using dynamic publishing and responsive templates design in lcms

Using dynamic publishing and

responsive templates design in LCMS

Andrea Lorenzon

Senior eLearning Consultant

Keywords:

From blended learning delivery to learning content personalization: advantages of a dynamic publishing LCMS strategy.

Its all about:

• learning

• content

• personalization

• blended

• LCMS

• publishing

• dynamic

• advantages

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Dynamic Publishing

… a method of

designing publications in

which layout templates

are created which can

contain different content

in different publications.

,, Dynamic

publishing


Dynamic Publishing

Key benefits of a solid

dynamic publishing strategy

in learning include:

• delivering the same

content to Mobile, LMS

and web portals

• rendering content

differently for every user

group and target

population

Dynamic publishing

and

Blended learning


Dynamic Publishing

Dynamic publishing

and

Blended learning

Template-based content production

Real time rendering

Dynamic content distribution


Content personalization

• The need for advanced

levels of

personalization in

learning & training

materials has become a

fundamental condition

of effective education

today.

• Content

personalization means

addressing new

learning needs, media,

skills and scenarios,

extending blended

learning far beyond

the classroom and

'traditional eLearning'.


From exchange...

Intranet

Classroom Wiki

Blog

mLearning

Knowledge Base Word-of-mouth

On the job

eLearning

User

Community

Informal Knowledge

Documentation

Training

Formal Knowledge

Bottom-up Top-down


From exchange... to formalization

Informal

Formal

EDITORIAL


Understand content consumers needs...

...address them...

BRANDING

E-BOOK

ACCESSIBILITY

FORMAT

MOBILE

CLASSROOM

INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

…to deliver personalized content

New generation LCMS solutions must

become 'smarter' and empower

learning content personalization

far beyond the way in which this can be done

using a CMS and LMS today.

…we call this approach…

'Dynamic Publishing'

,,© eXact learning solutions 2012

Why Dynamic Publishing

Dynamic Publishing ensures that:

• You can maximise your return on investment in learning content

• Learning content aligns with your organization’s business goals and the needs of key stakeholders

• Learning content is up-to-date

• Learning content is available on demand in whatever format your workforce needs


The way through content

production, distribution and maintenance


The sustainable way...

effective workflow definition

agile project management

template-based

content development

simple though

effective tagging and

classification

efficient asset

management policies

A sustainable approach to content production, distribution and maintenance requires


The sustainable way... Actors...

Project Manager

Media team

Experts

Project Sponsor

Editor / ID

Needs

Knowledge

Pedagogy

User Experience

Coordination

Learner


The sustainable way... Actors, process...

Project Manager

Media team

Experts

Project Sponsor

Editor / ID

Needs

Knowledge

Pedagogy

User Experience

Coordination

Learner


The sustainable way... Actors, process and technologies...

Virtual classroom

Podcast

Whiteboard

Mobile

Offline

LMS / Intranet

LCMS


The sustainable way... Three steps towards content personalization

LCMS

Template-based content

production

Real time rendering

LCMS-LMS integration


Adaptive and personalized content

Step 1: template-based content production

Raw Assets

Images Flash Audio Video

...

Templating system

mLearning

Printed materials

eLearning

Personalized learning


An example of template-based content

Laptop

iPad, landscape

Smartphone, portrait © eXact learning solutions 2012

An example of template-based content



LCMS


production

Real time rendering




Step 2: Real time rendering

Real time rendering engine

Learning Package

Format

Accessibility

Personalized learning

Branding © eXact learning solutions 2012

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Real time rendering key benefits


Content consumers

Learning Package

ONLINE STREAMING

Content designers

Needs

Real-time processing

Version 10

Standard version Custom brand Accessible version

Version 2

An example of real time rendering


Run-time virtual file provider

XML Data

Static files overriden by XPRE

Static and dynamic files NOT overriden by XPRE

Dynamic files

overriden by XPRE

XSLT Stylesheets

Learner

Learning Package

Runtime virtual package

Rendering cache

Run-time XSLT Processor

Rendering Template

1

3 4

2


LCMS


production

Real time rendering




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Digital repository

Additional sources

Authoring tool(s)

3rd party LMS


Manual or Automatic hand-over of content

Learning Package

LCMS-LMS integration Static publishing


Digital repository

Additional sources

Other front-end systems

LMS content server

Authors Instructional Designers

SMEs Learners

Tutors Administrators

Authoring tool(s) 3rd party LMS

Additional delivery portals

LCMS-LMS integration Dynamic publishing


Additional sources

Digital repository

Authors Instructional Designers

SMEs Learners

Tutors Administrators

Authoring tool(s)

Reporting database

Tracking engine

SCORM rendering

and sequencing

engine

Additional delivery portals

Learning Package

3rd party LMS

Real-time rendering + dynamic publishing key outcomes

Target groups

Special clients

Special projects

Departments

Workforce, Partners, Clients

Channels

Intranet

Internal LMS

External LMS

Mobile

Content format

eLearning

mLearning

Printable

PPT Slides

Layout and other needs

Branding

Look Feel

Accessibility

Learners' preferences

An example of LCMS-LMS integration


Static vs Dynamic publishing

Static Dynamic

Manual Autom.

LMS

Player

LCMS

Player

One single content repository

No content duplication

Easy content maintenance and immediate update of course contents ()

Easy update of course structure and navigation ()

Centralized SCORM tracking and reports

Centralized SCORM 2004 learning objectives

Delivery of SCORM content through portals other than LMS

(web portal, Intranet, CRM, ERP, eCommerce portal)

Limited or no integration costs

Consistent user experience in online, offline and mobile learning


Ten advantages of dynamic publishing

I. Effective maintenance of content updates

II. Efficient management of storage space and bandwidth consumption

III. Flexible re-packaging and re-sequencing of contents

IV. LMS platform independency

V. Wider re-usability of contents

VI. Open accessibility of contents

VII. Innovative business modelling

VIII. Innovative skills personalization solutions

IX. Innovative media personalization solutions

X. Overall content lifecycle strategy optimization


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