Technical Evaluation Report 33: Evaluating Digital Authoring Tools

As the quality of authoring software increases, online course developers become less reliant on proprietary learning management systems, and develop skills in the design of original, in-house materials and the delivery platforms for them. This report examines the capabilities of digital authoring so...

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Main Author: Russ Wilde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Athabasca University Press 2004-08-01
Series:International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning
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Online Access:http://www.irrodl.org/content/v5.2/technote3.html
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