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Making the Most of mLearning Tools, Templates,

Models, and Patterns

Chicago eLearning & Technology Showcase | August 5, 2014

© 2014 Innovative Learning Group, Inc.

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Our Story Begins

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CapabilityThese tools are best suited for displaying text or graphics, and presenting content that has no interactivity.

_______________ComplexityDesigned for everyone to use

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CapabilityThese tools are best suited for displaying text or graphics, and presenting content that has no interactivity.

_______________ComplexityDesigned for everyone to use

CapabilityThese tools can be used to display content:• With low to

medium levels of interactivity.• That is supported

through the tool’s user interface without writing any code.

_______________ComplexityDesigned for experienced instructional designers

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CapabilityThese tools are best suited for displaying text or graphics, and presenting content that has no interactivity.

_______________ComplexityDesigned for everyone to use

CapabilityThese tools can be used to display content:• With low to

medium levels of interactivity.• That is supported

through the tool’s user interface without writing any code.

_______________ComplexityDesigned for experienced instructional designers

CapabilityThese tools can be used to display content:• With medium to

high levels of interactivity.• That requires

writing code in a scripting language that does not need to be compiled.

_______________ComplexityDesigned for experienced programmers

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CapabilityThese tools are best suited for displaying text or graphics, and presenting content that has no interactivity.

_______________ComplexityDesigned for everyone to use

CapabilityThese tools can be used to display content:• With low to

medium levels of interactivity.• That is supported

through the tool’s user interface without writing any code.

_______________ComplexityDesigned for experienced instructional designers

CapabilityThese tools can be used to display content:• With medium to

high levels of interactivity.• That requires

writing code in a scripting language that does not need to be compiled.

_______________ComplexityDesigned for experienced programmers

CapabilityThese tools can be used to display content:• With medium to

high levels of interactivity.• That requires

writing code in a scripting language that does need to be compiled.

_______________ComplexityDesigned for expert programmers

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Authoring Tool Categories by Capability and Complexity (Mobile Websites)

1. FORMATTING 2. AUTHORING 3. SCRIPTING 4. PROGRAMMING

Lectora Publisher

Adobe Dreamweaver

JavaScript

jQuery

HTML

ASP, PHP, ASP.NET

Adobe Captivate

Articulate Storyline

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Authoring Tool Categories by Capability and Complexity (Apps)

1. FORMATTING 2. AUTHORING 3. SCRIPTING 4. PROGRAMMING

HTML5 & PhoneGap

HTML5 & Titanium

Adobe Flash

Prezi

PDF

iBooks Author

Brainshark

Java

Objective-C

C#

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