready for eLearning Development?

Upside Learning

Last week, while justifying Apple’s refusal to allow Flash player on iPhone/iPad, Steve Jobs wrote– “ New open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win on mobile devices (and PCs too) ”. A few browsers like Firefox support Ogg Theora (an open source format) while others like Safari support H.264

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9 Free Tools That Help Me Build Better E-Learning

Rapid eLearning

Audacity is an open source audio editor. For rapid elearning converting to the SWF and FLV Flash formats are important and Format Factory supports this. I mainly use it to convert FLV to other media for easy editing since I can’t find an easy FLV editor. SWF Player. SWF Player lets you view Flash SWF files.

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How to Speak Like an eLearning Pro

OpenSesame

This is done by using ‘Flash Player’, a program available for free download from the Adobe website. Approximately 95% of the PCs in the world have flash player installed. Open source authoring tools include CourseLab , CALI Author , eXe etc. Flash allows development of animated content that can be played using a browser.

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Great FREE Software Downloads

The eLearning Coach

It’s open source software, yet actually has some Help documentation. VIDEO PLAYERS AND CONVERTERS. FLV Player. If your a multimedia maven, then you need to play FLV files. You can download the free FLV player at CNET. VLC Media Player. Free, open source and all that good stuff.

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Over 75 Free Rapid E-Learning Resources

Rapid eLearning

Audacity : free open source audio recording and editing software. Preview Flash content on your computer: SWF Player and FLV Player [ original post ]. Samson Go Mic : I get lots of questions asking about a good mic for about $50. This is the one I use. original post ]. original post ]. original post ].

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E-learning Development: Selecting the Right Audio, Video, and Image Format

CommLab India

Video (Ctrl+Alt+V) formats include SWF, FLV, F4V, AVI, MP4, MOV, and 3GP. SWF: (Shockwave Flash) It contains vector designs, animations, audio, and videos for web browsers using Flash player). AIFF: Uncompressed formats, which means they are exact copies of the original source audio. F4V supports H.264.). Lectora 16.

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