Design and Development of Digital Educational Content

Digital educational content is a key element in the successful application of Information and Communications Technologies into the area of education. For years, the Spanish education authorities have been very active in both in the design and development of materials and the establishment of standards and specifications. In this chapter we present all these advances: the strategic plans and the operative actions, the main lines of the programs “Internet in the School” and “Internet in the Classroom” for the development of digital educational contents, and the standards application.