Duvall, M. (2014). Adobe Captivate as a Tool to Create eLearning Scenarios. In T. Bastiaens (Ed.), Proceedings of E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2014<\/em> (pp. 514-517). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved November 19, 2016, from Matthew Duvall\u2019s paper examines the appropriateness of Adobe Captivate 7.0 for creating eLearning scenarios to enhance online education.\u00a0 Duvall identifies himself as a graduate student with five year\u2019s teaching experience and ten years as a computer programmer.\u00a0 This blend of experience would suggest that he is well qualified to write a research paper which seeks to analyse the virtues of the eLearning development tool Adobe Captivate.\u00a0 This paper addresses two questions: (1) What are the affordances of Adobe Captivate 7.0 for creating scenarios? (2) What are its constraints?\u00a0 The word affordances is an usual choice of word that had this reviewer racing to his dictionary!\u00a0 \u201cAn affordance is a desirable property of a user interface \u2013 software which naturally leads people to take the correct steps to accomplish their goals.” (Forager Labs, 2016).<\/p>\n Duvall describes scenarios as a solution to some of the problems associated with online courses such as poor retention rates and lack of innovative instructional design.\u00a0 He offers no research to back up this assertion so this reviewer examined the relevant literature.\u00a0 Allen and Seaman (2013) tracked online education for ten years in the United States and reported that there was a rise in concern among academic leaders at all types of institutions that lower retention rates in online courses are a barrier to the growth of online instruction. This was noted as an important or a very important barrier by 56.1% of chief academic officers in 2007 and rose to 73.5% in 2012.<\/p>\n A survey by Kim and Bonk (2006) found that most respondents see learning as content-driven and not based on social interactions and distributed intelligence.\u00a0 Duvall looks upon scenarios as a solution to this problem.\u00a0 He defines a scenario as any digitally developed environment that includes a description of a situation.<\/p>\n The author suggests that Adobe Captivate provides many ways to easily include video, animations and interactive visual elements that are important for learner engagement.\u00a0 Duvall refers to Captivate\u2019s non-linear navigation but fails to point out that this can be used for adaptive learning.\u00a0 He is very impressed by the application’s assessment features.\u00a0 Adobe Captivate provides a variety of feedback options, including detailed text based on user responses.\u00a0 The integration with an LMS allows any scored assessments to be added directly to the gradebook, if desired.<\/p>\n In relation to constraints, Duvall believes the complexity of parts of the application means that a novice Captivate user would need to dedicate a great deal of time simply learning how to use the technology before applying it.\u00a0 The author sees the software reflecting the behaviourist model of learning, which is a very traditional eLearning approach.\u00a0 Finally, Duvall mentions the high cost of Adobe Captivate which makes it very expensive to buy.\u00a0 This is certainly true, with this reviewer establishing that the full license price of Adobe Captivate 9 is \u20ac1,351.77. (Adobe, 2016).<\/p>\n References<\/strong><\/p>\n Adobe (2016). Adobe Captivate 9: Pricing Plans<\/em>.\u00a0 Retrieved November 20, 2016, from http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/ie\/products\/captivate\/buying-guide.html<\/p>\n Allen, I. E. & Seaman, J. (2013). Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United States<\/em>. Sloan Consortium. PO Box 1238, Newburyport, MA 01950.<\/p>\n Forager Labs. (2016). Usability First<\/em>. Retrieved November 19, 2016, from http:\/\/www.usabilityfirst.com\/glossary\/affordance\/<\/p>\n Gibson, J. J. (1977). The theory of affordances. In R. E. Shaw & J. Bransford (Eds.), Perceiving, Acting, and Knowing<\/em>. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.<\/p>\n Gibson, J. J. (1979). The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception<\/em>. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.<\/p>\n Kim, K. J., & Bonk, C. J. (2006). The future of online teaching and learning in higher education. 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