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.
What feature is missing from your e-learning development tool?
I’m curious about what people are looking for in their e-learning authoring tools.
Not so crazy about Moodle? Try Chamilo
Tired of Moodle? Former Dokeos developers have forked Dokeos’ open-source code and used it to create a new LMS named Chamilo. It’s basically Dokeos under-the-hood, but with newer features and a new direction.
DevLearn 2009 Recap
When I think of DevLearn 2009 I think of two things: Social media gone wild, and hallway conversations.
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.
CaptivateController updated
The CaptivateController has been updated to fix the gotoSlideAndPlay and gotoSlideAndStop bugs.
Introducing the CaptivateController
It took me much much longer than I anticipated, but I am happy to announce the new CaptivateController utility.
This controller is not a simple rehash of the original pipwerks.captivate.control utility; it is a complete re-write that adds a number of extra features.
Captivate 4 variables gone wild
The folks at Adobe recently published a list of Captivate 4 variables. While it’s a solid list, it’s not really a complete list.
The pipwerks forum is dead, long live the new eLearning Technology and Development Google Group!
I’d like to say thank you to all the people who posted in the pipwerks forum, and invite you to join me in the new eLearning Technology and Development group.
I’d also like to ask anyone and everyone who develops e-learning to drop by and sign up for the eLearning Technology and Development group. Ask questions — lots of questions — and let’s see if we can get a good community going!
Adobe eLearning Suite and Captivate 4 released
Adobe has officially announced Captivate 4 and the Adobe eLearning Suite. My first thought upon finding out about the eLearning Suite a few months ago: “Why should I buy the eLearning Suite if since I already have CS3/CS4? The only real difference seems to be the inclusion of Captivate, which I can get separately, and Presenter, which I probably won’t even use.” The answer is…