Re: RevMedia for CBT/eLearning

2006-04-28 Thread Bob Warren
Judy Perry wrote: Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! Wow! That's a powerful bit of software! I could do with loosening up a bit too! Bob Warren ___ use-revolution mailing list

Re: RevMedia for CBT/eLearning

2006-04-28 Thread Peter T. Evensen
At 05:09 PM 4/27/2006, you wrote: Be happy to Judy, but careful what you ask for. Although I live in British Columbia, I am a Brit by birth and such requests have quite a different meaning for those of us from the UK !! I'm sure the folks at Rev smiled at your request, but no offence is

Re: RevMedia for CBT/eLearning

2006-04-28 Thread Judy Perry
Did I write that??? Not part of my sig (not that I even HAVE a sig). Sorry, I must not have deleted all trailing lines of a prior message. Judy On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, Bob Warren wrote: Judy Perry wrote: Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE!

Re: RevMedia for CBT/eLearning

2006-04-28 Thread Judy Perry
Really? I am sooo out of the pop culture loop. I was simply at a loss for words to describe Bob's er, whatever (the software thingy!!!). Judy On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, Peter T. Evensen wrote: It has the same connotation in American English too, Bob.

Re: RevMedia for CBT/eLearning

2006-04-28 Thread Jerry Daniels
Judy, RevConWest - a new twist with trysts! See you there! Best, Jerry On Apr 28, 2006, at 9:22 AM, Peter T. Evensen wrote: At 05:09 PM 4/27/2006, you wrote: Be happy to Judy, but careful what you ask for. Although I live in British Columbia, I am a Brit by birth and such requests have

Re: RevMedia for CBT/eLearning

2006-04-28 Thread Judy Perry
Jerry, Did I mention that I'm 12? ... Gotcha! just kidding ;-P B C N U! Judy On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, Jerry Daniels wrote: Judy, RevConWest - a new twist with trysts! See you there! Best, Jerry On Apr 28, 2006, at 9:22 AM, Peter T. Evensen wrote: At 05:09 PM 4/27/2006,

Re: RevMedia for CBT/eLearning

2006-04-27 Thread Judy Perry
Bob, I'd love to see your tool; the subject is of interest to me. See you at RevConWest! Judy On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, Bob Earp wrote: We've done all of this (and much more) in other languages (the last being ToolBook) and will do it in Rev just as soon as we can find a benefactor ;-) best,

Re: RevMedia for CBT/eLearning

2006-04-27 Thread Bob Earp
Be happy to Judy, but careful what you ask for. Although I live in British Columbia, I am a Brit by birth and such requests have quite a different meaning for those of us from the UK !! I'm sure the folks at Rev smiled at your request, but no offence is taken ;-P best,

Re: RevMedia for CBT/eLearning

2006-04-27 Thread Judy Perry
Bob, U... yeah... Sorry. I seem to be prone to those oopsie moments. A number of years ago I was coordinating the shooting of our school-based promotional video and we were shooting the concrete canoe that day. It was suspended from the ceiling. The videographer was a little concerned

Re: RevMedia for CBT/eLearning

2006-04-27 Thread Trevor DeVore
On Apr 26, 2006, at 6:01 PM, Bob Earp wrote: ... PS, I look forward to chatting with anybody of similar interest at RevConWest where I'll bring the old development shell we have. This would be an excellent subject to discuss with people at RevConWest. My company actually makes it's

Re: RevMedia for CBT/eLearning (Preston Shea)

2006-04-26 Thread Phil Davis
Mark Swindell wrote: Using the Rev engine couldn't a serious party make a simple training/testing/authoring IDE specific to that task... one that would be designed from the ground up to eliminate all the extraneous and sometimes confusing overhead? Hi Mark, I can answer this one... YES.

Re: RevMedia for CBT/eLearning (Preston Shea)

2006-04-26 Thread Mark Swindell
On Apr 26, 2006, at 2:04 PM, Phil Davis wrote: Mark Swindell wrote: Using the Rev engine couldn't a serious party make a simple training/testing/authoring IDE specific to that task... one that would be designed from the ground up to eliminate all the extraneous and sometimes confusing

Re: RevMedia for CBT/eLearning

2006-04-26 Thread Bob Earp
The solution is not as easy as one would think !! An awful lot has been written about sound pedagogical design (for adults at least), and the jury is still out as to a single solution. Suffice to say training programs tend to get written to suit audiences, cultures and subject matter, and

Re: RevMedia for CBT/eLearning (Preston Shea)

2006-04-25 Thread Bob Earp
Thanks for the reply Preston. Myself and colleagues have been developing CBT stuff (mainly technical subjects that include mini simulations) for an awful lot of years and have used most tools that could be referred to as RAD, and some specialized CBT authoring products. Hypercard, SuperCard,

Re: RevMedia for CBT/eLearning (Preston Shea)

2006-04-25 Thread Mark Swindell
Using the Rev engine couldn't a serious party make a simple training/testing/authoring IDE specific to that task... one that would be designed from the ground up to eliminate all the extraneous and sometimes confusing overhead? Mark On Apr 25, 2006, at 9:13 AM, Bob Earp wrote: However,

RevMedia for CBT/eLearning ?

2006-04-23 Thread Bob Earp
Has anybody got comments/reccomendations about using Revolution Media as an authoring tool for CBT and/or eLearning ? It appears to have very limited navigation capabilities, and also basic things like quizzes/tracking don't seem to be there, but of course that could be fixed with some custom

RevMedia for CBT/eLearning

2006-04-23 Thread Preston Shea
Dear Bob Earp [EMAIL PROTECTED] You may get swamped with replies about using Rev for CBT/eLearning because the whole Card family of software has been used for this kind of programming since way back in the days of HyperCard. Has to do with simplicity of use and Apple's historic position in