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Contents
Reasons for migration Learning Management Systems
WebCT and Moodle e-learning standards
IMS Content Packaging SCORM
Alternative schemas Migration Process
Reasons for migration
Cost Licence fee increased annually Latest price for the licence was 13
500 euros per year (limited to 6000 seats)
OVI-portal launch Better control to customise LMS
Learning Management Systems
Definition:LMS is the platform which deploys and manages learning content.
LMS should support: information distribution management of learning material offer of multiple communication facilities class management
Learning Management Systems
WebCT (Web Course Tools) is one of most popular commercial Web-based Learning Management Systems available
History of WebCT reaches back to 1995, when Murray Goldberg from Computer Science Department of University of British Columbia started development of supportive system for web-based education
More than 5,8 million students around world using WebCT Amongst countries who have most WebCT licences Finland is
placed in fifth position In EVTEK WebCT Campus Edition version 3.8 is currently used
Learning Management Systems
Moodle (Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) is a free open source learning management system originated by Martin Dougiamas
Project started in the 1990s at the Curtin University of Technology (Perth, Australia)
Motive for development: Dougiamas was “frustrated by the fact that he wasn’t allowed to tweak the proprietary software and link it up to other administrative systems.”
Moodle has a modular design that supports customisation and scalability
e-learning standards
The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI)
The Aviation Industry CBT (Computer-Based Training) Committee (AICC)
The IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC)
The Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative
The IMS Global Learning Consortium
ARIADNE (Alliance of Remote Instructional Authoring and Distribution Networks for Europe) Foundation.
Institutions
IMS Content Packaging
Created by Global Learning Consortium, latest version 1.1.4
Describes data structures, XML binding and best practices that are used to assure interoperability for Internet based content with content creation tools, learning management systems, and run time environments
Specification is focused on defining interoperability between systems that wish to import, export, aggregate, and disaggregate packages of content
IMS Content Packaging
Package contains two main elements:
A manifest element, an XML document with stable name (imsmanifest.xml) that describes the encapsulated contents and their organization.
The actual educational contents, described in the manifest, such as media and text files, assessment objects or other data in file form.
SCORM
Sharable Content Object Reference Modellatest version "SCORM 2004“
Developed by Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative
Consolidates standards of different groups e-learning specifications into a single specification (includes also IMS Content Packaging)
SCORM
Documentation contains four parts: SCORM Overview: Covers the history and objectives of the
ADL Initiative and SCORM, including the specifications and standards from which SCORM borrows.
SCORM Content Aggregation Model (CAM): Describes components used in a learning experience, how to package those components for exchange from system to system.
SCORM Run-Time Environment (RTE): Describes the Learning Management System (LMS) requirements for managing the run-time environment.
SCORM Sequencing and Navigation (SN): Describes how SCORM-conformant content may be sequenced through a set of learner-initiated or system-initiated navigation events.
Alternative schemas for content transfer
Using Moodle SCORM module
XML to MySQL transfer
XML to XML transform
Migration process
Mapping course units Exporting data using WebCT’s IMS Content
Migration Utility Changing character encoding from IS0-8859-1
to UTF-8 Parsing data to Moodle backup Importing WebCT formatted quizzes Manual refining of course contents
Summary and conclusions
about 150 courses were transfered during project
e-learning standards significantly improve the interoperability and content reusability between different learning management systems
using different built-in and third party tools learning content transferring between systems can be accomplished quite effectively