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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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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. If ADDIE produces the products you want, does so comfortably, and works effectively with the constraints you work with, I’d stick with ADDIE.

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

Rapid eLearning

E-Learning and the Science of Instruction : A terrific book that explains the research behind why you should and shouldn’t design your course a certain way. Compared to building courses in Flash or Authorware, the rapid elearning tools are easy to use. This isn’t an exhaustive list. Play Around with the Software.

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions for 2010

Tony Karrer

It puts forward lots of suggestions for how knowledge workers can leverage technology to make themselves more effective. And the first experiences as you tried to move your Authorware, IconAuthor or Toolbook course to run using their new web delivery solution? It was terrible! It was a major step back. A lot like Jack.

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Wanted – Instructional Designer

eLearning 24-7

Anyone who used Authorware can attest to that. When a vendor uses slides as part of their course design approach they are doing you and the person building the course (if not one and the same) a major disservice and fueling the misunderstanding about effective course design. the person creating it. . Bottom Line.

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2008 - MMVIII eLearning Year in Review

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

Authorware officially dies (actually this post is from 2007) while Director11 is (re)born. Dan wow-ed us with the simplisity of imagery for effective learning. Shouldn't we be more interested in "effective communication" no matter what form it takes? Opensource lego-style mobile gadgetry goodness. Okay, hold the phone.