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In the fourth chapter, firstly, I sought to record the patterns of policies and behaviors associated with E-learning tools, such as collaboration tools (e.g., Audio and Video conferencing, E-mail, Online discussion boards, Chat, Online meeting tools), Authoring tools (e.g., Authorware, Web course builder), Multimedia tools (e.g., Flash, Macromedia Director, Adobe Live Motion), Video Tools (e.g., Movie Maker, Video Studio, Premiere), Testing and Assessment tools (e.g., Course Builder for Dreamweaver), Audio tools (e.g., MultiTrackStudio, Cool Edit Pro), Animation tools (e.g., Cool 3-D, WebDraw, Animation Master, etc), Web Authoring tools (e.g., Microsoft Frontpage, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Golive), Virtual World tools (e.g., AC3D, Art of Illusion) and tools for accessing E-learning contents like Web-browsers (e.g., Internet Explorer (IE) and Netscape Navigator) introduced, their capabilities noted and weak and strong points of each one in different applications compared, and the share of standards and specifications such as SCORM and AICC in E-learning tools were indicated
Are there any other ways to write this better?

With a humongous list like that, it’s clearer and easier to read if you put it in point form, like this:

In the fourth chapter, I first describe the policies and behaviors associated with E-learning tools, such as:

- collaboration tools (e.g., Audio and Video conferencing, E-mail, Online discussion boards, Chat, Online meeting tools)

- authoring tools (e.g., Authorware, Web course builder)

- etc etc.

When you finish the list, at "introduced"… take a deep breath and start a new sentence. Also, try to use active voice: "I note their capabilities and compare their weak and strong points in different applications. I also indicate the share of E-learning tools in standards and specifications such as…"

I have fixed your first par. a little too. A couple of points:

– Present tense is better than past tense when describing the paper you are writing

– Try to use ordinary words instead of pretentious academic jargon.

So "I describe" is way better than "I sought to record".

– Use one sentence for each thought. There’s no point in running everything together into a single sentence.

And so the last par. reads better if it’s divided into several sentences. See my suggestion above.

All this is standard advice on good academic style, I hope.