presented by jim farmer at the common solutions group spring meeting wednesday, may 7, 2003...
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Presented by Jim Farmerat
The Common Solutions Group Spring MeetingWednesday, May 7, 2003
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Learning Management Systems
Lessons from the Initiatives
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UK JISC Approach
• Focus on the use of shared contentAll learning management systems must demonstrate IMS packaging interoperability using test packages.
• Develop long-term software supportBodington – Funded by Oxford, Manchester and Leeds Universities from academic budgets.
• Support multiple pedagogiesClasses, Tutorials, Tutored distance learning, self study
• Integration with library systemsDirect links to library catalog entries, availability at libraries, reserve
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Colloquia
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Colloquia group discussions
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Colloquia features
• Peer-to-peer learning management and groupware system
• Supports and encourages self-organising groups
• Provides asynchronous group and personal conversation facilities
• Allows personal information to be shared between participants
• Allows learning and other online resources to be referenced and accessed
• runs on all Java enabled platforms
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Colloquia pedagogy
• Monitored communication with “promote” feature, mentor comments
• Class or person-to-person e-mail exchanges
• Monitored activity_____________________________
“Available as a service” in other learning management systems
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Bodington
“The Bodington System is different: it gives you buildings, floors, and rooms to allow you to structure your material the way that most fits the structure of your courses and it gives you tools such as discussion rooms, questionnaires, web documents, multiple choice papers etc. which you can arrange in any way you like.”
From http://bodington.org/bodington/opensite/bodproject/information/about/overview/, 5 May 2003
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Bodington
“If it's appropriate you can publish your lecture notes as a set of pages in a reading room but if you want students to interact with you and the lecture notes you could create a discussion room instead and publish them as attachments to a series of messages you post throughout the course. You could even upload material into a multiple choice paper and use them in the feedback notes for the paper.”
From http://bodington.org/bodington/opensite/bodproject/information/about/overview/, 5 May 2003
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Bodington at University of Leeds
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Bodington Project “Building”
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Bodington Project
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Bodington, University of Manchester
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Defense Acquisition University“The DAU coordinates the acquisition education and training programs to meet the training requirements of approximately 129, 000 DoD Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L) workforce personnel. As the DoD corporate university for acquisition education, the DAU sponsors curriculum and instructor training to provide a full range of basic, intermediate, advanced, and assignment-specific courses to support the career goals and professional development of the AT&L Workforce.
From http://www.dau.mil/about-dau/mission.asp, 5 May 2003
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DAU “Partnerships”
• University of Alabama, Huntsville• Strayer University• University of Alaska, Anchorage• Stevens Institute of Technology• Georgetown University• Catholic University of America• University of Phoenix• George Mason University• Florida Institute of Technology
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DAU Software
• Developing a full-featured “open source” learning management system
• Development began with student registration and records
• Developed in modules; modules available as developed and implemented
• ADL/SCORM compliantAs announced at the
“Open Source for National and local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU” Conference
17-19 March 2003, Washington, DC
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DAU Home Page
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DAU Student Desktop
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DAU David D. Acker Library
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Advanced Distributed Learning
“The Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative, sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), is a collaborative effort between government, industry and academia to establish a new distributed learning environment that permits the interoperability of learning tools and course content on a global scale. ADL's vision is to provide access to the highest quality education and training, tailored to individual needs, delivered cost-effectively anywhere and anytime.”
From http://www.adlnet.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=abtadl&cfid=592004&cftoken=16884400, 6 May 2003
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ADL SCORM
“The SCORM is a reference model that defines the interrelationship of course components, data models and protocols so that learning content objects are sharable across systems that conform with the same model. The SCORM contains a collection of specifications adapted from global specification bodies and consortia to provide a comprehensive suite of e-learning capabilities enabling interoperability, accessibility and reusability of Web-based learning content.”
From http://www.adlnet.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=abtadl&cfid=592004&cftoken=16884400, 6 May 2003
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ADL “Rumors”
• Preparing materials for a class, the Department of Defense now requires previously developed learning materials be (1) used if available and appropriate, or (2) repurposed. If none are available, (3) developed.
• To implement his policy, the ADL development interest has now turned to digital repository access and metadata practices.
• Some of the ADL staff would prefer an “open source” software development.
“A reliable source,” Learning and Training Conference, Washington, DC, 1 May 2003
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Permissions
JA-SIG publications are in the public domain, but may contain material reproduced with permission of the Copyright owner. Users are requested to comply with any copyright restrictions and to appropriately reference any materials that are used in their own works.
Supplement
During subsequent discussions, references were made to simple methods of creating content—RSS 1.0 + modules is one technology. These slides show an example using JA-SIG’s uPortal RSS channel.
MIT’s Open CourseWare material is illustrated using a prototype uPortal OCW viewer channel (portlet).
Using the uPortal XLIFF viewer channel, translated documents using the XLIFF standard can be viewed showing either the original or the translation, or both languages—side-by-side.
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RSS version 1.0 channel
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RSS version 1.0 channel
In-line HTML
Streaming Audio and Video
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uPortal and MIT Open Courseware
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uPortal and MIT Open Courseware
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uPortal and XLIFF
English Only
German Only
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uPortal and XLIFF
Both Languages Side-by-Side