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05/18/2001 Archived Entry: "Lessons learned: Distance learning tools evaluated"

ZDNet: eWEEK: Lessons learned
Distance learning is growing up, as companies and institutions look for efficient ways to reach as many "students" as possible. The tools for creating distance learning objects that deliver instruction online are changing the way organizations package and deliver knowledge.

In its eValuation to gauge the progress of these authoring tools for learning objects, eWeek Labs took four products to school—MindLever Composition Suite, from MindLever.com, which has since been acquired by Centra Software Inc.; Hypercosm Inc.'s Hypercosm Studio; Macromedia Inc.'s Web Learning Studio; and NYUonline Inc.'s iAuthor. Adobe Systems Inc. was invited but did not attend, and Click2learn.com Inc. withdrew, citing plans to de-emphasize its ToolBook authoring tool.