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Panning for Gold (Designing Pedagogically-inspired Learning Nuggets)

Panning for Gold (Designing Pedagogically-inspired Learning Nuggets). Structure of Presentation. Background Nugget Model Comparison with IMS-LD Demo Conclusions. The DialogPLUS Project. 3 year JISC/NSF Digital Libraries in the Classroom project

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Panning for Gold (Designing Pedagogically-inspired Learning Nuggets)

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  1. Panning for Gold(Designing Pedagogically-inspired Learning Nuggets)

  2. Structure of Presentation • Background • Nugget Model • Comparison with IMS-LD • Demo • Conclusions

  3. The DialogPLUS Project • 3 year JISC/NSF Digital Libraries in the Classroom project • Concerned with creating, sharing & repurposing online learning activities that draw on a wide range of available resources pulled from digital libraries • Geography partners: Southampton, Leeds,UCSB,Penn State

  4. Nuggets • Due to confusing terminology definitions within e-learning, a pedagogically neutral term was invented for the geographers - the nugget • A nugget would represent an atomic, self-contained set of resources centred around specific learning objectives. • Nugget aka ‘learning activity’ • Several nuggets could be used in a lecture, as assignments or practicals. • Nuggets can range from written notes, word/pdf documents web pages, small website, flash animation

  5. Examples of Nuggets

  6. Why model nuggets? • Our intention was to provide a nugget repository/digital library (e.g. JORUM) where geographers could upload their own nuggets, attaching pedagogically-orientated metadata and search/view other people’s nuggets using these same terms • This lead to the development of the toolkit

  7. IMS-LD • Aware of the development of IMS-LD, however.. • Previous experiences in similar situations highlighted negative aspects of enforcing existing standards onto practitioners • We decided to create our own model • Although developed independently, there are a lot of similarities between our nugget model and IMS-LD

  8. Learning Activity A learning activity (nugget) has these main elements: • Required: • learning outcomes • a set of attributes • tasks • roles • Optional: • tools • resources • outputs

  9. Learning outcomes Learning Activity Tasks 1. Brainstorm a concept 2. Read a paper 3. Write short critique 4. Analyse data 5. ..... mini activity Resources LO1 webpage LO2 online journal LO3 database LO4 ...... • Tools • Discussion board • Web browser • Excel • ..... • Outcomes • Contribution to discussion • Text • Answers • ....... • Roles • individual learner • facilitator • group participant • ...... Attributes Pedagogy Subject Skills

  10. Final (ish)nuggetmodel • Iterative development over several years from close discussions with project partners

  11. Final (ish)nuggetmodel • Iterative development over several years from close discussions with project partners

  12. Comparison with IMS-LD • With a stable version of the nugget model, we have returned to IMS-LD and analysed our model in light of IMS-LD • Different aims of the two approaches • Lots of similarities

  13. Comparison with IMS-LD

  14. Now for a Demo…

  15. Experiences • What have we learnt? • It is possible to provide a mapping from our nugget model to that of IMS-LD • But does not always provide a complete mapping • We can produce LD ‘templates’ • Mapping onto the lower levels of LD • To be more extensive/flexible, another level of object composition would be useful

  16. Reflections for IMS-LD • Areas where metadata would be useful but not supported in IMS-LD. • E.g. pre-requisite & learning objective metadata on intermediate objects such as Activity-Structures • Experiences in the DialogPLUS project have shown that pedagogical metadata (such as our approach to learning and teaching) and general design are often the most reusable aspects of a learning design • Tools such as our nugget toolkit can (we hope) greatly improve the impact of IMS-LD by providing a more user-friendly environment for authoring units of learning

  17. Thanks for listening • Links: • Toolkit: http://www.nettle.soton.ac.uk/toolkit • Nugget model • Approach to Learning & Teaching • Outcomes • Assessment Tools & Techniques • Chris Bailey: cpb@ecs.soton.ac.uk • Karen Fill: kef@soton.ac.uk

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