Moodle and Blackboard are two of the most famous and widely-known Learning Management Systems (LMS) over the world especially in the universities and other educational organizations. They have lots in common, but also have some key differences which make each one special in its own way. We note these differences below. If you have used any one of…

Provides an overview of developments in authoring tools and describes ways to categorize products by platform, type of end-product, sophistication of end-product, and authoring metaphor. Discusses products from AimTech, Allegiant, Allen Communication, Asymetrix, Corel, Discovery Systems International, Enigma, Harrow Media, Horizons, Innovus,…

Provides an overview of developments in computer-based training (CBT) authoring software and reviews the following products: Macromedia's Authorware, Aimtech's CBT Express, Iprax CourseWorks, Intersystem Concepts' Everest, Aimtech's IconAuthor, Innovus Multimedia, Allen Communication's QuestNet+, and Asymetrix's ToolBook II Instructor. A sidebar…

This documents consists of articles on hypermedia and multimedia use in education. Article titles include: (1) Teaching HyperStudio Multimedia (Thomas A. Drazdowski); (2) PowerPoint '97 as an Authoring Tool (George K. Fornshell); (3) Ten Web Sites for Educators (Trudy Abramson); (4) Bloodbourne Pathogens Training Program (Vernon Czelusniak); (5)…