I have no plans to use udutu as a professional educator, but might employ this excellent system for other endeavors. I chose the topic "How to Meditate" because I wanted to see how the system could deliver a no-fail course that had specific instructions. I also enjoy the practice and learned a few things along the way I didn't know.
I chose the "Best Practice Path" model because of these two qualities:
1. This path, through questions, reinforced the correct answers without penalizing
2. A specific linear path would allow the unfolding of one technique at a time, in order. Good, since meditation contains a specific sequence of techniques
Many things about udutu I liked:
The use of flash and .mov files
Easy conditional jumping routines
Lots of good archetectures
Easy to use
Free
Shareable on FaceBook without a watermark
Things I did not like:
Small media file size limitations (well, it was free)
Rebuilding a partially deleted tree proved difficult to match, the hierarchy results that would ensue were not immediately clear
The buttons were finicky as to size. Even the recommended 80 pixel wide image did not format well.
The Facebook application did not have a direct link.
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