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Adobe Captivate 5: The Mother of All Upgrades!

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

Gone are the dreaded windowshade buttons that were made popular by the late, great Macromedia. Those of you who don't know the history might be surprised to learn that Captivate was once owned by Macromedia before Macromedia got swallowed up by Adobe.) Click here for details on the Advanced class.

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How to Make E-Learning So People Really Learn: Q&A With Ethan Edwards

ATD Learning Technologies

Ethan has been designing online instruction for almost 25 years, beginning with work at the PLATO laboratory at the University of Illinois, continuing through positions at Authorware, Macromedia, Microsoft, and as a consultant with a host of top companies in the United States and abroad.

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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. MA: SAM doesn’t rely on specification documents to communicate designs, nor does it require exhaustive work at each prerequisite phase.

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My daughter, poster child for 21st Century learning

Allison Rossett

He has been a speaker at Macromedia/Adobe User Conventions, NASA and the East Coast Games Conference; and was the 2011 recipient of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology Immersive Learning Award. Ken is a 27 year veteran in animation, 2D/3D entertainment, business games and simulations.

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My daughter, poster child for 21st Century learning

Allison Rossett

He has been a speaker at Macromedia/Adobe User Conventions, NASA and the East Coast Games Conference; and was the 2011 recipient of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology Immersive Learning Award. Ken is a 27 year veteran in animation, 2D/3D entertainment, business games and simulations.

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Storyline and ZebraZapps: seriously powerful, seriously simple

Clive on Learning

Next up is ZebraZapps from Allen Communications. Michael was, of course, the creator of Authorware, a highly powerful tool from the CD-ROM era, which Adobe eventually gave up on after they inherited it from Macromedia. Authorware was a serious tool that you could use for serious projects, but with a friendly interface.

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What is eLearning?

Coassemble

eHelp was acquired by Macromedia in 2003, and then in 2005, Adobe acquired Macromedia. Another great example is corporate team leaders providing eLearning content to new hires on communication policies. Once complete, Adobe converted the authoring tool in what is known today as Adobe Captivate.