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Open Knowledge Initiative: The Saga Unfolds

Open Knowledge Initiative: The Saga Unfolds. Mike Barker Lois Brooks Jeff Merriman. Today’s Agenda. What are the most important LMS features you would pick to support World-Class Education? What are the needs at Stanford and MIT? What is OKI?

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Open Knowledge Initiative: The Saga Unfolds

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  1. Open Knowledge Initiative: The Saga Unfolds Mike Barker Lois Brooks Jeff Merriman

  2. Today’s Agenda • What are the most important LMS features you would pick to support World-Class Education? • What are the needs at Stanford and MIT? • What is OKI? • Architectural Specifications, Reference Implementation, and Support Strategy • Learning Summit and Residency Program • Partners, Early Adopters, and Interoperable Vendors • Questions and Answers

  3. How Do You Answer the Question? How can we provide web-based support for educational initiatives across the Institute? • Scalable (both large and small) • Sustainable (at least 5 years!) • Security, Privacy, Intellectual Property • Integrate with existing systems • Provide strong pedagogical support

  4. Four Key Areas for Learning • Learner-Centered: what you already know shapes what you can and will learn • Knowledge-Centered: build knowledge and understanding, not just a catalog of disconnected facts • Assessment: test for understanding and knowledge, and encourage improvement • Community-Centered: when the people around you value learning, you will too. (How People Learn, National Research Council, 1999)

  5. What are the most important features you would pick to support World-Class Education?

  6. Stanford Needs Lois Brooks

  7. Stanford’s Needs A new approach: • Rather than straightjackets and stovepipes, integration and flexibility • Collaboration • Cost effective, sustainable decisions

  8. Stanford’s Needs • Flexible features for a diverse and innovative instructional staff • Ability to add new features very quickly • Sustainability and supportability • Integration with infrastructure--course data, libraries, authentication and authorization standards

  9. MIT Needs Mike Barker

  10. Key Tools • Content Creation, Management, and Presentation: Showing Materials to People • Collaboration Tools (Discussion board, chat, etc.) HelpingPeople Work Together • Assessment Tools (quiz, test, survey, etc.) Checking How People are Learning • Assignment Handling Helping with Homework handling • Gradebook Keeping Track of the Work

  11. Process Components

  12. Requirements (1) • Open Architecture: Database, web server, language, APIs, documentation • Open Integration: other systems, additions, enhancements • Pedagogical Models: Not Neutral, Actively Supporting! • Intellectual Property: content ownership, protection, services

  13. Requirements (2) • Operation and Maintenance: hosting, service, support, etc. • Features: 9 Boxes • Costs • Schedule • User Support

  14. Requirements (3)

  15. Open Knowledge Initiative Jeff Merriman

  16. OKI • What is it? • Learning systems specification • Standards based • Pedagogically driven • Reference implementation • Open source • Development Strategy • Support strategy • Mellon Foundation Funding • Vijay Kumar – PI

  17. Authentication Services Enterprise Information -- Student Information Systems Asset Management -- Digital Library Initiatives Digital Asset Exchange Specification Enterprise Data Exchange Specification OKI Learning Specifications Modular Authentication User Interface Specification OKI “Core” Reference Architecture Content Users Process Component Specification Content Outline Quiz List Management White Board Virtual Lab Portfolio Management

  18. OKI Core Collaborative Partners MIT Other Stanford Other Other

  19. OKI Connections OKI LMS Advisory Tech Advisory OKI Projects: IMS, uPortal, I2 etc. Early Adopters Core Partners MIT Other Stanford Other Inst. Open Source Support Other Other Vendors Influence/Collaborate Extended Community

  20. Learning Systems Summit • Assessing the Learning in LMSs: • Gather current knowledge about technology mediated learning • How do existing LMSs implement and support different pedagogical approaches? • Differentiating tools for communication, collaboration content delivery, etc. • Outcomes: • White paper • Inform direction of OKI 1.0 and beyond • Development guidelines for supporting diversity in teaching styles • When? Mid April

  21. OKI Residency Program • OKI Fellows join MIT-based team • OKI partner desired competencies • Pedagogical Research (OKI-Teach) • Architecture/Design • Development Resources • Two Phases of Residency • 1: Architecture, design and development • 2: Implementation and Support MIT Other Stanford Other Other

  22. MIT Summer 01 Stellar Stanford OKI Reference Platform Course Work MIT Other Stanford OKI Other Other Other Implementations? Parallel Efforts OKI Core Timelines MIT March 01 OKI Spec Sept. 2001 OKI Spec September 01

  23. Your Questions?

  24. Stay Tuned! Open Knowledge Initiative Web Site <http://web.mit.edu/oki> Write us at oki-suggest@mit.edu Contact us: Lois Brooks <lbrooks@stanford.edu> Jeff Merriman <merriman@mit.edu> Mike Barker <mbarker@mit.edu>

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