Michael Allen's 2009 e-Learning Annual

2.2. TODAY

Over the past five years, the tools and technologies used on the web have nearly progressed back up to the capabilities of the PC era. We have greater bandwidth and now use tools such as Flash to create a level of interactivity that is comparable to the PC-based content. The tools themselves are more powerful and flexible than what we used previously, but with increased capability came increased complexity. Increased skill and effort are required to create interactive content using these tools. Ironically, some of the major advances the Internet offers were initially conceived during the mainframe era and are just now becoming mainstream. Collaboration, notes, email, chat, and the ability to manage people were all technologies lost ...