E-authoring - Didactic Methodologies and Models of E- Learning Content Development

The contents development for distance training (e-Authoring) is one of the main problems which affect the e-Learning research. The multiplicity of e-Learning typologies (Stand-Alone e-Learning, Assisted e-Learning, e-Cooperative Learning, Blended Learning, info-Learning, small-Learning) and the specificity of the related didactic methodologies make the development of contents supporting the distance teaching-learning processes (‘e-Content’ or ‘e-Learning Content’) very articulated, determining the need to individualize specific planning and development models for these contents and specific professional skills necessary for this development. The intervention analyzes the various forms of an e-Learning Content and the relationship among the different forms of e-Content and the different typologies of e-Learning. Then, the paper describes some efficacious e-Authoring models, paying special attention to the foreign languages distance teaching sector. Finally, a definition of a new professional profiles ‘e-Author’, ‘e-Editor’, ‘e-Publisher’ is introduced. Because of the limited length of this article, it is supposed that the reader has a general knowledge on the basic principles of Didactics and e-Learning, in order to concentrate the focus on the central subject. 1 Didactic