eLearning software development companies are selling the heck out their software and upgrades are popping out like crazy. At that time, I called it "Should I advertise the tools" and I was wondering if I should advertise that I develop in Lectora, Captivate and others. need to push the envelope regarding software capabilities and be creative within the limitations of the tools so that I don't just quickly schlop the project together. On July 11th, 2007 the term Crapid eLearning was introduced by Tom Kuhlmann from Articulate . He introduced the term in his blog

Third, our students work with software currently used in the field to create online learning. The latest version of Adobe PhotoShop and Flash, Lectora, Adobe Captivate, Plateau (LMS), Adobe Connect, and Saba's Centra to name a few. From writing books to presenting at international conferences the faculty stay involved in the field and work hard to stay current with the latest theories and software. The discussion that Cammy Bean and I have gotten into concerning " Accidental Instructional Designers " and When " Accidental Instructional Designers become Intentional " has brought about a number of interesting discussions about the skills of ID people and what ID programs should look like and I realized that: People who haven't been in Bloomsburg's ID program don't realize what we teach in our ID program There seem to be ID programs out there that fall short and that is giving people an unrealistic image of what a quality ID program really is.

However, my experience is that if you want sophisticated or slick-looking/functioning e-Learning, you won’t want to use the development software of an LCMS. Although huge strides have been made in improvements of this software, it is still necessary to incorporate Flash elements to get that slick movement and learner interaction that only Flash offers. As I step down from my “Flash soap box”, It seems important to begin this post with a disclaimer…this is my “multimedia developer” opinion. You’ve been warned.