Using multimedia in e-learning, a new role for teachers?

Abstract

This document presents a general overview of a new role proposed for teachers who are in contact with the information and communication technologies for distance courses content creation: the teacher-developer role. To acquire this profile, we are developing at the Laboratoire Paragraphe (Universit Paris 8, France) and the Tecnologico de Monterrey Campus Toluca (Mexico) a software tool called HyperTectol that introduces guides and promote in the faculty the use of multimedia elements for the Learning Objects design and creation. © 2005 by International Federation for Information Processing.