QUESTION by Kristi Mead for Facebook group “CSUF MSIDT Alumni Chapter – NEW”
What is the best flowchart software for ID and eLearning, especially for decision trees like in serious games?

RESPONSE:

The most popular is MS Visio with Professional preferred and widely used by most IT professional types.
For integrated packages with decision tree features just do a search on Google with keywords “flowchart software eLearning” gives good results. Add “decision tree” to get more results.

I chased some links and found some items very interesting to me but fairly technical since one was about SOA integration of eLearning elements and another was a very “mission critical” case study about a military issue in overcoming cultural differences:

o SOA/eLearning – http://www.waset.org/journals/ijhss/v4/v4-9-86.pdf
o cultural case study – http://blog.cathy-moore.com/2010/05/elearning-example-branching-scenario/

I am a ex-veteran and been a IT system architect some 20+ years currently concentrating on an SOA global products distribution Internet Facing system featuring SOA Demand Management driven design using Cloud technologies. The attempt is to provide real time management of global product distribution available anywhere and anytime; the design incorporates many APICS concepts the I developed for Toyota Motors, USA’s national parts system, Black & Decker, Ralphs Grocery, Broadway Department, Stores and Hughes Satellite (Direct TV) concepts and software predictive analytic solutions

I’m not sure if or how this may help you, but thanks you since it did help me!