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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) ”. Clearly Apple is backing HTML 5, CSS 3 and JavaScript for developing future web applications.

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Updates On HTML5 From Google I/O

Upside Learning

In one of my earlier post I have mentioned that HTML5 specifications lack in defining the audio/video format so different browsers support different video [Ogg Theora and H.264] 264] formats making HTML5 development time consuming. Related posts: Is HTML5 Ready for eLearning Development?

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HTML 5 and eLearning Development

Upside Learning

Those of you have heard of HTML 5 will know it’s a new version of HTML and XHTML being promoted by Google and Apple in a bid to move the web away from proprietary technologies like Flash, Silverlight and JavaFX. It makes HTML more powerful by adding new elements like video and audio. How does HTML 5 affect eLearning Development?

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What’s New in Adobe eLearning Suite2?

Upside Learning

Here is the list of popular tools in eLearning Suite 2 with the video of new features –. Captivate CS5 in eLearning Suite2 has become the center of workflow for developing eLearning content. Here’s a video demonstrating the new features of eLearning Suite 2 and Captivate CS5 –.

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HTML 5 and eLearning Development

Upside Learning

Those of you have heard of HTML 5 will know it’s a new version of HTML and XHTML being promoted by Google and Apple in a bid to move the web away from proprietary technologies like Flash, Silverlight and JavaFX. It makes HTML more powerful by adding new elements like video and audio. How does HTML 5 affect eLearning Development?

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The Sound of Silence | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

The usual rationale given for why eLearning needs both text and audio is that it accommodates multiple learning styles. These are serious questions that deserve serious consideration, but unfortunately they don’t always get it. Because that’s what clients have come to expect, and because it looks professional.

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Flash: an End of an Era – What You Need To Know

Aptara

In 1996 Macromedia first introduced the Flash Player, developed to play videos, animations, and audio and to support enhanced interactivity in web browsers. Over the years web browsers matured and so did Flash Player, which became the most widely used plug-in to play multimedia elements on a web page.