The course aims at a detailed analysis of a specific case of multimedia environments: the eLearning environments. The main objective of the course is to train the professional profile of the 'instructional designer', an expert able to design and manage all aspect of the educational intervention, especially addressed to 'distance' users. The acquired competence will be technical, psycho-pedagogical, and team-work oriented.

Course content:
' Learning theories: behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism
' Attention and motivation
' Media perception
' Educational strategies and approaches
' ELearning standards for the design and the interoperability of educational modules
' ELearning applications development process
' Design and production of audio-video educational modules
' ELearning intervention management
' ELearning market

The course includes a team-work activity, that consists in the design and development of educational modules using a professional eLearning platform.

' ¨W. Horton, 'E-learning by design', Pfeiffer, 2006.
' ¨R. E. Mayer, 'Multimedia Learning, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
' ¨K. Harman, A. Koohang, 'Learning objects. Standards, metadata, repositories & LCMS', Informing Science Press, 2007.

The final test consists in a written examination and in the evaluation of the laboratory activity.