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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. Michael Allen and I sit down and discuss the Zebra program at ASTD conference way back in 2011. Our first thought was to build a better programming language than the one PLATO had.

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The Content Conversion Cause - Abhijit Kadle

Aptara

Since the advent of e-learning, Macromedia products were popular, and enormous quantities of content were generated using platforms like Director and Flash. L&D cannot stop the creation of new training programs and focus on conversion/migration because it will affect business performance for years to come. Information Technology.

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How to Speak Like an eLearning Pro

OpenSesame

Scenarios : Scenarios are constructed situations that enable learners to put information into the context in which they might actually use the new skills. Since the human brain learns new things using association, scenarios help learners perceive information in a manner that they can retain easily and use long after they take the course.

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Michael Allen – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

Authorware merged with MacroMind/Paracomp to become Macromedia, which was later acquired by Adobe. Research on human learning can be quite informative, but research on instruction is difficult because of the many circumstantial variables that have impact. Being able to edit a program while it continues to execute is one of them.

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MICHAEL ALLEN – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS

Learnnovators

Authorware merged with MacroMind/Paracomp to become Macromedia, which was later acquired by Adobe. Research on human learning can be quite informative, but research on instruction is difficult because of the many circumstantial variables that have impact. Being able to edit a program while it continues to execute is one of them.

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ScreencastCamper Profiles 2013: Dave Buell

TechSmith Camtasia

Dave Buell is an IT professional with more than 15 years of experience and has a master’s degree in Information Technology. He has been authoring, directing, and producing many different eLearning and interactive training programs for over a decade. Alright, and a follow up: how did you get so handy with TechSmith products?!