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Bologna’s process and the opening of university teaching to new educational scenarios provide an opportunity for the implementation of innovative and active methodologies. This paper describes a practice implemented by the share and reuse of learning contents using streaming technology. Streaming technology was used since it promotes the support of pedagogical activity as a dynamic resource and...

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Educational discussion boards are growing in use as they help students share knowledge and doubts in a working/studying environment. Although these interactive tools are highly effective in learning environments, their usability by blind students is very poor. In this paper we develop techniques to improve accessibility of educational content for students who are blind. Threads of messages in d...

In the last few years the problem of developing sequencing of course material has become an important research issue, particularly the standardization of metadata for educational resources. Our work aims at providing an environment of authoring and presentation of pedagogical multimedia contents adapted to the end-user. This environment must increase the productivity of the teacher by supportin...