Multimedia authoring tools

One way of providing technological support for communities of teachers is to help participants to produce, structure and share information. As this information becomes more and more multimedia in nature, the challenge is to build multimedia authoring and publishing tools that meets requirements of the community. In this paper we analyze these requirements and propose a multimedia authoring model and a generic platform on which specific community-oriented authoring tools can be realized. The main idea is to provide template-based authoring tools while keeping rich composition capabilities and smooth adaptability. It is based on a component-oriented approach integrating homogeneously logical, time and spatial structures. Templates are defined as constraints on these structures.

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Accessibility and adaptability of learning objects: responding to metadata, learning patterns and profiles of needs and preferences

Research in Learning Technology ◽

10.3402/rlt.v14i1.10938 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Steve Green ◽

Ray Jones ◽

Elaine Pearson ◽

Stavroula Gkatzidou

Keyword(s):

Design Method ◽

Learning Objects ◽

Learning Resources ◽

Authoring Tools ◽

Multimedia Authoring ◽

Learning Patterns ◽

Learning Contexts ◽

New Learning ◽

Definition Of

The case for learning patterns as a design method for accessible and adaptable learning objects is explored. Patterns and templates for the design of learning objects can be derived from successful existing learning resources. These patterns can then be reused in the design of new learning objects. We argue that by attending to criteria for reuse in the definition of these patterns and in the subsequent design of new learning objects, those new resources can be themselves reusable and also adaptable to different learning contexts. Finally, if the patterns identified can be implemented as templates for standard authoring tools, the design of effective, reusable and adaptable resources can be made available to those with limited skills in multimedia authoring and result in learning resources that are more widely accessible.DOI: 10.1080/09687760500479811

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Beyond Multimedia Authoring

ACM Computing Surveys ◽

10.1145/3464422 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 54 (7) ◽

pp. 1-31

Author(s):

Douglas Paulo De Mattos ◽

Débora C. Muchaluat-Saade ◽

Gheorghita Ghinea

Keyword(s):

Authoring Tools ◽

Future Directions ◽

Multimedia Authoring ◽

Survey Article ◽

Sensory Effects

The mulsemedia (Multiple Sensorial Media (MulSeMedia)) concept has been explored to provide users with new sensations using other senses beyond sight and hearing. The demand for producing such applications has motivated various studies in the mulsemedia authoring phase. To encourage researchers to explore new solutions for enhancing the mulsemedia authoring, this survey article reviews several mulsemedia authoring tools and proposals for representing sensory effects and their characteristics. The article also outlines a set of desirable features for mulsemedia authoring tools. Additionally, a multimedia background is discussed to support the proposed study in the mulsemedia field. Open challenges and future directions regarding the mulsemedia authoring phase are also discussed.

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Authoring multimedia authoring tools

IEEE Multimedia ◽

10.1109/mmul.2004.3 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 1-6 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

B. Adams ◽

S. Venkatesh

Keyword(s):

Authoring Tools ◽

Multimedia Authoring

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Social constructivism and CALL: evaluating some interactive features of network-based authoring tools

ReCALL ◽

10.1017/s0958344001000416 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 32-46

Author(s):

MICHEL LABOUR

Keyword(s):

Learning Styles ◽

Social Constructivism ◽

Authoring Tools ◽

Multimedia Authoring ◽

Different Types ◽

Technological Developments ◽

Data Organisation ◽

On Line ◽

Interactive Lessons ◽

Social Constructivist Approach

A quality-based authoring tool is defined by its ability to satisfy its users’ needs. In the design and use of such tools in CALL, however, very little reliable information exists about what the tutoring system really does, for example concerning its capacity to create ‘interactive’ lessons. Linked to this, many teachers lack the time and resources to keep up with the latest technological developments, and invariably feel they are under exploiting the possibilities of CALL. This paper proposes a typology of different types of CALL-based interactivity and interaction to help teachers better assess the possibilities of network-based multimedia authoring tools. In adopting a general social constructivist approach, the system of classification looks at how one can link different learning styles, in this case that of Mumford & Honey (1992) Learning Styles, to different types of: (1) on-line learner accompaniment; (2) evaluation of learner production; (3) organised structures of events/states (scenation); (4) data organisation; (5) information units; (6) frequency of choice; (7) choices made available to learners. Finally, a multimedia authoring system, LEM of Speaker (Intranet version 3.30) will serve as a demonstration of the importance of this mode of evaluation to the design and understanding of such authoring tools in CALL.

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Multimedia Authoring for Communities of Teachers

Multimedia Technologies ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-953-3.ch050 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 705-720

Author(s):

A Guerraz ◽

Cecile Roisin ◽

Jan Mikae ◽

Romain Deltour

Keyword(s):

Main Idea ◽

Authoring Tools ◽

Spatial Structures ◽

Technological Support ◽

Multimedia Authoring ◽

Logical Time ◽

Specific Community ◽

Share Information

One way of providing technological support for communities of teachers is to help participants to produce, structure and share information. As this information becomes more and more multimedia in nature, the challenge is to build multimedia authoring and publishing tools that meet requirements of the community. In this paper, we analyze these requirements and propose a multimedia authoring model and a generic platform on which specific community-oriented authoring tools can be realized. The main idea is to provide template-based authoring tools while keeping rich composition capabilities and smooth adaptability. It is based on a componentoriented approach integrating homogeneously logical, time and spatial structures. Templates are defined as constraints on these structures.

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