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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. As companies tried to figure out how to use these technologies, the onus fell to the learning leaders to answer their questions.”

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My Journey to Apple Products

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

The eMac was a base model Mac that was supposed to be just a web appliance.I that was teaching the course was clueless about technology. Actually, he was clueless about a lot more than just technology. We could learn Hypercard or we could learn Toolbook. I had chosen the corporate track so I selected Toolbook.

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What Do We Mean When We Say HTML5?

The Learning Circuits

One thing that complicates the situation is that the spec is still technically undergoing revision, even as it’s currently being used in web development projects around the world. Another complication is that “HTML5” is often used to refer to a range of modern web technologies. But people who are skilled with the technology can.

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions for 2010

Tony Karrer

But when I do these predictions, I focus on the stuff that’s part of the bigger trends and the potential that these trends have for impacting workplace learning professionals especially around the impact that technology will have. Now, for the pessimists out there – Do you remember back to the really early days of the web?

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Training Standards

Tony Karrer

However, it all settled down to roughly Toolbook, Authorware and IconAuthor. But then along came the web and WBT (web-based training), again huge innovation, lots of tools. When he asks what do we use as the front-end technology and in which case? I used to love these tools. This made us uncomfortable with our choices.

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Shift in eLearning from Pure Courseware towards Reference Hybrids

Tony Karrer

Authorware , Toolbook ) to the new generation of WBT authoring tools (e.g., It is normally a series of web pages, but can be PDF or other document types. It can be created using Wiki software, a content management system, web editing software or even Microsoft Word stored as HTML. Are we just calling these "web pages?"

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GeoLearning Acquired by SumTotal: The mLearning Impact?

mLearning Trends

SumTotal's ToolBook authoring tool, now in version 10.x, There are also hooks in place to allow mobile-ready courses to be accessed by mlearners via a SumTotal LMS via a mobile browser as well but SumTotal has yet to take the leap from "mobile web" delivery into the realm of the "mobile app".