The latest version of Adobe PhotoShop and Flash, Lectora, Adobe Captivate, Plateau (LMS), Adobe Connect, and Saba's Centra to name a few. 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.

And it can be really important if you want to create web sites outside the LMS that might provide context to a set of courses in the LMS. For example, a Plateau case study (PDF) talks about: The biggest benefit Reuters has seen from its Plateau LMS to date is from deep linking functionality. With deep links in Plateau, users can launch content in two or three clicks. I've had a similar discussion several times over the past few months. These discussions center on what requirements should go into an LMS RFP and more broadly how the LMS should really be integrated

That’s the part of the cycle where we get smart about what this technology is really good for, leading to the Plateau of Productivity. by Rich Mesch When Gartner announced their recent report on virtual worlds and business a few days ago, I rather cynically tweeted: “Gartner reports on virtual worlds in business.*Now* Now* can we take it seriously?”