HyperCourseware Developments in ToolBook

As a context for the work presented here, consider the current significant shift towards largescale courseware developments (e.g., the projects under the Teaching and Learning Technology Programme involving consortia of academic institutions) and contrast these large-scale developments with previous ad hoc developments of small-scale “lessonware”, which is what most of the previous computer assisted learning developments have been. As the industry of courseware management and development continues to mature, so new requirements and issues continue to emerge. For example, techniques, tools and standards are now required which support the evolutionary development and delivery of flexible largescale courseware and which support the integration of material produced using a diverse collection of authoring tools. Current authoring systems (including ToolBook) are a very long way from satisfying these requirements.