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Luca Botturi

Luca Botturi holds a master’s degree in communication and technologies and a PhD in communication and instructional design from the University of Lugano, where he currently works. He has worked as an instructional designer and researcher in Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Canada and Spain. He is founder and project manager of Seed, a non-profit organization supporting training and educational projects in international cooperation.

Publications

Supporting Decision Making in Using Design Languages for Learning Designs and Learning Objects

In developing modern instructional software, learning designs are used to formalize descriptions of roles, activities, constraints, and several other instructional design aspects...

Developing and Managing an Effective Virtual Campus: The eLab Experience in the Swiss Higher Education Context

This chapter presents a successful Swiss experience in developing and effectively managing virtual campus projects: eLab, the eLearning Laboratory of the University of Lugano and...

Handbook of Visual Languages for Instructional Design: Theories and Practices

The more complex instructional design (ID) projects grow, the more a design language can support the success of the projects, and the continuing process of integration of...

Bridging the Gap with MAID: A Method for Adaptive Instructional Design

This chapter presents MAID, a complete design method for adaptive courseware tailored for non-technical people. Adaptive hypermedia systems represent a great potential for...

E2ML: A Tool for Sketching Instructional Designs

This chapter introduces E²ML, the Educational Environment Modeling Language. E²ML is a lightweight visual language for instructional design; suitable both for complex...

Comparing Visual Instructional Design Languages: A Case Study

This handbook testifies that research on VIDL is lively, and has produced a number of interesting design languages and tools. This chapter wants to support readers in...

Bridging the Gap with MAID: A Method for Adaptive Instructional Design

This chapter presents MAID, a complete design method for adaptive courseware tailored for non-technical people. Adaptive hypermedia systems represent a great potential for...

Fast Prototyping as a Communication Catalyst for E-Learing Design

This chapter proposes a renewed perspective on a known project management model, fast prototyping, which was adapted for the specific issues of e-learning development. Based on...

Fast Prototyping as a Communication Catalyst for E-Learing Design

This chapter proposes a renewed perspective on a known project management model, fast prototyping, which was adapted for the specific issues of e-learning development. Based on...

Bridging the Gap with MAID: A Method for Adaptive Instructional Design

This chapter presents MAID, a complete design method for adaptive courseware tailored for non-technical people. Adaptive hypermedia systems represent a great potential for...