scholarly journals Implementation and Deployment of the IMS Learning Design Specification

2005 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilbert Paquette ◽  
Olga Marino ◽  
Ileana De la Teja ◽  
Michel Lonard ◽  
Karin Lundgren-Cayrol ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Learning Object ◽  
Design Tools ◽  
Learning Design ◽  
Design Specification ◽  
Modelling Languages ◽  
Learning Object Repositories ◽  
Tools And Methods

Knowledge management in organizations, the learning objects paradigm, the advent of a new web generation, and the “Semantic Web” are major actual trends that reveal a potential for a renewed distance learning pedagogy. First and foremost is the use of educational modelling languages and instructional engineering methods to help decide how to aggregate learning objects in learning and knowledge management environments. This article proposes a set of tools under implementation, such as a graphic Learning Design Editor and a delivery system, using learning object repositories to create IMS-LD online environments. We also propose a strategy for the deployment of learning design tools and methods in learning organizations.

scholarly journals A quantitative analysis of learning object repositories as knowledge management systems

2014 ◽  
pp. 156-170 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Learning Object ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Knowledge Management Systems ◽  
Master List ◽  
Learning Object Repositories

Learning Object Repositories (LORs) are a core element of the Opening up Education movement around the word. Despite, the wide efforts and investments in this topic, still most of the existing LORs are designed mainly as digital libraries that facilitate discovery and provide open access to educational resources in the form of Learning Objects (LOs). In that way, LORs include limited functionalities of Knowledge Management Systems (KMSs) for organizing and sharing educational communities’ explicit and tacit knowledge around the use of these educational resources. In our previous work, an initial study of examining LORs as KMSs has been performed and a master list of 21 essential LORs’ functionalities has been proposed that could address the issue of organizing and sharing educational communities’ knowledge. In this paper, we present a quantitative analysis of the functionalities of forty-nine (49) major LORs, so as (a) to measure the adoption level of the LORs’ functionalities master list and (b) to identify whether this level influences LORs’ growth as indicated by the development over time of the number of the LOs and the number of registered users that these LORs include.

Reusability of Online Role Play as Learning Objects or Learning Designs

2011 ◽  
pp. 761-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Wills ◽  
Anne McDougall
Keyword(s):  
Role Play ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Discussion Forum ◽  
Learning Object ◽  
Learning Design ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Threaded Discussion ◽  
Learning Object Repositories ◽  
E Mail ◽  
Australian Universities

This study tracks the uptake of online role play in Australia from 1990 to 2006 and the affordances to its uptake. It examines reusability, as one affordance to uptake, from the perspective of two often polarized constructs: learning object and learning design. The study treats “reuse” in two ways: reuse of an existing online role play and reuse of an online role play as the model for another role play. The first type of reuse implies the online role play is a learning object and the second type implies the online role play derives from a learning design. Online role play consists of a scenario and a set of roles that students adopt in order to collaboratively solve a problem, create something, or explore an issue via e-mail or a combination of e-mail and Web-based threaded discussion forum. Thirty-six role plays of this type were identified in Australian universities of which 80% were reuse of a learning design. Only three examples of role play as a learning object were found, suggesting that learning design is a useful concept for understanding how to support reusability in universities. Other affordances to uptake of role play were also tracked. This indicated that the contribution of educational developers far outweighed that of academic colleagues, conferences, journals, and engines. The results have implications for the work practices of educational developers and for managers of learning object repositories.

scholarly journals Searching for and positioning of contextualized learning objects

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Margarita Baldiris Navarro ◽  
Sabine Graf ◽  
Ramon Fabregat ◽  
Nestor Darío Duque Méndez
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Learning ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Learning Object ◽  
Learning Design ◽  
Design Work ◽  
Adequate Quality ◽  
Design Generation ◽  
Learning Object Repositories ◽  
The Right ◽  
Contextualized Learning

<p>Learning object economies are marketplaces for the sharing and reuse of learning objects (LO). There are many motivations for stimulating the development of the LO economy. The main reason is the possibility of providing the right content, at the right time, to the right learner according to adequate quality standards in the context of a lifelong learning process; in fact, this is also the main objective of education. However, some barriers to the development of a LO economy, such as the granularity and editability of LO, must be overcome. Furthermore, some enablers, such as learning design generation and standards usage, must be promoted in order to enhance LO economy. For this article, we introduced the integration of distributed learning object repositories (DLOR) as sources of LO that could be placed in adaptive learning designs to assist teachers’ design work. Two main issues presented as a result: how to access distributed LO, and where to place the LO in the learning design. To address these issues, we introduced two processes: LORSE, a distributed LO searching process, and LOOK, a micro context-based positioning process, respectively. Using these processes, the teachers were able to reuse LO from different sources to semi-automatically generate an adaptive learning design without leaving their virtual environment. A layered evaluation yielded good results for the process of placing learning objects from controlled learning object repositories into a learning design, and permitting educators to define different open issues that must be covered when they use uncontrolled learning object repositories for this purpose. We verified the satisfaction users had with our solution.</p>

scholarly journals Learning Object Repository Technologies for TeleLearning: The Evolution of POOL and CanCore

10.28945/2565 ◽  
2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Griff Richards ◽  
Rory McGreal ◽  
Norm Friesen
Keyword(s):  
National Level ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Learning Object ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Peer Network ◽  
Learning Object Repository ◽  
On Line ◽  
Learning Object Repositories ◽  
Peer To Peer Network

Repositories provide mechanisms to encourage the discovery, exchange and re-use of learning objects. This paper describes Portals for On-line Objects in Learning (POOL), a consortium project of the TeleLearning NCE to build a learning object repository scalable to the national level. Funded in part by the Canarie Learning Program, POOL contributes to the development of two focal technologies: “POOL POND and SPLASH” a distributed architecture for a peer-to-peer network of learning object repositories, and CanCore, a practical metadata protocol for cataloguing learning objects.

The Potential of IMS Learning Design in E-Learning

2011 ◽  
pp. 65-78
Author(s):  
Diana M. Ragbir ◽  
Permanand Mohan
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Learning Design ◽  
Design Specification ◽  
Instructional Needs ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Scenarios ◽  
Actual Learning

This chapter presents the IMS Learning Design Specification and explains how it can be used to enhance the effectiveness of e-Learning scenarios. It shows how to assemble a learning design using elements of the learning process and chunks of content known as learning objects. The chapter proposes several learning design services that can potentially improve the pedagogical expressiveness of the current Learning Design Specification. It also discusses the possibility of storing learning designs in a repository and adapting and personalizing learning designs according to the instructional needs of individual learners. It is hoped that researchers and practitioners will understand how it is possible to go beyond learning objects and create learning designs that more accurately reflect the actual learning process of students and thus appreciate the value in extending the learning design specification to improve pedagogical effectiveness.

scholarly journals PENERAPAN PRINSIP DISAIN PEMBELAJARAN DAN LEARNING OBJECT UNTUK SITUS KELAS MAYA MATA KULIAH GIZI TERAPAN

2015 ◽  
pp. 95-112
Author(s):  
Dewi Salma Prawiradilaga Ari Istiany Diana Ariani
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Design ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Learning Object ◽  
Learning Design ◽  
Design Framework ◽  
Integrative Learning ◽  
Learning Materials ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Design Learning ◽  
Web Based Learning

Abstrak:Penelitian pengembangan ini bertujuan untuk menciptakan baik bahan belajar berbasis web mapun panduan belajar untuk mata kuliah Gizi Terapan. Pengembangan tersebut didasarkan pada prinsip desain pembelajaran, learning object, desain pesan dan pembelajaran mandiri personalisasi. Proses pengembangan menggunakan model Dabbagh & Bannan-Ritland yang dikenal dengan model “integrative learning design framework (IDLF)”. Model ini terdiri dari tiga tahapan, yaitu explorating, enactment, dan evaluation. Hasil tahap explorating adalah serangkaian permasalahan dan alternatif solusi untuk mengembangkan mata kuliah tersebut sebagai learning object. Tahap enacment menghasilkan hal-hal apa saja yang harus dikembangkan/diproduksi sebagai aspek pembelajaran seperti urutan topik, naskah, produksi prototipa (vide klip, slide presentasi, draft panduan belajar dll.), serta situs kelas maya mata kuliah Gizi Terapan tersebut pada http:://www.unj.web-bali.net. Evaluasi adalah tahap pembuktian melalui evaluasi satu-satu, review ahli, dan evaluasi kelompok kecil. Penelitian ini sendiri menggunakan tujuh siswa dari Program Studi Tata Boga dan lima dosen sebagai ahli lintas disiplin, yaitu ahli pembelajaran, desain pembelajaran, media (hypermedia) dan gizi terapan.Kata Kunci: gizi terapan, desain pembelajaran, learning object, model IDLF, bahan belajar berbasis web.Abstract:This is a development research which aims to create both web-based learning materials and a learning guide (LG) book for the course on Applied Nutrition. Its underlying theories are principles of instructional design, learning objects (LOs) as well as message design, personalization inindependent learning. The development process is through a model called Integrative learning design framework (IDLF) of Dabbagh & Bannan – Ritland. The IDLF consists of three phases; those are explorating, enactment, and evaluation. Explorating phase results a list of problems and its alternative solutions on how to develop topics chosen (Gizi Balita and Gizi Anak Sekolah) as learning objects. Then, these LOsare to be uploaded into learning paths in theLCMS claroline. Enactment is a process which allows research team to develop those topics into tangible aspects of instruction, such scripts, production of prototypes (slides, video clips, the draft of LG book etc), and a coursesite of Applied Nutrition (Gizi Terapan) at www.unj.web-bali.net. Evaluation consists of tryouts of one-to-one, expert review, and small group evaluation. The research invited seven students of Department of Food Management (Tata Boga) as subjects and five lecturers as transdisciplinary experts of instructional design, instruction, hypermedia and applied nutrition.Keywords : Applied Nutrition, instructional design, learning objects, model IDLF, web-based learning materials.

scholarly journals Learning Objects Recommendation System: Issues and Approaches for Retrieving, Indexing and Recomend Learning Objects

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 69-82
Author(s):  
Ricardo Azambuja Silveira ◽  
Rafaela Lunardi Comarella ◽  
Ronaldo Lima Rocha Campos ◽  
Jonas Vian ◽  
Fernando De La Prieta
Keyword(s):  
Multiagent System ◽  
Recommendation System ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Learning Object ◽  
Data Standards ◽  
Knowledge Domain ◽  
Improve Accuracy ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Learning Object Repositories ◽  
Ontological Model

This paper discusses some important issues regarding the the management of Learning objects covering searching over repositories and different approaches of recommendation systems and presents a multiagent system based application model for indexing, retrieving and recommending learning objects stored in different and heterogeneous repositories. The objects within these repositories are described by filled fields using different metadata (data about data) standards. The searching mechanism covers several different learning object repositories and the same object can be described in these repositories by the use of different types of fields. Aiming to improve accuracy and coverage in terms of recovering a learning object and improve the relevance of the results we propose an information retrieval model based on a multiagent system approach and an ontological model to describe the covered knowledge domain.

scholarly journals Embedded or linked learning objects: Implications for content development, course design and classroom use

2007 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gail Kopp ◽  
Susan Crichton
Keyword(s):  
Course Design ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Learning Object ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
Linked Learning ◽  
Prise De Décision ◽  
Content Development ◽  
Learning Object Repositories ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
Classroom Use

This research explores the idea of embedding and linking to existing content in learning object repositories and investigates teacher-designer use of learning objects within one high school mathematics course in an online school. This qualitative case study supports and extends the learning object literature, and brings forward context-specific examples of issues around repository design, autonomy and self-containment, technical support and granularity. Moreover, these findings have implications for building learning objects and repositories that could better support teachers in their instructional design and pedagogical decision-making. Résumé : La présente recherche étudie la possibilité d’effectuer un emboîtement et d’établir des liens avec le contenu existant dans les référentiels sur les objets d’apprentissage et explore l’utilisation par les enseignants-concepteurs des objets d’apprentissage au sein d’un cours de mathématique du secondaire donné dans une école en ligne. Cette étude de cas qualitative appuie et vise la littérature sur les objets d’apprentissage et met en avant plan des exemples de questions touchant la conception de référentiels, l’autonomie et l’indépendance, le soutien technique et la granularité propres au contexte. De plus, ces conclusions ont des répercussions sur l’élaboration d’objets et de référentiels d’apprentissage qui pourraient mieux appuyer les enseignants dans le cadre de leur conception pédagogique et de leur prise de décision touchant l’enseignement.

scholarly journals Learning object repositories as knowledge management systems

2013 ◽  
pp. 117-136
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Learning Object ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Instructional Designers ◽  
Knowledge Management Systems ◽  
Learning Object Repositories

Over the past years, a number of international initiatives that recognize the importance of sharing and reusing digital educational resources among educational communities through the use of Learning Object Repositories (LORs) have emerged. Typically, these initiatives focus on collecting digital educational resources that are offered by their creators for open access and potential reuse. Nevertheless, most of the existing LORs are designed more as digital repositories, rather than as Knowledge Management Systems (KMS). By exploiting KMSs functionalities in LORs would bare the potential to support the organization and sharing of educational communities’ explicit knowledge (depicted in digital educational resources constructed by teachers and/or instructional designers) and tacit knowledge (depicted in teachers’ and students’ experiences and interactions of using digital educational resources available in LORs). Within this context, in this paper we study the design and the implementation of fourteen operating LORs from the KMSs’ perspective, so as to identify additional functionalities that can support the management of educational communities’ explicit and tacit knowledge. Thus, we propose a list of essential LORs’ functionalities, which aim to facilitate the organization and sharing of educational communities’ knowledge. Finally, we present the added value of these functionalities by identifying their importance towards addressing the current demands of web-facilitated educational communities, as well as the knowledge management activities that they execute.

scholarly journals Learning Object Repositories

10.28945/2908 ◽  
2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Permanand Mohan
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Learning Object ◽  
Metadata Standard ◽  
Client Server ◽  
Digital Repositories ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Learning Object Repository ◽  
Learning Object Repositories ◽  
Uniform Manner

In order to reuse learning objects created by others, they must be made available to potential users on the Web, and services must be provided to allow users to discover, obtain rights to, and use these learning objects in their own instructional scenarios. In the learning object economy, these services are typically provided by learning object repositories, which are collections of learning objects that are accessible to users via a network without prior knowledge of the structure of the collections. This chapter discusses the important role played by learning object repositories in the learning object economy. The success of the learning objects' approach depends on users worldwide (such as instructors, learners, and software agents) being able to access and search for learning objects in different repositories in a uniform manner. The first part of the chapter explains how this can be achieved using a standardized approach for accessing and describing learning objects in a repository. Standardized access and retrieval is facilitated by implementing a specification from the IMS known as the Digital Repositories Interoperability (DRI) specification, while standardized search and discovery is facilitated by implementing a metadata standard such as the IEEE Learning Object Metadata (LOM) standard, described earlier in the book. There are different architectural approaches and business models that can be employed when designing a learning object repository and these are discussed next in the chapter. Typical architectural choices include using a centralized repository based on the client/server approach versus using several local repositories connected in a peer-to-peer fashion. Typical choices for business models include using an online broker for advertising and receiving payment for learning objects versus making the learning objects freely available. The advantages and disadvantages of the different approaches and models are carefully examined, and concrete examples of research prototypes and real-world deployments are provided wherever appropriate.

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