A reader last week wrote me and asked what PC I would recommend for her fledgling eLearning development shop. The ... , but I will make a case for the Mac being the ultimate eLearning development box. First, the hardware I’d choose ... evident from a product photo or spec sheet. Here are three reasons the Mac is the ultimate eLearning development ... grief. Nor do I. There are plenty of other reasons I love developing eLearning on my Mac, but I’ll stick with ... Keynote. Then import it all into PowerPoint 2007 (for Windows) for creation of my course using Articulate ...

Presenter / Captivate and Articulate Presenter , Xerte publishes web-ready videos to html pages that call swf files (minus the price tag, of course). If you are looking for a free tool to generate interactive eLearning content, give Xerte a try. Blogged with the Flock Browser    Tagged: adobe, articulate, captivate, development, elearning, free, learning, presenter, resources, tools, training, xerte    ... interactive eLearning content. The learning object interface feels a little awkward, but that is easily overlooked ...

... weeks two important eLearning software upgrades have hit the virtual streets: Adobe CS4 came out this week Articulate released the Studio 09 update to all their tools a couple of weeks ago Tools are constantly going through upgrade cycles, but these are two of the biggest names in the eLearning development tool market, so they caught my attention ... upgrade for eLearning developers. I will be upgrading my license at work as soon as possible. The full version is $1699 if anyone wants to buy me an early Christmas present for personal use. Articulate Studio 09 Articulate ...

... the eLearning development community (note my rant on that topic in the earlier post as well). In addition to the cost ... well for you, I’d love to hear about it. Happy narrating! Posted in Audio , eLearning Development Tools ... eLearning Design eLearning Development Tools eLearning Hall of Fame eLearning Hall of Shame ... Articulate: Word of Mouth ASTD ReMEMBER Beyond Bullet Points Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development eLearning Technology Engaged Learning Making Change Never Could Learn Presentation Zen Rapid ...

... about those robotic text-to-speech tools that are being foisted upon the eLearning development community (note my rant on ... In an April post , I made my case for narration in eLearning. As a learner, I love it (when done right). So as a developer, I like to create narrated courses. Many of us, for budgetary reasons, have to do our own in-house narration work. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing - I made the point in that earlier post that professional voiceover ... Articulate (a Plantronics model), and while the results sound OK, they don’t sound good . I would love ...

After what seemed like an endless wait, my favorite eLearning development apps have finally been refreshed. Articulate Studio ‘09 was released last night, including all-new versions of Presenter, Quizmaker, and Engage, as well as a new app, Articulate Video Encoder. In addition to fixing the niggling flaws with the previous versions that ... added some amazing new features (branching, yay!) that, in concert, simply leave other eLearning development apps I’ve ... . The new versions are more beautiful and easier to use than ever. And the price (for eLearning development ...

Recently I’ve been pushing our organization to focus on nurturing more in-house eLearning development skill versus frequently relying on outside vendors who give us mundane eLearning at outrageous prices. “We can do far ... and turn of a few dials? Seriously? And if eLearning development is such a menial, low-grade task, why are we paying vendors high-grade dollars to do eLearning development for us? Someone please explain the logic here. With this kind ... developer who has to step in and put that content into a compelling eLearning product. Who, by the way, needs to be ...

I often get requests for visual timelines in eLearning courses. Typically I’ll try to cobble something together using PowerPoint’s charting or drawing tools (shudder). Sometimes I’ll create the timeline in Apple’s Keynote (much nicer charting tools) and bring the graphic into PowerPoint (since I do most of my development work in Articulate Presenter). I’ve also created timelines from scratch using something like Adobe Fireworks, which can be a time-consuming endeavor. Timeline from Bee Documents looks like an interesting application. Whip up ...

Jay Cross cracks me up (in a good way). When he’s not sharing gorgeous travel photos (including pictures of some of the most unique food you’ll ever see), he comes up with gems related to informal learning and educational technology. One of his latest offerings is a chart that outlines a variety of Web 2.0 tools, including a brief description of their business value. This is great! I appreciate that Jay is able to succinctly articulate their business value, especially because many people still don’t take these tools seriously. Click below to view the ...

... outrageously pricey world of eLearning development software, is practically free . Not to mention all the typical testing ... results” to “anecdotal evidence.” Wish me luck. Mac-using eLearning developers, give Silverback a look . And non-Mac-using eLearning developers, what the heck are you waiting for ? ... to sneak in my personal MacBook or iMac and do some eLearning usability testing on some of our customers using Silverback. I really need some “hard data” to provide management to support my arguments that our Articulate ...

... subject that has made an appearance is the mixed legacy of PowerPoint and other "rapid eLearning development tools ... talking and that they think serves as "eLearning". (Can you tell I've been doing that a LOT this week?) Maybe I should make a poster and put it in my cube. PowerPoint does not equal eLearning. Nor does Captivate, Articulate, Elluminate or any other -ATE. The managerial folks I have run into in past jobs think "Rapid eLearning Development" is about making the ENTIRE instructional design cycle fast rather than just the Development (taking the design and making it real) ...

... from a browser-based development tool. So while creating online presentations isn’t necessarily of much interest to many eLearning developers (and to those who wail “Bah, PowerPoint isn’t eLearning!” I have a few ... quickly and easily without Flash skills via a Web-based tool, and insert them into your eLearning course via your development app of choice. Yes, it sounds delicious to me too. My development app of choice, as I’ve mentioned before, is often Articulate Presenter (and Engage). Now, Presenter is limited in the number (and quality) of ...