Learning Management Systems
Lessons from the Initiatives
Presented by Jim Farmer
at
The Common Solutions Group Spring Meeting
Wednesday, May 7, 2003
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
UK JISC Approach
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• Focus on the use of shared content
All learning management systems must
demonstrate IMS packaging interoperability using
test packages.
• Develop long-term software support
Bodington – Funded by Oxford, Manchester and
Leeds Universities from academic budgets.
• Support multiple pedagogies
Classes, Tutorials, Tutored distance learning, self
study
• Integration with library systems
Direct links to library catalog entries, availability
at libraries, reserve
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Colloquia
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Colloquia group discussions
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Colloquia features
• Peer-to-peer learning management and
groupware system
• Supports and encourages self-organising
groups
• Provides asynchronous group and personal
conversation facilities
• Allows personal information to be shared
between participants
• Allows learning and other online resources
to be referenced and accessed
• runs on all Java enabled platforms
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Colloquia pedagogy
• Monitored communication with
“promote” feature, mentor comments
• Class or person-to-person e-mail
exchanges
• Monitored activity
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“Available as a service” in other
learning management systems
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Bodington
“The Bodington System is different: it
gives you buildings, floors, and rooms
to allow you to structure your material
the way that most fits the structure of
your courses and it gives you tools
such as discussion rooms,
questionnaires, web documents,
multiple choice papers etc. which you
can arrange in any way you like.”
From http://bodington.org/bodington/opensite/bodproject/
information/about/overview/, 5 May 2003
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Bodington
“If it's appropriate you can publish your
lecture notes as a set of pages in a
reading room but if you want students to
interact with you and the lecture notes
you could create a discussion room
instead and publish them as attachments
to a series of messages you post
throughout the course. You could even
upload material into a multiple choice
paper and use them in the feedback notes
for the paper.”
From http://bodington.org/bodington/opensite/bodproject/
information/about/overview/, 5 May 2003
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Bodington at University of Leeds
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Bodington Project “Building”
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Bodington Project
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Bodington, University of Manchester
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Defense Acquisition University
“The DAU coordinates the acquisition
education and training programs to meet the
training requirements of approximately 129,
000 DoD Acquisition, Technology and
Logistics (AT&L) workforce personnel. As the
DoD corporate university for acquisition
education, the DAU sponsors curriculum and
instructor training to provide a full range of
basic, intermediate, advanced, and
assignment-specific courses to support the
career goals and professional development of
the AT&L Workforce.
From http://www.dau.mil/about-dau/mission.asp, 5 May 2003
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DAU “Partnerships”
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University of Alabama, Huntsville
Strayer University
University of Alaska, Anchorage
Stevens Institute of Technology
Georgetown University
Catholic University of America
University of Phoenix
George Mason University
Florida Institute of Technology
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DAU Software
• Developing a full-featured “open source”
learning management system
• Development began with student
registration and records
• Developed in modules; modules available
as developed and implemented
• ADL/SCORM compliant
As announced at the
“Open Source for National and local eGovernment
Programs in the U.S. and EU” Conference
17-19 March 2003, Washington, DC
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DAU Home Page
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DAU Student Desktop
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DAU David D. Acker Library
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Advanced Distributed Learning
“The Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL)
Initiative, sponsored by the Office of the
Secretary of Defense (OSD), is a collaborative
effort between government, industry and
academia to establish a new distributed
learning environment that permits the
interoperability of learning tools and course
content on a global scale. ADL's vision is to
provide access to the highest quality education
and training, tailored to individual needs,
delivered cost-effectively anywhere and
anytime.”
From http://www.adlnet.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=abtadl
&cfid=592004&cftoken=16884400, 6 May 2003
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ADL SCORM
“The SCORM is a reference model that defines
the interrelationship of course components,
data models and protocols so that learning
content objects are sharable across systems
that conform with the same model. The
SCORM contains a collection of specifications
adapted from global specification bodies and
consortia to provide a comprehensive suite of
e-learning capabilities enabling
interoperability, accessibility and reusability of
Web-based learning content.”
From http://www.adlnet.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=abtadl
&cfid=592004&cftoken=16884400, 6 May 2003
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ADL “Rumors”
• Preparing materials for a class, the
Department of Defense now requires
previously developed learning materials
be (1) used if available and appropriate,
or (2) repurposed. If none are available,
(3) developed.
• To implement his policy, the ADL
development interest has now turned to
digital repository access and metadata
practices.
• Some of the ADL staff would prefer an
“open source” software development.
“A reliable source,” Learning and Training Conference,
Washington, DC, 1 May 2003
The end
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Supplement
During subsequent discussions, references were made
to simple methods of creating content—RSS 1.0 +
modules is one technology. These slides show an
example using JA-SIG’s uPortal RSS channel.
MIT’s Open CourseWare material is illustrated using a
prototype uPortal OCW viewer channel (portlet).
Using the uPortal XLIFF viewer channel, translated
documents using the XLIFF standard can be viewed
showing either the original or the translation, or both
languages—side-by-side.
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RSS version 1.0 channel
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RSS version 1.0 channel
In-line
HTML
Streaming Audio and Video
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uPortal and MIT Open Courseware
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uPortal and MIT Open Courseware
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uPortal and XLIFF
English Only
German Only
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uPortal and XLIFF
Both Languages Side-by-Side