1. Introduction to Authoring Tools APOSTOLOS KOSTAS University of the Aegean Dept. of Primary Education Email: apkostas@aegean.grapkostas@aegean.gr

2. 2 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

3. 3 LMS Cases – http://digitalschool.minedu.gov.gr/ Open Source LMS OpeneClass (http://www.openeclass.org/)http://www.openeclass.org/ – http://lms.nad.gr Open Source LMS Moodle (http://moodle.com/)http://moodle.com/ – http://vista.aegean.gr LMS Blackboard (http://www.blackboard.com/)http://www.blackboard.com/

4. 4 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

5. 5 Different working paradigms/models: – Page-oriented – Icon-oriented – Timeline oriented – Object-oriented – Open-source oriented Authoring Tools

6. 6 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.htmlhttp://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%2Find ex.html;d=1http://www.unesco-ci.org/cgi- bin/portals/foss/page.cgi?g=Software%2FScience_and_Education%2FPhysics%2Find ex.html;d=1 Open-Source Educational Resources

7. 7 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

8. 8 CourseLab Logical Structure e-Learning Course Learning Module Course Course Lectures Folder Slide Lecture Chapters Frames

9. 9 Lesson Design Models (Horton, 2000) Classic Tutorial Into Lecture 1Lecture 2Lecture Ν SummaryTEST Example Practice Example Practice

10. 10 Lesson Design Models (Horton, 2000) Activity-Centered Tutorial Intro Preparation Activity SummaryTEST

11. 11 Lesson Design Models (Horton, 2000) Learner-customized Tutorial Intro Subject 1 Summary TEST Subject 2 Subject 3 Subject 4 Subject 5 Subject 6 Subject 4 Subject 5 Subject 6

12. 12 Lesson Design Models (Horton, 2000) Knowledge-paced Tutorial Intro TEST 1TEST 2TEST Ν SummaryTEST SUBJECT 1SUBJECT ΝSUBJECT 2

13. 13 Lesson Design Models (Horton, 2000) Exploratory Tutorial Intro SummaryTEST INDEX WWW

14. 14 Lesson Design Models (Horton, 2000) Generated Lessons Intro Subject 2 Summary TEST Subject 3 Subject 1 Subject 3 Subject 6 Subject 4Subject 5 Subject 6

15. 15 References «Information Αrchitecture for the World Wide Web», Peter Morville & Louis Rosenfeld, O’Reilly 2007, 3 η Έκδοση «Designing Web-Based Training», William Horton, O’Reilly 2000 CourseLab: http://www.courselab.comhttp://www.courselab.com 80 Open Education Resource Tools for Publishing and Development (http://oedb.org/library/features/80-oer- tools)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 )http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2008/04/free-learning-tool-for-every-learning.html