What's a designer to do? There once was this great software that did it all with such a great GUI, great programming and produced such a professional looking elearning application. Then, it was puchased by another company and now it will no longer be supported. So...there's all this great elearning material that will cease to function as soon as the new browers hit the general population.
So many instructional designers are reviewing software, asking others and trying to find a replacement. I recently read this article:
Kaskalis, T. H., Tzidamis, T. D., & Margaritis, K. (2007). Multimedia Authoring Tools: The Quest for an Educational Package.Educational Technology & Society, 10 (3), 135-162.
It provided a nice concise study of multimedia authoring tools which evaluated software in different categories and finally provide a great numerical listing of the software after the evaluation process was completed. Yet, the real truth will come when designers actually use the software within elearning situations.
What's happening at MBS Design? We're back to the old FLASH apps and ActionScript. Yes, it is an animation tool but it does have some elearning elements. Although these elements seem so primitive and labor intensive after working within the Authorware environment...there's not much else to choose from at this point.
What is everyone else using?
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