eLearning development has certainly evolved over the years. From the beginning of DOS-based diskette courses to today's rich simulations, the tools and technologies have undergone huge advancements. However, while the underlying technologies have improved the basic premise of funneling the learning requirements down to a "developer" have largely remained the same. That is, until CourseAvenue.
With CourseAvenue Studio eLearning development is done in parallel -- each role contributes their efforts to getting the job done using a common web-based environment. With the traditional "funnel approach", the content developer is burdened with all aspects of a course from overall layout to graphics to simple text changes. In CourseAvenue the technician can focus on just that -- the technical aspects of the course (e.g. learning interaction development, simulation integration, etc). This allows subject-matter experts to contribute and manage their text, graphic artists to add their images, and the instructional designer to manage the overall course flow and structure. All of this is done online in a collaborative environment. Anytime, anywhere development.
eLearning Content Developer Q&A
Does this mean all desktop tools are wrong?
No. Using Flash development tools, audio editors, screen annotating and capture tools will almost always be required. However, as opposed to handcrafting the entire course in Flash or a .PPT conversion tool - use these tools to contribute to the overall effort.
Am I forced to use your course template?
No. CourseAvenue's layered architecture allows developers unprecedented control over overall look and feel and interactivity of the resulting course. For simple color changes and logos - one can simply update an XML file. For very granular control - we provide you with the Flash source code (.fla) for our player interface layer - enabling
What about 3rd party media integration?
As with the overall course layout noted above, developers can interact with any given page of content in a number of ways. For example - use our JavaScript integration library to have your learning interaction "auto advance" CourseAvenue content pages. Need Flash integration - use our SEED development kit to extend CourseAvenue with your own Flash learning interactions.
Don't I lose control if everyone is not on the team?
Quite the contrary. CourseAvenue enables administration at a number of levels. Through well defined roles and permissions - teams, subordinate organizations, we allow you to put your own structure around the eLearning development process.
How does your 'collaboration' work - what do you mean by that?
Many companies claim to be "collaborative", but the definition of "collaborative" is all over the map. To some providing a "shared folder" on a network drive is collaborative. Click here to learn what CourseAvenue means by collaborative. In short - true multi-user team/role based development with a integrated discussion forums where everyone can participate in the development process.
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