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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

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There is always one person who comes up with the idea in the workplace or out of it, for that matter. Sure, others may get involved (the usual case at a company), but there is still initially one person who thought of it. I was using DazzlerMax and Authorware, which are superior offerings for creating courses.

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In Memory – Corporate Instructional Designers

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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.

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The ongoing work of learning standards

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You could use any of the many authoring tools, such as Authorware, but you needed an appropriate player. The problem with committee work is well known; in this case vendors who participated wanted the standard to make it easy for their content to be made compliant. Vendors got on board, and SCORM became a more-or-less viable mechanism.

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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

CBT Prior to online learning known then as WBT, and then the latter term of e-learning (vendors today, use it to refer to content that is online), there was CBT. I found that if people knew the trainer was an employee, the scores tended to be higher – due to the fear that the person would be fired if the scores were low.

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Learning System TrailBlazers – Who’s Next?

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I personally think what has hurt them in the greater market is the push by so many vendors (some of which are legit competitors) to refer to them as “traditional”, citing how long they have been around. And thus, you – as a vendor that strongly plays there, you have to add it too. Here then are my four.

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Three Takeaways Today

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In the early days of e-learning course creation, you could either use your in-house instructional designer(s), self-teach yourself Authorware, DazzlerMax, and similar tools – or have your in-house ID person do it for you, outsource development to a 3rd party aka custom development for your proprietary course. Lots to like.

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Q&A from Blog Readers on E-Learning

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My latest take on those three vendors (plus one) are: Cornerstone On Demand – I have seen the new UI and I like what I saw. Some have ads, which can be a downer for some folks, others require the person to either use VOIP or call in with a non toll free number. . Especially when some vendors use Rackspace or other server farms.