E-learning design and development is a tricky business. Instructional designers often overestimate or, more commonly, underestimate the power of development tools. Worse, it seems as though a majority of e-learning offerings are comprised of boring, linear, PowerPoint-type lessons, in which learners are only allowed to hit the Next button.
Truth be told, every authoring tool has its weaknesses and limitations. I will not try to convince anyone that a typical authoring tool gives them the abili