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.
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!
Lines in the sand
Being an idealist, I eagerly bought into what was being covered in grad school. I believed (and still do, to a point) that every project should follow ADDIE or a similar model. C’mon, it makes sense, doesn’t it? The line in the sand had been drawn: skip these principles at your own peril. Now that I’ve spent a few years working full-time as an instructional designer-slash-e-learning developer, I’ve learned first-hand that the instructional design ideals taught in grad school are quickly thrown out the window when you get a “real” job.
Development standards for e-learning… a starting point
My attempt at outlining standards and best practices throughout the e-learning development cycle.
Why don’t more e-learning developers use standards?
Proposing a community-defined set of simplified e-learning development standards that can be viewed more as ‘rules of thumb’ than law.
Rapid Intake: Where are the standards?
Today Rapid Intake announced a new service named Unison. Out of curiosity, I perused the Rapid Intake site to read more about Unison. […] I certainly don’t mean to beat up on whoever designed their site, but as a company whose business is publishing web-based documents, this website gives me zero confidence in the quality of their product.
Building e-learning courses: Should we use e-learning authoring tools?
Most e-learning tools do not promote the creation of effective courses, web standards, or accessibility; they merely make cookie-cutter course development easier for technically inexperienced course developers.
Loading Captivate files into an AS3 Flash SWF
I researched the different methods available for AVM1 to AVM2 communication, and discovered there are a few workarounds that can enable the AS3 SWF to communicate with the AS2 SWF. I spent the entire day whipping up a Captivate-specific proof-of-concept.
A look at Captivate 3.0, part one
Here are my first impressions of Captivate 3’s improvements and new features.
Captivate 3, JavaScript and ActionScript
I just got Captivate 3, and eagerly installed it to see if any improvements have been made regarding JavaScript and Actionscript handling. Short answer: nope.