Enabling Technologies to Design, Produce and Exploit Flexible, Electronic Learning Materials

The base for this chapter is a large scale project, set-up at the Dutch Open University (OUNL) to re-design the current approach to design, produce and exploit distance education learning materials. The project has been influenced by two major paradigm shifts in the educational approach of the OUNL. These paradigm shifts are being described in the chapter of Kirschner, Valcke and Sluijsmans (see chapter 7 of this book).