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Summer Course Authoring Tool Rankings – Top Ten

eLearning 24-7

With all this fun summer stuff, comes my summer course authoring tool rankings. For those who are in my top ten course authoring tool rankings. #10 Assessment tool including randomization. Assessment tool and question bank. Curatr’s product is one of the new hybrid authoring systems to hit the market.

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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

The other day, I was listening to an audiobook, and the author spoke about ideas. I thought about this, as you can tell, and said to myself, okay, let’s write a post where the e-learning history and thus learning systems, authoring tools, and alike are intertwined with good and bad ideas. At the time, I hated it.

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How to Prepare for the End of the Flash

Magic EdTech

These organizations have been developing Flash content for education since Macromedia offered Flash 1.0 In a former life as a product of FutureWave Software, Flash was known as SmartSketch, graphics editor pen computing on the Mac. In 1996, Macromedia bought FutureSplash and renamed it Flash. What exactly is Flash?

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A Conversation with Michael Allen–ADDIE, SAM & the Future of ID

Kapp Notes

He is the author of seven book including a best-seller on creating effective e-learning and in has received ASTD’s Distinguished Contribution to Workplace Learning and Performance Award in 2011. Rapid development tools and their promoters are, in my opinion, much at fault here. I began research to study the ADDIE process we were using.

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Michael Allen – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

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. As we know, Authorware became a groundbreaking authoring tool combining power and ease of use, and ultimately the industry standard.

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MICHAEL ALLEN – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS

Learnnovators

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. one of the most successful authoring tools ever created. Beyond our wildest dreams, it quickly became a universal standard.

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How to Speak Like an eLearning Pro

OpenSesame

For example, having learners practice in a software “sandbox” instead of using the actual software. Flash : Flash is a technology platform originally developed by Macromedia and later acquired and developed by Adobe systems. This format was originally designed by a company called FutureWave Software.