On Converting Flash to HTML
The limitations of browsers and the HTML5 spec mean you can’t expect a fully 1:1 conversion from Flash to HTML, regardless of libraries like CreateJS.
Cleaning up Adobe Captivate’s SCORM Publishing Template, Part 2: HTML
In part one of this series, we published a simple Captivate course and examined its file structure. In this part, we’ll take an in-depth look at the HTML generated by Captivate (using the SCORM 2004 publishing template) and clean it up as much as we can.
Cleaning up Adobe Captivate’s SCORM Publishing Template, Part 1: Introduction
In this multi-part series, I will walk through the files Captivate outputs when publishing to SCORM 2004, pointing out the bad parts and suggesting alternatives when needed. At the end of the series, I will provide a fully-functional SCORM 2004 publishing template you can use with Captivate 5.5.
Using the object element to dynamically embed Flash SWFs in Internet Explorer
This is a journey into the madness of Internet Explorer. Yes, there is a happy ending.
SOAP for SCORM
At DevLearn 2010, Ben Clark and I presented a session named SOAP for SCORM on behalf of LETSI. The topic was the LETSI Run-Time Web Service (RTWS), a proposed modification of SCORM to use SOAP for communication rather than the current JavaScript model. I presented the first half of the session, covering the basic “what” and “why” ideas while Ben covered the technical details (“how”) in the second half.
Dear Apple and Adobe
Neither of you are choir boys, and I’m fed up with your bickering.
Speaking of IMS…
The IMS wants your personal information before they’ll let you read their public standards.
IMS issues press release for new e-learning interoperability standards
If the new standards are written as poorly as this press release, it’s going to be 1,000 pages of useless spec.
Best Practices in E-Learning
There’s a big difference between best practices in terms of learning theory — something that’s difficult to quantify and/or prove — and technology.