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eLearning Guild Authoring & Development Tools Research Report (2008)

Learning Visions

WebEx 7% Also on this list ToolBook Instructor Rapid Intake – Flashform Camtasia ToolBook Assistant Raptivity Firefly Skillsoft Lectora (Open Office) Keynote Brainshark Presentations Captivate’s at the top of the list of what’s IN someone’s toolbox, but it’s not the one that’s necessarily used the most.

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How to Become a Digital CLO

CLO Magazine

In 1994, software company Asymetrix released ToolBook, a computer-based training authoring tool that made it possible for virtually anyone to create web-based training programs. Varma had to recreate the learning organization to be relevant to all employees — not just those in the Western Hemisphere. “It

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions for 2010

Tony Karrer

One of the common reasons I hear from knowledge workers inside large organizations for not following the suggestions I provide is that the organization itself puts up barriers to working this way. Now, for the pessimists out there – Do you remember back to the really early days of the web? It was terrible!

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Shift in eLearning from Pure Courseware towards Reference Hybrids

Tony Karrer

Authorware , Toolbook ) to the new generation of WBT authoring tools (e.g., It is normally a series of web pages, but can be PDF or other document types. It can be created using Wiki software, a content management system, web editing software or even Microsoft Word stored as HTML. Are we just calling these "web pages?"

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mLearning Content Types - Level 5: Courseware

mLearning Trends

Until recently, this type of content, while easily accessible over the mobile web, was actually one of the most difficult types of learning to try and deploy out to a mobile device. As with elearning, HTML provides a platform to create content from the simplest of page-turners to a highly interactive learning experience.

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A Brief Historical Look at Corporate Training

Litmos

It was a time of flannel shirts, grunge music, OJ Simpson, The Rachel hair style, Sony Playstation, Linux, the World Wide Web, and CBT transitioning to WBT. ith Windows based PCs dominating the workplace, the cofounder of Microsoft Paul Allen launched an authoring tool business called Asymetrix with their flagship product Toolbook.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Memoirs of an "Instructional Designer"

Learning Visions

Didnt make the transition to the web and got lost in the bubble. I learned Toolbook and Authorware on my own while in the program. I was one of the few in my program that had media production, programming, graphics design, and web skills. So at age 54 I am in the process of learning advanced level web development skills.