Kapp Notes
OCTOBER 1, 2012
He founded the computer-based course authoring tool Authorware in 1984 and later formed Macromedia through a merger which was then bought by Adobe Systems. Apparently the book has stirred a little controversy around the topic of ADDIE. So my first question is “what’s wrong with ADDIE?”. I felt I was sharing the best process.
Learnnovators
JANUARY 8, 2015
He was the founder and CEO of Authorware, a revolutionary eLearning authoring tool. Authorware merged with MacroMind/Paracomp to become Macromedia, which was later acquired by Adobe. Learnnovators: You are known for your role as the primary architect in creating Authorware ― one of the most successful authoring tools ever created.
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Learnnovators
JANUARY 7, 2015
He was the founder and CEO of Authorware, a revolutionary eLearning authoring tool. Authorware merged with MacroMind/Paracomp to become Macromedia, which was later acquired by Adobe. Learnnovators: You are known for your role as the primary architect in creating Authorware ? Authors tend to do what tools make easy.
eLearning 24-7
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
The dominating authoring tool by far, was Authorware. Authorware usage and fan base made Storyline supporters and usage look like a rock stage at a state fair. There are even fans today of Authorware, who if it was still around, would bounce right into it. Other course authoring tools started to appear right after Authorware.
dVinci Interactive
MARCH 23, 2012
Other technological improvements followed rapidly – Windows 95 was a game-changer, as was the introduction of the PC authoring system Toolbook along with cross-platform tools like Director and Authorware. Back then there were no instructional models to follow like ADDIE, Kemp, Gagne, Bloom, and Mager.
Challenge to Learn
MARCH 21, 2015
He is also the one that made agile e-Learning development main stream with his book Leaving ADDIE for SAM. ADDIE is the ‘old’ approach of building eLearning through the so called waterfall model, Sam use agile principles that come out of the world of software development. There is nothing like it. But that is not all.
eLearning 24-7
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
The majority of people creating the courses used authoring tools, such as Authorware (difficult to learn, but robust), Dazzler Max (I used it, learning curve though), Lectora (difficult to learn) and many others that existed then. Everyone I knew, followed the ADDIE approach. Instructional design was actually being used.
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