1. Authoring The Learning Process

2. Overview The Authoring course  Writing. How do you write? Tools? Context? Discuss in groups, make lists / diagrams, feedback to members  Other ways of communicating? Tools? Context? Discuss in groups, make lists / diagrams, feedback to members  What does this suggest in terms of ‘authoring’?

3. Authoring For the purposes of the course, any electronic process that produces a product. This unit explores aspects of authoring including software paradigms, authoring tools, copyright, publication, distribution and commercial exploitation. Thus – text in different formats, video, audio, pictorial…. As long as it serves an assessable educational purpose.

4. The Authoring Wiki See at https://sites.google.com/site/cbltauthoring/ https://sites.google.com/site/cbltauthoring/ Accept invite and follow instructions exactly. This will be the main platform we use for this unit Think of a wiki as an authoring platform What are the advantages?

5. Authoring E-Learning?  Work in groups to see if you can come up with a definition  Report back to group Advantages of e-learning? Disadvantages of e-learning? Key issues in ensuring effective e-learning platforms

6. Authoring Session pages  Read course outline  Discuss in small groups  Questions and clarity Create a new page on the wiki UNDER your personal page (as a SUB page of your personal page) and begin planning your product.