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The Authoring ProblemWe Make How We Learn: The Role of Community in Authoring Tool Longevity

The Authoring Problem: We Make How We Learn: The Role of Community in Authoring Tool Longevity [Since 1979, hundreds of authoring tools have been created. While many factors contribute to the survival of a tool beyond its initial introduction, the largest factor for an authoring tool lasting more than a publication or initial experiment is the active involvement of a communityCommunities. Authoring tools survive by those who use them. Active communityCommunities involvement in projects extends their lives, and the resources created by communities around a tool help new users learn to use it. This chapter examines three different open-source projectsOpen-source, authoring tools, Bitsy and Twine, and scripting languageScriptingscripting language, ink, with a focus on how their communities have played a roleRole in their perception and longevity.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Authoring ProblemWe Make How We Learn: The Role of Community in Authoring Tool Longevity

Part of the Human–Computer Interaction Series Book Series
Editors: Hargood, Charlie; Millard, David E.; Mitchell, Alex; Spierling, Ulrike
Cox, Daniel
The Authoring Problem — Jan 2, 2023
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
ISBN
978-3-031-05213-2
Pages
65 –72
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-05214-9_5
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Abstract

[Since 1979, hundreds of authoring tools have been created. While many factors contribute to the survival of a tool beyond its initial introduction, the largest factor for an authoring tool lasting more than a publication or initial experiment is the active involvement of a communityCommunities. Authoring tools survive by those who use them. Active communityCommunities involvement in projects extends their lives, and the resources created by communities around a tool help new users learn to use it. This chapter examines three different open-source projectsOpen-source, authoring tools, Bitsy and Twine, and scripting languageScriptingscripting language, ink, with a focus on how their communities have played a roleRole in their perception and longevity.]

Published: Jan 2, 2023

Keywords: Authoring tools; Community; Twine; Ink; Bitsy

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