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How to Prepare for the End of the Flash

Magic EdTech

These organizations have been developing Flash content for education since Macromedia offered Flash 1.0 In 1996, Macromedia bought FutureSplash and renamed it Flash. During its heyday, Flash was the “be all and end all” for web interactivity and it was at this time that Adobe bought Macromedia. rendering Flash an anachronism. .

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My life…in elearning

Learning Visions

It sounded really glamorous to me. We had moved away from proprietary and were now using Macromedia Director. I had never sent an email; I had never made a call on a mobile phone. 15 years ago I got a job as an instructional designer/multimedia producer at a company that created training programs delivered on CD ROMS.

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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. Sounds simple, right?

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In Memory – Corporate Instructional Designers

eLearning 24-7

A product called Macromedia Flash (being used with web sites) became a go to for course development. Macromedia Dreamweaver came out with templates. They lack the basics of sound training and learning development. Other course authoring tools started to appear right after Authorware. I used DazzlerMax. Storyboards were common.

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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. Individualization was a key concept. And we proved with the primitive computing capabilities we had, that great things could come of this.

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How to Speak Like an eLearning Pro

OpenSesame

For novices, it can be difficult to get started when the response to a simple question is laden with what sounds like absolute gibberish: “No problem! Flash : Flash is a technology platform originally developed by Macromedia and later acquired and developed by Adobe systems. The company was later acquired by Macromedia.

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The Year in Learning: 2019 Edition

The Learning Dispatch

Do you design sound? Also from Google, their new Material Sound guidelines discuss the effective use of sound and silence. that is, Macromedia Flash.). Do you design data as part of the training you develop? You might want to take a look at Google’s six rules for great data design. Learning Experience.