A TEACHER FRLENDLY ENVIRONMENT TO FOSTER REUSABILITY AND INTERACTIVE EDUCATIONAL PACKAGES

A good teacher is able lo "customize" the les- son, in order tojit the requirement and needs of the learners he/she has in front in the clnssrooni. This becomes more di#cult and quite expensive in Open and Distance Educa- tion. where customization means the developmenf of similar confenls in diversified styles. An automated course compila- tion package which can make this approach affordable hm been developed in the 3DE (Design, Development and Lk- livery -Electronic Environment for Educational Multimedia) project. The acfuol preparation of custom courses showed the key role of aufhoringprocess and styles, and the related problems. This paper introduces the methodologv and de- scribes the development environment designed lo assist aufhors in rhe creotion of highly customized educational material. The goal is 10 make teachers undersfand the rela- tions among pedagogical and fechnical aspects, receive insfructions, guidelines and assisfonce for the developmenf of learning-styles aware material. The environment includes a Pedagogical framework, an Authors'guide, a Classifica- tion guide, and a mol Io speed up and ease metadata inser- tion in each learning unit.