ELearning Approaches

I'm trying to get my head around the best way to use Flex for eLearning, and I'm truly having to start with the basics. The average computer based course has an interface which may show some front matter, usually shows a menu, and then will show the content. After that, it may show a summary or have a quiz. But all of these things "live" in the same interface. Sounds simple, right?

In Authorware, it pretty much is. But in Flex it's another story. Flex has the ability to do this kind of thing with several different techniques. For instance, you can use a ViewStack, View States, or Modules. All seem to have their own advantages and disadvantages, but it feels like they're all totally different ways of doing business. Ah, what to choose, what to choose?

My first experiments have been with Modules. I find myself really frustrated (again), because it seems like it's hard to find information at all, and then when you do find it, it may or may not tell you about all the "gotchas" that seem to lurk under every rock in Flex. But I've found a decent reference for Modules and several of the other Flex features you might find useful. The links on the right seem to point to chapters in the upcoming Flex Builder 3 manual.