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How to Become a Digital CLO

CLO Magazine

In 1994, software company Asymetrix released ToolBook, a computer-based training authoring tool that made it possible for virtually anyone to create web-based training programs. Develop a New Skill Set. Over time that forced CLOs to adopt new skill sets and build stronger relationships with the IT team.

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Authoring Tool Trends for 2017

eLearning 24-7

I suspect some vendors might tie it together in some pricing approach, giving an appearance that it is free. . The buzz word “Mobile First” is already in play in the LMS world and now it is appearing more frequently in the authoring tool space, especially among SaaS vendors. No shock here. Yeah, got it. Basic 2 Advanced.

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions for 2010

Tony Karrer

And the first experiences as you tried to move your Authorware, IconAuthor or Toolbook course to run using their new web delivery solution? We need to find lots of opportunities for ourselves and then we need to look at how to move those skills into our organizations. It was terrible! It was a major step back.

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The King is Dead

eLearning 24-7

The King was pushed over the walls by poor design, irrelevancy to the subject and ghastly to say, indifference among various vendors. No one say a traveling band of instructional designers on their way to Canterbury, including said one called Chaucer, had the skill sets to build those courses. Nay, said another person standing near me.

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A Brief Historical Look at Corporate Training

Litmos

ith Windows based PCs dominating the workplace, the cofounder of Microsoft Paul Allen launched an authoring tool business called Asymetrix with their flagship product Toolbook. government, which drove vendor companies and enterprise training departments to adopt the standard as well.

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Rapid Content Authoring Tools: Market, Mayhem and Reality

eLearning 24-7

This is a growing market with new vendors showing up, but at the same time, others disappearing. If a RCAT vendor tells you they have been in business for over 10 years, they are somewhat misleading, since WBT courses really didn’t start to hit the mark until 2000 and then you have limited choices on how to build. That was then.

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List of e-Learning Job Descriptions

Vignettes Learning

Plans for capital spending, staffing, training, skills acquisition, organization of the team, managing e-learning project teams. Good organization skills, time management, and the ability to juggle multiple tasks are all prerequisites of an effective project manager. Other language skills welcome, but not required.