Objective The design of authoring tools must look beyond the current standards in CBT to consider the range of activities which must be supported in more advanced, AI based systems. This project seeks to build a domain independent authoring environment compatible both with traditional CBT methods and more advanced AI methods. The environment is extensible in a number of ways. The project will produce documents which can serve as a basis for the development of guide-lines in this area, and provide an implemented system which demonstrates a number of aspects of these guide-lines. 2 elaborate prototypes have been developed of a multimedia authoring system which incorporates:a set of advanced editors;facilities for dialogue modelling, response analysis and rapid prototyping;an intelligent tutoring system development system for both guided and discovery learning;C and Pascal programming support.A prototype was made available on 26/10/92The project attacks the problem of authoring teaching materials by considering the requirements of three distinct forms of computer-based presentation system for teaching. The short-term perspective is represented by traditional CAI approaches, the medium term by Extended CAL systems i.e. systems which incorporate simple Artificial intelligence techniques into CAI systems) and the long-term is represented by considering the needs of intelligent Computer Aided instruction systems (ICAI). In each of these areas, a document will be produced outlining the authoring requirements for this form of courseware, and relating these requirements to more general hardware and software implications for the overall Portable Educational Tools Environment (PETE). These requirements cover the needs of multi-media teaching systems in general. The approach taken is to bring together the expertise of the various partners in these areas. Some have experience in advanced CAL tools, others in intelligent Tutoring Systems and ECAL. All the partners have implemented systems in their respective areas of expertise, and are hence very familiar with the issues involved in their own area. The approach is therefore to be regarded as a synthesis of existing expertise into a unified and coherent framework. The production of a set of discussion documents and a sample implementation is based upon the belief that this is the most appropriate way to ensure that these ideas receive wide distribution and consideration within the European community. A key feature of the approach is to support upward compatibility: the system can therefore be viewed as providing a smooth transition from traditional to advanced authoring environments. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencenatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftware Programme(s) FP2-DELTA 1 - Community action (EEC) in the field of learning technologies (DELTA) - Exploratory action, 1988-1990 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator Open University EU contribution No data Address Walton Hall MK7 6AA Milton Keynes United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all APIGRAPH SARL France EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) France EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data Datamat Ingegneria dei Sistemi SpA Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Simone Martini 126 00142 Roma See on map Total cost No data STANDARD ELEKTRIK LORENZ AG Germany EU contribution No data Address LORENZSTRASSE, 10 70435 Stuttgart See on map Total cost No data
