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A new generation of Learning Design tools

Dai Griffiths <D.E.Griffiths@bolton.ac.uk> Institute for Educational Cybernetics D4L, 20 th May 2008, Manchester. A new generation of Learning Design tools. The TENCompetence project. 4-year EU Integrated IST-TEL project Led by Rob Koper of OUNL, one of the main architects of IMS LD

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A new generation of Learning Design tools

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  1. Dai Griffiths <D.E.Griffiths@bolton.ac.uk>Institute for Educational CyberneticsD4L, 20th May 2008, Manchester A new generation of Learning Design tools

  2. The TENCompetence project • 4-year EU Integrated IST-TEL project • Led by Rob Koper of OUNL, one of the main architects of IMS LD • Developing “ technical and organisational infrastructure for lifelong competence development” • Open source, standards and interoperability specifications compliant

  3. The “C” word • In the TENCompetence project competence: • is not a thing in the head • is related to a niche • can’t be observed directly • is a disposition of an actor (individual, team, organisation) • is identified and defined in a community of practice See Cheetham & Chivers (2005) Professions, Competence and Informal Learning

  4. So… learning is someone saying something about someone • TENCompetence is a framework for those conversations, and relates them together • Including “How do I learn to…?” • The conversations need to bridge social and organisational contexts (HE, KM, HRM…) • The structure should constrain learning or teaching processes as little as possible

  5. What spaces will be used for conversations about learning? • Threads which could converge? • Social applications on the web • PLE ideas • Mash-ups • eFramework • Competence frameworks

  6. In the context of Institutional pedagogic & demographic change • Infrastructure should not be tied to the current structures of institutions • Degrees from a single institution? • Accreditation organisations? • Private universities and tutors? • Libraries and classrooms? • An open infrastructure should at least allow us to experiment with alternatives

  7. This context suggests that… • We need shared models and specifications for learning activities • IMS LD is not an act of faith, but also should not be dismissed • It is hard to sort out the limitations of implementations from limitations of the specification • Our development is seeing how far we can push the spec

  8. Often we just want access to information and suggestions • Simple sequences of learning resources and activity descriptions • In the context of a community and a competence development objective • No cohorts, no teacher intervention • So no need for a separate runtime phase • TENCompetence provides this

  9. If we need something more… • Find, choose and adapt learning activities • With an explicit model which we can share • Infrastructure to mediate and coordinate sophisticated learning activities for learners & teacher • Open Source applications to edit them • Then TENCompetence uses Learning Design

  10. Simple web based editor / runtime for teachers. Will export to IMS LD (under development)

  11. Wookie widget layer provides services. Allocates groups to tools in learning context; & provides flexible channel. Not exclusively LD.

  12. ReCourse LD Editor v1.5 Successor to Reload LD editor(level A editing, B & C file support)

  13. Plug-ins for ReCourse provided integrated workflow • OpenDocument.net repository • Browse and upload UOLs, parses manifest • UOL Publisher • Replaces CLICC • Widget services authoring • Editor for subset of QTI • (under development, available soon)

  14. Linking UOLs with the wider context • Work in TENComptetence underway • Aligning objectives in PDP with learning objectives in UOL • Advertising available runs of UOLs • Returning results of runs to the Personal Competence Manager • Many identity and privacy issues, but we think that this can be handled

  15. Useful links • All TENCompetence downloads http://sourceforge.net/projects/tencompetence/ • Info (and friendly links to downloads) • ReCourse LD Editor http://www.tencompetence.org/ldauthor/ • Wookie Widget server http://www.tencompetence.org/ldruntime/ • Web editor videos http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=9E92FF44A85CCBFE • Demos • Web editor: http://145.20.173.186/design.php • Wookie widget server: coming soon, watch www.tencompetence.org… • Support forums: http://www.tencompetence.org/forum/

  16. Your participation is welcome! • The TENCompetence foundation has been established • A vehicle which maintain the code and coordinating its use • More informally we would like to share • pilots, developing software, working on specifications, future projects… • talk to me or Chris Kew, or visit www.tencompetence.org

  17. The Web editor • http://145.20.173.186/design.php • The ideas will be familiar to some of you • Wollongong verbs • 8 Learning Events Model

  18. Demos of ReCourse and Widgets

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