These proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute in the Special Programme on Advanced Educational Technology features the collective work of a group of international scholars and practitioners interested in the automation of instructional design. Members of the group have collaborated over the past few years in several NATO-sponsored Advanced Research Workshops and Advanced Study Institutes. Continuing research and development activities of the members are represented by the formation of an international consortium known as the Grimstad Group. This book establishes an initial knowledge...

These proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute in the Special Programme on Advanced Educational Technology features the collective work of a group of international scholars and practitioners interested in the automation of instructional design. Members of the group have collaborated over the past few years in several NATO-sponsored Advanced Research Workshops and Advanced Study Institutes. Continuing research and development activities of the members are represented by the formation of an international consortium known as the Grimstad Group. This book establishes an initial knowledge...

This book provides an international presentation of the issues and concepts for the automating of instructional system development (ISD). Based on a NATO workshop held as part of the special Programme on Advanced Educational Technology, the book includes information on the planning, production, and implementation of automated ISD. Summaries arepresented of existing successful systems along with specifications for future developments. The book is unique in its comprehensive coverage of automating ISD, from both American and European perspectives. The book provides not only a complete and...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 4th World Summit on the Knowledge Society, WSKS 2011, held in Mykonos, Greece, in September 2011. The 90 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 198 submissions. The papers address issues such as information technology, e-learning, e-business, cultural heritage, e-government.