Michael W. Allen

Allen received a BA in psychology from Cornell College, and MA and Ph.D. from the Ohio State University in educational psychology.{{cite web | url = http://www.alleni.com/about/team.asp | title = Leadership Team | work = Allen Interactions | accessdate = July 4, 2011 |url-status= dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090105170354/http://www.alleni.com/about/team.asp |archivedate = January 5, 2009 }}

From 1971 to 1984 Allen worked for Control Data Corporation on its PLATO computer-based education system . He rose to be director of advanced educational systems R&D.

Allen founded Authorware in 1984, incorporating it in 1985. Authorware merged with MacroMind-Paracomp in 1992 to form Macromedia, which was later bought by Adobe Systems.{{cite web |title= Our e-Learning Team |publisher= Allen Interactions Inc. |url= http://www.alleninteractions.com/our-e-learning-team |accessdate= July 4, 2011 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110904010534/http://www.alleninteractions.com/our-e-learning-team |archivedate= September 4, 2011 }}

Allen formed a spinoff of the professional services division of Authorware called MediaPros, which was acquired by Lifetouch, Inc. a year later.{{cite news |title= Learning Executive, Michael Allen, is Recognized by the American Society for Training & Development |work= News release |date= June 3, 2011 |url= http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/06/03/prweb8525049.DTL |accessdate= July 4, 2011 }}

He founded [http://www.alleninteractions.com Allen Interactions, Inc.] in 1993, acting as chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The company designs custom interactive e-learning applications and provides consulting and training services.

He founded Allen Learning Technologies in 2010 and serves as chairman and chief executive officer. The company announced project Zebra in 2010, a new e-learning authoring system.{{cite web |title=Allen Learning Technologies |url=http://www.gramercype.com/allen.html |work=Portfolio Companies |publisher=Gramercy Private Equity |accessdate= July 4, 2011 }}

He is associated with the University of Minnesota School of Public Health as an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health.

He consulted on a study that used e-learning to reduce the spread of HIV.{{cite journal |title= Reducing HIV risk behavior of men who have sex with men through persuasive computing: results of the Men's INTernet Study-II |author= B.R. Simon Rosser|journal= AIDS |publisher= Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |date=August 24, 2010 |volume= 24 |issue= 13|pages= 2099–2107 |doi= 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32833c4ac7 |url= http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/faculty/detels/Epi293/Riskbehav_AIDS_2010.pdf |accessdate= July 4, 2011 |display-authors=etal |pmid=20601853 |pmc=3319361}}

{{cite web |title= Faculty & Staff |publisher= University of Minnesota School of Public Health |work= HIV/STI Intervention & Prevention Studies web site |url= http://www.sph.umn.edu/epi/research/hips/faculty.asp |accessdate= July 4, 2011 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110613063959/http://www.sph.umn.edu/epi/research/hips/faculty.asp |archivedate= June 13, 2011 }}

Allen is the author of several books, most notable being Michael Allen's Guide to e-Learning, and is editor of Michael Allen's e-Learning Annual, first published in February 2008.{{cite book |title= Michael Allen's 2008 E-Learning Annual |publisher= John Wiley and Sons |year= 2008 |isbn= 978-0-7879-8743-5 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=BDaQeqJAJwgC }}

In May 2011 the American Society for Training & Development presented him a distinguished contribution award.{{cite news |title=ASTD Presents Michael Allen with its Distinguished Contribution to Workplace Learning and Performance Award |url=http://www.astd.org/NR/rdonlyres/4DBF88E9-17B8-4801-8AC8-5AC716695250/0/2010DistinguishedAllenFINAL.pdf |accessdate= July 4, 2011|date= May 24, 2011}}

Allen was a 2012 Ellis Island Medal of Honor Recipient by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations.{{cite web|title=2012 Ellis Island Medal of Honor Recipients |url=http://neco.org/NECO_press_release.php |publisher=NECO |accessdate=April 28, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603234717/http://neco.org/NECO_press_release.php |archivedate=June 3, 2012 }}

• {{cite book |title= Michael Allen's Guide to e-Learning |year= 2002 |publisher= Wiley |isbn= 978-0-471-20302-5}}
• {{cite book |title= Creating Successful E-Learning : A Rapid System For Getting It Right First Time, Every Time |year= 2006 |publisher= Pfeiffer |isbn= 978-0-7879-8300-0}}
• {{cite book |title= Designing Successful e-Learning, Michael Allen's Online Learning Library: Forget What You Know About Instructional Design and Do Something Interesting|year= 2007 |publisher= Pfeiffer |isbn= 978-0-7879-8299-7 }}
• {{cite book |title= Successful e-Learning Interface: Making Learning Technology Polite, Effective, and Fun|year= 2011 |publisher= Pfeiffer |isbn= 978-0-7879-8297-3}}
• {{cite book |title= Michael Allen's 2008 e-Learning Annual |year= 2008 |publisher= Pfeiffer |isbn= 978-0-7879-8743-5 }}
• {{cite book |title= Michael Allen's 2009 e-Learning Annual |year= 2009 |publisher= Pfeiffer |isbn= 978-0-470-37145-9}}
• {{cite book |title= Michael Allen's 2012 e-Learning Annual |year= 2011 |publisher= Pfeiffer |isbn= 978-0-470-91382-6 }}
• {{cite book |title= Leaving ADDIE for SAM: An Agile Model for Developing the Best Learning Experiences |year= 2012 |publisher= ASTD Press |isbn= 978-1-56286-711-9}}

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• {{cite news |title= Down with Boring E-Learning! Interview with e-learning guru Dr. Michael W. Allen |work= Learning Circuits blog |date= July 2004 |author= Ryann Ellis |url= http://www.astd.org/LC/2004/0704_allen.htm |accessdate= July 4, 2011 }}
• {{cite web |title= ZebraZapps |work= web site |url= http://www.zebrazapps.com/ |accessdate= August 28, 2012 }}
• {{cite web |title= Allen Interactions |work= web site |url= http://www.alleninteractions.com/ |accessdate= December 6, 2013 }}

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