Authoring systems

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The research "Intelligent tutoring system" resarch community use the term Authoring Systems to refer to computer based system that allow non-programmers (generally) to create (ie. author) content for an intelligent tutoring systems. While a few intelligent tutoring systems have been successful, the are very costly to construct.

A recent book reviews some attempts to build authoring tools.

In Tom Murray, Stephen Blessing, and Sharon Ainsworth, editors, Authoring Tools for Advanced Technology Learning Environ-ment. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2003

See also Authoring tool that emphasises the perspective of international standards for content.