Our chapter, Supporting the WISE design process: Authoring tools that enable insights into technology-enhanced learning, has just been released. It’s published in the book Authoring Tools and Expert Modeling Techniques, Volume 3 of a series on Design Recommendations for Intelligent Tutoring Systems, edited by Robert Sottilare, Arthur Graesser, Xiangen Hu, and Keith Brawner.
In our chapter, we describe how features of a curriculum authoring system can guide researchers and teachers in the design process, and allow them to better observe and understand students’ learning. The principles we discuss include: (1) providing design tools that are accessible by users with a range of abilities; (2) enabling users to build on the contributions of others; (3) making student data available as evidence to inform iterative refinement; and (4) allowing ways for users to appropriate the system to advance new goals.
A PDF of the book is available for download at the GIFT website, and can also be viewed on Google Books.