Authoring Languages/Systems Comparisons
Michael L. Burger · AEDS Journal · 1986
Authoring Languages and Systems (AL/S) are being marketed to K-12 educators with hopes that teachers will use them to develop their own CAI. Because the literature has not addressed the use of AL/S in K-12 settings (they only recently have been made available to K-12 educators), there is a need to examine the AL/S and how teachers are using them. This article describes twelve AL/S which are being marketed to K-12 teachers and compares their features. Also included in the article is a discussion of the probability of wide-spread use of AL/S in K-12 settings, the factors affecting the extent of their use, and some new approaches to CAI development tools.