Introduction to Authoring Tools

APOSTOLOS KOSTASUniversity of the AegeanDept. of Primary Education

Email: apkostas@aegean.gr

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Learning Management Systems

LMS

(+) Management of Students-Teachers Accounts

(+) Teaching and Learning Process Monitoring(+) Assessment – Self-Assessment(+) Collaborative Tasks (synchronous-asynchronous)(+) Interoperability(+) Time-scheduling of Learning Activities and Modules

(-) Classic Teaching Model (teacher-centric)(-) LMS are about e-learning 1.0

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LMS Cases

– http://digitalschool.minedu.gov.gr/Open Source LMS OpeneClass (http://www.openeclass.org/)

– http://lms.nad.grOpen Source LMS Moodle (http://moodle.com/)

– http://vista.aegean.grLMS Blackboard (http://www.blackboard.com/)

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Software tools, running as standalone programs in the computer Development of multimedia/hypertext applications with educational content User creates content by linking and integrating together objects:

– Text– Graphics - animations– Sounds– Images– Video

Provide flexibility of content delivery– Internet/Web– CD/DVD– Info-kiosks– .EXE programs

Support international standards, such as S.C.O.R.M. (Shareable Content Object Reference Model)

Authoring Tools

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Different working paradigms/models:

– Page-oriented

– Icon-oriented

– Timeline oriented

– Object-oriented

– Open-source oriented

Authoring Tools

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UNESCO International Conference: “Forum on the Impact of Open Courseware for Higher Education in

Developing Countries”, 2002

Educational tools and material offered with no cost and restrictions to the educational community

Can be enhanced, updated and re-distributed for educational and research purposes, under certain legal

conditions

Open Educational Resources: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-

URL_ID=30822&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Free & Open Source Software Portal

A gateway to resources related to Free Software and Open Source Technology movement: http://www.unesco-

ci.org/cgi-bin/portals/foss/page.cgi?g=Software%2FScience_and_Education%2FPhysics%2Findex.html;d=1

Open-Source Educational Resources

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• PowerPoint-like working area• WYSIWYG editor• No HTML skills• Object-oriented• Assessment engine• Animation• Multimedia support• PowerPoint to Course *• Screen Capture *• Action description program language• SCORM 1.2, 1.3

CourseLab Characteristics

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CourseLab Logical Structure

e-Learning Course

Learning Module

Learning Module

Learning Module

Course Course Lectures

Folder

Slide Slide SlideLecture Chapters

Frames

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Lesson Design Models (Horton, 2000)

Classic Tutorial

Into Lecture 1 Lecture 2 Lecture Ν Summary TEST

Example Example

Practice Practice

Example

Practice

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Lesson Design Models (Horton, 2000)

Activity-Centered Tutorial

Intro Preparation Activity Summary TEST

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Lesson Design Models (Horton, 2000)

Learner-customized Tutorial

Intro

Subject 1

Summary TESTSubject 2

Subject 3

Subject 4

Subject 5

Subject 6

Subject 4

Subject 5

Subject 6

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Lesson Design Models (Horton, 2000)

Knowledge-paced Tutorial

Intro TEST 1 TEST 2 TEST Ν Summary TEST

SUBJECT 1 SUBJECT ΝSUBJECT 2

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Lesson Design Models (Horton, 2000)

Exploratory Tutorial

Intro

Summary TEST

INDEX

WWW

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Lesson Design Models (Horton, 2000)

Generated Lessons

Intro

Subject 2

Summary TESTTEST

Subject 3

Subject 1

Subject 3

Subject 6

Subject 4Subject 5

Subject 6 Subject 6

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References

«Information Αrchitecture for the World Wide Web», Peter Morville & Louis Rosenfeld, O’Reilly 2007, 3η

Έκδοση

«Designing Web-Based Training», William Horton, O’Reilly 2000

CourseLab: http://www.courselab.com

80 Open Education Resource Tools for Publishing and Development (http://oedb.org/library/features/80-oer-

tools)

A Free Learning Tool for Every Learning Problem?

(http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2008/04/free-learning-tool-for-every-learning.html )