Workshop on Educational

resources for 21st century

Schools
Jordi Vivancos
CITE Symposium
March 2010
 Workshop Plan
• Spectrum of Learning and ICT
• Main issues for Digital Learning
Resources (DLR)
1. Access to resources
2. Production models
3. Standardisation
• Collaborative building of a Map for Digital
Learning Resources
Is Technology only a resource?

WITH FROM ABOUT

A need for easy access to DLR
1. Classifying: IEEE LOM
DLR physical support
DLR technical format
 DLR aggregation level

Course

Sequence

Learning Object

Learning activity
Atomic element
(text, graphic, audio, video)
 DLR structure
• Lineal
A

• Hipertext E
B

D C

• Hipermedia A

• Adaptive
DLR difficulty level
 DLR interactivity level
1.0

2.0
DLR type of Licensing model
 2. Production models for DLR
1. Editorial
2. Personal
3. Collaborative
4. Híbrid
 2.1. Editorial Model
Component creation Repository Sequencing

Tagging Search

Feedback
Agregation
Student VLE
Learning Object
Interaction Publication

Evaluation

MLE
 2.2. Personal content creation

Many tools available:

• Presentations
• Activity oriented tools
• VLE as course or
scenario creators
• Independent tools
2.3 Collaborative authoring: Wikis
 2.4. Hybrid Models

Creation: Repository Aggregation Publication Assignation

Publishers Teachers Teachers
Teachers Students Students
Communities
 Distribution of DLR:
From broadcast to personalised
• Stand alone content: CAL-Cdrom (1980’s)
• 1st generation Web content (1990’s)
• 2nd generation: LMS – VLE (2000)
• 3rd Web 2.0 + Cloud computing (2010)
• Personalised learning content (20XX)
VLE: the “operating system” of
XXIst century school

Identifyer / password

web Access Digital learning resources

Learning activity monitoring

A new ecosystem for digital content
Content School VLE
providers
Authors / Editors

Students
Digital infraestructures + Elearning standards
3. Need for Open Standards for DLR
 Modeling learning process

Management
pedagogy

resources Teacher dialog student

VLE
competencies
evaluation
repository activities
repository
curriculum
course

Diagrama original de C. Duncan

 Estandards and especifications for learning process
IMS LD
IMS Enterprise
Management
pedagogy IMS LIP
LOM
resources Teacher dialog student

IMS QTI VLE

IMS DR IMS
competencies LD
IMS DR
IMS Competency evaluation
repository activities
Definition repository
curriculum IMS Content IMS Sequencing
course
Packaging

Diagrama original de C. Duncan

Open Standards = Interoperability

Reuse
Remixing

sfllaw
 Learning Object:
Aggregation of learning elements
Metadades

Teorema
Teorema de
de Pitàgores
Pitàgores

Metadades

Teorema
Teorema Exemple
Exemple

Exercici
Exercici
 IMS Common Cartridge:
A new specification for web 2.0
Educational Content
CMS/LMS/VLE/IMS Learner
Runtime
Common
Common

Authorization

Tools Interop
SCORM,other
LMS

Assessment
Discussion
Rendering

Interface
Cartridge Import

Engine

Forum
Content
Cartridge

XML
Function Mgmnt/
Repository

–Packaging of digital content -Launch and data exchange

–Metadata (tagging of content with descriptive attributes) with standalone learning tools

–Question and test formats

–Collaborative discussion forums set-up information Digital Web or
Content Enterprise
–Invocation of web or enterprise applications
Authorization Learning
–3rd party formats (SCORM, MPEG, Quicktime, etc.) Service Application
–Cartridge authorization information
Shared map for Digital Learning Resources
Open interaction

Adaptive content
Drill and practice
Presentations
Reference content
Serious games
Focus Simulations Focus on
on content Telecollaborative projecs competences
Tutorials
Web based activities
Web 2.0 Tools

Directed Interaction
 A cartogram example:
Countries and population
 Workshop task: Build a shared
cartogram of DLR
• 10 minutes groupwork All group:
• Search synonyms for (3 min presentation/group)
the type of resource • Agree each resource
assigned best title, location and
• Identify 3 examples of “bubble size”
the type of resource • Agreement on
• Locate the resource examples proposed
according the “Map • Continue discussion
Coordinates” in Workshop Ning
• Count the number of forum.
hits in Google
 Thank you

jvivancos@xtec.cat