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  1. Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!auvm!CARSON.U.WASHINGTON.EDU!BILLWINN
  3. Organization: University of Washington
  4. Approved-By:  EDTECH Moderator <21765EDT@MSU.BITNET>
  5. Message-ID: <EDTECH%92121708325154@OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU>
  6. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.edtech
  7. Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
  8. Date:         Thu, 17 Dec 1992 08:29:21 EST
  9. Sender:       EDTECH - Educational Technology <EDTECH@OHSTVMA.BITNET>
  10. From:         William Winn <billwinn@carson.u.washington.edu>
  11. Subject:      Re: Toolbook
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  13.  
  14. Brenda Pfaehler <BPFAEHLER@macc.wisc.edu> writes:
  15.  
  16. >Yesterday, I had the opportunity to spend a day  watching
  17. >demonstrations
  18. >of IBMs higher education applications. Have any of you used
  19. >TookBook for
  20. >the development of educational materials at that level? If so,
  21. >does it
  22. >really work as "slick" as it seemed?
  23.  
  24. A few of my students have used Toolbook for authoring -- in dentistry,
  25. anatomy, cueing theory to name three topics. It is indeed "slick". However,
  26. it's a bit sluggish if you have anything but a fast 386 or 486, and is
  27. a memory hog for RAM and disk space. Also, it's hard, though not
  28. entirely impossible, to construct instructionally-effective interactions
  29. that require extensive answer-judging and branching. Before you buy (if
  30. that is what you're thinking of doing), I suggest you look at Authorware
  31. Professional. It's now available for MSDOS, but established itself as
  32. a Mac product.
  33. Good luck
  34. Bill WInn
  35. billwinn@carson.u.washington.edu
  36.