Make Yourself Known
Hi everyone, I'm Karl.
I'm passionate about Instructional Design and effective teaching with technology.
When I started in this field it was called Computer-based Training (CBT). This was long before the Internet, when PC's had only 16 colors and there was no audio or digital video! There were very few people working in this field, so one person had to do everything: project management, ID, media development, programming and course development.
I've worked in very diverse fields including K-12, Oil & Gas, Military sector, Post Secondary, and everything in between. I have been using Articulate products for just more than 8 years, and I'm a frequent poster on the forums.
In my current role I wear several hats: Project Lead, Instructional Designer, LMS Administrator, and mentoring new team members. Although I have been doing this for years, I learn every day, and still enjoy my job!
CBT!
One of my early writing gigs was for educational software. Text only. As I recall, each screen was limited to 26 lines, with up to 52 characters per line.
Sounds about right. Mainframe software, text-only tutorials is where I started. Our "storyboard" was a simple grid: one square for each character that could fit on the screen. 😁And we had only two "colors" on the mainframe monitor: regular green and bright/bold green.
