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Foil 17 Authoring the Curricula

From Web Based Education and Training -- Lets Go for It! Dynamics of the Networked Academy Mississippi State Univ. -- September 9-11 1998. by Geoffrey C. Fox


1 It would be good to use simulations and nifty animations and digital video if available
  • Simulations can be server side objects or client side (applets)
2 But at the low end, use PowerPoint or HTML (with various levels of sophistication in editor)
  • Using COM can store individual foils of PowerPoint in a database
3 At the high end, use Macromedia Director or equivalent technology
4 Only use technologies that support web export
5 Consider as objects that can be stored in a database and exported as HTML/XML using some template
6 Store video and images in multi-resolution format to accommodate different curricula quality/network bandwidth tradeoffs
7 Expect authoring tools to improve

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