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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. Boring instruction ranges in effectiveness, but resides in the area of a total waste of time to an unfortunate loss of opportunity.

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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. Boring instruction ranges in effectiveness, but resides in the area of a total waste of time to an unfortunate loss of opportunity.

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Mobile Learning Moves the Evolution of Authoring Tools

Association eLearning

In response to the demand for more accessible authoring tools, Authorware was born. Using Authorware , learning professionals could create learning programs with hyper-simplistic designs, primarily through dragging and dropping icons. So, simplicity was there for the author, but at the cost of effective learner engagement.

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The Content Conversion Cause - Abhijit Kadle

Aptara

Over the last five years, we’ve seen that change because of efficient and effective rapid authoring tools. It is far more cost-effective and quicker to convert content than to develop it from scratch, which requires effort that may be better spent on business-critical training. legacy tools/platforms (Authorware, Director, etc.)

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PowerPoint – The King of eLearning Tools?

eLearning Brothers

I “grew-up&# in eLearning world using Director/Authorware and then moving into Flash/HTML (PPT was “off-limits&# ). I have come to appreciate that with some good thought and instructional design you can use most any tool to a decent level of effectiveness. Seems cliché but maybe it’s not about the tool.

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What should we do?

eLearning 24-7

Should I write how EdTech scored a huge F this past year, with their continued believe that synchronous based learning is effective? Should I write that way too many vendors think one session to train your administrator(s) is enough to learn the system and if they want more they pay for it?

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5 Simple Ways to Get Started with E-Learning Development - The Rapid eLearning Blog

Rapid eLearning

Feel free to recommend other good books in the comments section. Compared to building courses in Flash or Authorware, the rapid elearning tools are easy to use. Take Advantage of the Free Stuff. There are lots of good free resources available that will help you grow in your skills. Collect free resources.