Free E-Learning Design Tool Available Online from GSELearning Software

"Eddie" is a new web-based E-Learning design tool that helps instructional designers manage projects. The beta version of Eddie is now available.

Buffalo, NY (PRWEB) December 13, 2004 -- Before eLearning content is developed, it must first be designed. Yet few tools have been available to help with the design process. "Eddie" (the familiar form of "ED" for "E-Learning Designer") is a free web-based tool specifically built for designing eLearning content.

Eddie uses an objective-based approach to instructional design. A series of learning objectives are added to a project and each objective is accomplished using one or more learning activities. These are classified as one of three types: presentations, interactions, or assessments.

Each learning activity can have one or more multimedia assets assigned to it, such as audio clips or images. These assets become the "building blocks" of the content. Eddie provides a report that shows not only the project hierarchy but also a list of all of the required multimedia assets. This list can be used as a checklist to prepare for the eLearning authoring process.

Eddie was built to be used with the "ELearning Artisan" authoring application and lets you select an appropriate Learning Object Blueprint for each learning activity. But Eddie can be used with other authoring environments as well.

Eddie is currently in beta release and is limited to one project per user.

Additional information about Eddie and ELearning Artisan are available on the company's Web site at www.gselearning.com .

About GSELearning Software

GSELearning Software provides eLearning content authoring products and services that assist organizations with their training and communication initiatives. GSELearning specializes in interactive, rich multimedia content development. The company is headquartered in Buffalo, New York and is part of the University at Buffalo Technology Incubator. For more information on GSELearning visit www.gselearning.com .

For More Information Contact:

Carl Schmid

GSELearning Software

Baird Research Park

1576 Sweet Home Road

Amherst NY 14228

716.639.0280

www.gselearning.com

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