<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US">Primary Research Group Inc. has published
the Survey of Higher Education Use of Course Authoring Applications, ISBN 978-157440-690-0</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US">This report looks closely at the kinds of
programs and applications being used in higher education for course authoring
and development. The study provides use
data for many specific applications such as Camtasia, Articulate, Captivate, Lectora
and many others, as well as course management systems such as Blackboard. Survey participants comment on how urgent
their need is for course authoring expertise, how much time they spend using
such programs, which programs they use the most, and what their needs are in
this increasingly critical area. They also comment on who in their institutions
makes use of course authoring applications most often. Survey participants also discuss their use of
open access applications in this area. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US">Just a few of this 65-page report’s many
findings are that: </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US">The need for course authoring application
skills was greatest among librarians.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US">10.71% of respondents said that use of
Articulate Storyline was frequent at their institution and for another 21.43%,
it was occasional.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US">A plurality of 35.71% felt open access course
authoring programs were of much lower quality than commercially available
applications while 21.43% felt that they were of higher quality.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US">Data in the report is broken out separately
for faculty (predominantly department chairs), librarians/ed technologists and
instructional designers. It is also broken out by type, size and tuition level
of the participating colleges and universities, among other variables. The survey was conducted from July 13th to
August 18th, 2021. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US">For a table of contents, list of
participating institutions, the questionnaire and an excerpt – view the product
page for this report at: </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.primaryresearch.com/AddCart.aspx?ReportID=665">https://www.primaryresearch.com/AddCart.aspx?ReportID=665</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US">View our website at <a href="http://www.PrimaryResearch.com">www.PrimaryResearch.com</a>.</span></p></div>