Design and Development of Digital Learning Environments

COURSE CONTENT

1. Unit 1: Blended Learning and Support Tools
   1.1 E-Learning and Educational Technology
   • The concept of blended learning, examples, challenges, and objectives
   • The role of educational technology in blended learning
   1.2 Tools for a Technology-Supported Classroom
   • Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts
   • Surveys with Google Forms
   • Scratch, quizzes with ClassMarker
   • Educational videos with VideoScribe, quiz integration with Edpuzzle
   • Using MIT App Inventor and Blippar
2. Unit 2: Contemporary Learning Environments
   2.1 Environments for Remote Synchronous Support
   • Video conferencing: Skype, Zoom, Microsoft Teams
   • Social networks
   2.2 Environments for Massive Open Asynchronous Remote Teaching – MOOCs
3. Unit 3: Educational Software and Learning Environments
   3.1 General Features of Knowledge Acquisition Software
   • Learning environments
   • Hypermedia/Multimedia
   • Self-assessment/Exercises
   • Simulations
   • Educational games
   • E-Examination environments
   3.2 Open Hypermedia Learning Content Resources
   • Resources like Photodentro and others
4. Unit 4: Stages of Educational Software Development
   4.1 Development Stages (Analysis-Design-Implementation-Distribution)
   4.2 Review of Design and Development Models
   • Analysis
   • Design
   • Prototyping and Development
   • Evaluation
   • Software usage rights (copyrights)
5. Unit 5: Development and Design Tools for Multimedia Applications
   5.1 Authoring Tools for Multimedia Applications
   5.2 Online Multimedia Applications, Website Creation with HTML5, Hyperlink, and Hypermedia Enrichment
6. Unit 6: Designing and Creating a Multimedia Application with Modern Tools
   6.1 Design and Creation of a Multimedia Application
   • Integration of hypermedia and dynamic text
   • Synthetic motion
   • Drag-and-drop elements
   • Quizzes, images, and videos
   6.2 Linking, Integrating, and Embedding Interactive Content and Multimedia Applications in Existing Educational Environments, Platforms, or Websites
7. Unit 7: Summary and Application in a Practical Scenario
   7.1 Presentation of Modern Tools (e.g., MIT App Inventor, Blippar) for Creating Multimedia Educational Environments
   7.2 Applying Previous Units in a Model Environment in Collaboration with Students

The course aims to understand, apply, and leverage modern tools and technologies
for designing and developing digital learning environments.