Development of Educational Software
Course subject(s)
Development of Educational Software
Knowledge management and web lectures
Pedagogical Agents and Affective Computing
Duration and associated literature
Hour 1: 39:20
Hour 2: 41:51
Charles van der Mast (1995) Developing Educational Software: Integrating disciplines and media, PhD thesis Delft University of Technology [available athttp://repository.tudelft.nl/] Chapter1, and section 2.1. and 2.2.7, and Chapter 3 and 4.
The main topic in this lecture is to observe and discuss the different methods of development of educational software in professional and multidisciplinary teams. First the life cycle of educational software is studied and its essential components. An overview of observed activities during develpment is given. As an intermezzo a rececent experience is given with improving the educational system at technical colleges in the Kolkata area (India) by introducing the development of educational software by teachers in small teams. Then, the three levels of modeling are given: macro – why; meso – what; micro – how. Finally roles and responsibilites in the team of developers are given.
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