Design and Production of Multimedia and Simulation-based Learning Material

This work discusses the development of new models, methods and tools to support the design and production of computer-based learning material. The contributions describe a number of projects that represent the state of the art of European research on courseware authoring, with special attention paid to simulation-based learning material. Researchers in instructional science and educational technology, trainers, teachers and professionals involved or interested in the development of learning material should find valuable ideas, clues and references in this book. Some of the relevant topics that emerge from the papers are: the separation of the conceptual representation of the knowledge to be taught from the instructional strategies and from the actual pieces of multimedia learning material; the support of all the phases of the authoring process, including the most abstract at the design stage; collaborative approaches and reuse techniques.