A Teachware Management Framework for Multiple Teaching Strategies

Abstract

In this paper we argue that effective teaching is a multi-method process and propose a teachware management framework flexible enough to support multiple teaching strategies. We model e.g. behaviouristic or constructivistic strategies based on a metamodeling approach to learning material. As the common implementation language we introduce the XML-based Learning Material Structure Markup Language which also facilitates the interchange and portability of learning material. Our teachware management framework has already proved its advantages from both, the author's and the learner's perspective.