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Welcome NESC Webinar #3

Welcome NESC Webinar #3. E-learning for Improvement Dr Jean Penny & Fred Riley. This training comes with sound. Agenda. Welcome University of Nottingham RLO CETL The Improvement RLO project Q & A Feedback. Fred Riley. Learning Technologist School of Nursing, University of Nottingham

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Welcome NESC Webinar #3

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  1. WelcomeNESC Webinar #3 E-learning for Improvement Dr Jean Penny & Fred Riley This training comes with sound

  2. Agenda • Welcome • University of Nottingham RLO CETL • The Improvement RLO project • Q & A • Feedback

  3. Fred Riley • Learning Technologist • School of Nursing, University of Nottingham • Background: programmer, web/database developer, e-learning developer, languages • fred.riley@nottingham.ac.uk • Staff page

  4. SONET • School of Nursing Educational Technology Group • www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/sonet/ • A SIG of Nursing teachers interested/involved in e-learning and teaching • Staff • Director • Academic Coordinator • 3.5 x Media Developers • Funded by SoN, RLO-CETL, and contracted work (eg NHSI)

  5. RLO-CETL • Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CETL) for Reusable Learning Objects (RLO) • www.rlo-cetl.ac.uk • HEFCE-funded, £3.4M funding (2005 – 2010) • Partner universities: London Metropolitan (lead), Cambridge, Nottingham

  6. SONET & RLO-CETL Independent but complementary SONET RLO-CETL

  7. What the @#$! is a RLO? • Reusable Learning Object • Definitions: • “Learning Objects are ... any entity, digital or non-digital, which can be used, re-used or referenced during technology supported learning.”(IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee, 2000) • = “any person, place, thing, or idea that has existed at anytime in the history of the universe” (Wiley 2000) • “any digital resource that can be reused to support learning.” (Wiley 2000) • "an interactive WWW-based resource based on a single learning objective which can be used in multiple contexts" (SONET)

  8. Further Reading • SONET RLO FAQ • Wikipedia: Learning Objects • Wiley, David (ed).2000. The Instructional Use of Learning Objects: Online Version. 2000. (Chapter 1 discusses Learning object definitions)

  9. RLO format • Most RLOs comprise Flash movies wrapped in web pages • older RLOs have Shockwave (Director) movies • Nearly all SONET, and most RLO-CETL, RLOs have audio narrations • Video used occasionally (eg Abdominal Examination) • RLOs are ‘played’ in web browsers with standard plugins, and are thus cross-platform

  10. RLO Usage • reusability is the raison d’être of RLOs • accessed via SONET and RLO-CETL repositories • IMS content packages for VLE import • usage requires resource discovery, discovery requires a LO repository and goodquality metadata • eg NHS Intralibrary installation, SONET RLO database, RLO-CETL Intralibrary installation, MERLOT, HEAL, Wisconsin Online Learning Object Repository • they can’t use it if they don’t know about it • SONET and RLO-CETL RLOs freely available on WWW • Used by teachers, students, and Joe and Jane Public

  11. RLO Content • Content is sovereign • no content, no e-learning • High-quality content essential for reuse and teacher/student confidence • quality assurance by peer-review • SONET and RLO-CETL RLOs driven by pedagogy and teaching needs • demand-led, not supply-led • Nearly all SONET, and most RLO-CETL, RLOs have audio narrations

  12. RLO Production process • RLOs go through a ‘software lifecycle’, using iterative development: • concept • specification (examples) • specification peer-review • technical development • RLO peer-review • release • user feedback • Peer-reviews are crucial to quality control • Methodology pioneered by UCEL • UCEL schematic diagram of lifecycle (Word) • UCEL lifecycle flowchart (PDF)

  13. RLO production management • A real pain in the donkey! • Production database is essential to keep track of what’s been done, and what has to be done, when, and by whom • Each RLO needs a manager/mentor to push the production process along, arrange audio recording, nag for reviews, quality assurance, and more • Keep the number of people involved low! Cock-up potential increases exponentially with each extra person • with multiple authors and/or developers, have one contact/rep for each group • Clarity! Make sure everyone knows what s/he’s doing, why, and by when. • Using freelance developers adds to process complexity, but is sometimes unavoidable if in-house staff are overloaded

  14. Future Developments • Authorable RLO templates/shells/tools • Generative Learning Objects (GLOs) • GLO Maker tool • Xerte online templates • Powerpoint and Flash conversion • eg Menstrual Cycle, Virtual Portfolio Tool • Xerte developer tool • Integrating RLOs into module teaching • School of Nursing e-Learning Strategy 2008-13 • dissemination and promotion of RLOs and e-learning • e-learning mentors to be appointed at SoN centres • integration into WebCT

  15. That’s all, folks! FIN

  16. Any questions?

  17. Thank you http://www.nesc.nhs.uk

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