Authoring Systems in Computer-Based Education: Learning Efficacy and Opportunities

This paper essentially grants an in-depth summary and analysis of the existing research studies dealing with authoring systems in computer-based education. It primarily endeavors to underline the momentous role of computerized learning environments in education. Likewise, it provides a framework for teachers to think more deeply and creatively about how they design and structure activities for different learners and learning styles. While the benefits of engaging in the learning design process exist regardless of the delivery mode (electronic or face-to-face), they are particularly relevant to distance learning or oftentimes used in blended learning. Nevertheless the teacher or the designer of the learning environment should not lean into object construction and provision to the detriment of a variety of pedagogical models which are built around collaborative activity on the part of the learners. Identifying the tools needed to create these types of environments requires knowledge of how these tools work and how they are categorized.