Social Media Learning: An approach for composition of multimedia interactive object in a collaborative learning environment

Multimedia resources offer an opportunity to innovate and improve teaching and learning environments through the interactivity. However, the interactivity is weakly supported by current learning environments and there is a lack of tools to build this type of material. Therefore, this paper describes a new collaborative environment for composing multimedia-interactive learning objects, called Social Media Learning (SMLearning). This environment includes a methodological guideline and a Social Media platform. This article presents details about Authoring Tool and Multimedia Player, which have been tested in a blended learning experience with a postgraduate course at the University Autónoma of Madrid, where students and teachers have been worked together for generating multimedia-interactive educational material.