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Three Secrets to Memorable eLearning Experiences

eLearning Brothers

I’ve used everything from Authorware to PowerPoint to create materials. Will your program teach people how to use a device or software program? What is eLearning, really? For the last ten years, I’ve developed training in some capacity. For example, will the content translate well as a space journey or a treasure adventure?

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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. Learnnovators: You are known for your role as the primary architect in creating Authorware ― one of the most successful authoring tools ever created.

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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. Learnnovators: You are known for your role as the primary architect in creating Authorware ? Authors tend to do what tools make easy.

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Lessons from the past

dVinci Interactive

Other technological improvements followed rapidly – Windows 95 was a game-changer, as was the introduction of the PC authoring system Toolbook along with cross-platform tools like Director and Authorware. The answer then as now has much more to do with the art of teaching than the technology itself. And then do it all over again.

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

Kapp Notes

He founded the computer-based course authoring tool Authorware in 1984 and later formed Macromedia through a merger which was then bought by Adobe Systems. I used to teach ADDIE to both my graduate students and corporate teams. A process is appraised by the quality of its output and efficiency in producing a quality product.

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Three Takeaways Today

eLearning 24-7

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.

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My Journey to Apple Products

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

that was teaching the course was clueless about technology. As I went through the program I later learned Authorware and Director.but all on the PC. FLASHBACK I think it was 1993 when I left my career in broadcasting to pursue a Masters Degree in Ed Tech. Actually, he was clueless about a lot more than just technology.

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