Learning Object Development Center

Developer Resources

Macromedia MX: Creating Learning Objects
This white paper by Tanya Heins, Jay Heins, and Ann Gallenson outlines the anatomy of a learning object, offers design and development strategies, and suggests technical and delivery best practices for building and deploying learning objects using the Macromedia MX product suite.

• (PDF, 2MB)
• Sample application (ZIP, 2.3MB)

SCORM and Macromedia Flash MX Learning Objects
This paper, authored by Judy Brown and her team of developers at the ADL-Academic Co-Lab at the University of Wisconsin, provides a background of the ADL SCORM specification with a high-level overview of SCORM, and illustrates by example how a Macromedia Flash MX learning object can communicate with a learning management system (LMS).

• (PDF, 1.5MB)
• Macintosh assets (SIT, 120k)
• Windows assets (ZIP, 3.2MB)

Creating Learning Objects With Macromedia Flash MX
Learn how to use Macromedia Flash MX to design, develop, and share learning object files, movie clips, and other components with this white paper and its companion assets.

• (PDF, 651K)
• Macintosh assets (SIT, 3.1MB)
• Windows assets (ZIP, 3.5MB)

Creating Learning Objects With Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
Learn how to use Macromedia Flash MX to design, develop, and share learning object files, movie clips, and other components with this white paper and its companion assets.

• (PDF, 729K)
• Windows assets (ZIP, 74k)
• Sample Movies 1 (ZIP, 2.4MB)
• Sample Movies 2 (ZIP, 1.6MB)
• Sample Movies 3 (ZIP, 2.6MB)
• Sample Movies 4 (ZIP, 1.4MB)

Executive Resources

Macromedia MX: Empowering Enterprise E-Learning
Reusable learning objects offer the means to create personalized, relevant learning experiences while improving both organizational and employee performance and productivity. This executive-level white paper by Ellen Wagner and Frances Himes examines the emergence of enterprise learning and the value that e-learning offers as a strategy for learning across the enterprise. An overview of the Macromedia MX product line and how it can be leveraged for enterprise e-learning is provided.

(PDF, 1.6MB)

Manager Resources

Macromedia MX: Strategies and Architectures for E-Learning Content
This white paper by Tanya Heins and Frances Himes will help IT and e-learning managers understand how to assemble and deliver template-driven learning objects that can be easily adapted to an organization's instructional model. Specific examples of templates created with Macromedia Studio MX, Macromedia ColdFusion MX, and Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX will be used to illustrate this flexible development process.

(PDF, 1MB)