... involving teams of specialists (project managers, instructional designers, graphics people, subject experts, testers, etc ... content that learners can contribute towards I'd use a wiki; for a 3D learning world I'd use Caspian's Thinking Worlds ; for a software tutorial I'd use something like Captivate , Qarbon , Camtasia ; for a PowerPoint conversion I'd ...

Two situations recently have got me thinking about e-learning authoring tools. Firstly, I've been doing some more work on the script for The 30-minute masters which, if you remember, aims to teach the essentials of instructional design ... , consumers choose familiar options. However frustrating it might seem to seasoned instructional designers, those options ... games (Caspian's Thinking Worlds ), software simulations (Captivate, Qarbon ViewletBuilder , Camtasia ) and scenarios ... video editors, wikis and other simple content management tools - applications that we use every day and which can be ...