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Distributed Learning and New Learning Communities

Distributed Learning and New Learning Communities. ARL Conference, Eugene 1998. Mark Resmer, ARL Conference, May 14 1998. Educom's National Learning Infrastructure Initiative and the IMS project. What is the National Learning Infrastructure Initiative?. An EDUCOM initiative

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Distributed Learning and New Learning Communities

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  1. Distributed Learning and New Learning Communities ARL Conference, Eugene 1998

  2. Mark Resmer, ARL Conference, May 14 1998 Educom's National Learning Infrastructure Initiative and the IMS project

  3. What is the National Learning Infrastructure Initiative? • An EDUCOM initiative • Founded in 1994 • National = systemic • Learning = student-centered environments • Infrastructure = Internet + new applications

  4. Basic premise of the NLII • Improve quality • Increase access • Contain costs How do we balance/reconcile these issues? How can technology help to accomplish this? Access Quality Cost

  5. The NLII partnership strategy Collaborative efforts: • Creating the climate • Institutional leaders • Public policy makers • Creating the framework • IMS project • Creating the products • Publishers • Technology companies • Universities

  6. IMS: the primary NLII partnership • Education members • CSU, Collegis Research Institute, UNC, Michigan, Miami Dade, CIC (“Big Ten”), Buena Vista University, George Mason University, JISC, UC • Commercial/government members • Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Sun, International Thomson Publishing, Collegis, Farance Inc., KPMG, NIST, Department of Defense, Empower, @Learning, Unisys, Oracle, ETS, • Simon and Schuster, AT&T, Asymetrix Parts of the prototype are being developed by Blackboard LLC

  7. Instructional Management Systems project overview • Goal: develop an open architecture for on-line learning • Deliverables: create freely distributable specifications and software that enables the development, use, and management of Internet-based learning environments • Model: HTTP + Mosaic de facto standard, led to explosion of content, new markets Project creates open specifications and prototype Members create products

  8. Lessons from the IMS - successful partnership characteristics • Identify mutual goals - not handouts • Be inclusive - not exclusive (add competitors) • Create common value space, not products • Start small and grow - not grandiose and fail • Run like a business - not like a consortium • Hire professionals - don’t rely on volunteerism • Make all partners invest - no free rides

  9. Developing Interacting Learning/ Teaching Accessing Advising Browsing Assessing L T Enrolling Packaging C D Certifying Transacting Administering Distributing Coordinating/ Providing Operating Indexing IMS organizational models

  10. Peer-to-Peer Interchange L C P T Interchange IMS interchanges

  11. Teacher Authoring Tools Learning Resources Off Campus Student IMS Mgmt System CD Collaboration Tools Back office On campus Student The IMS environment Libraries

  12. IMS technical overview • Scope of Specification • Meta-data • Profiles • Content • Management (Content, Course, Collaboration) • External Services • Financial • Commerce • Student records • Library

  13. IMS meta-data specification • Built on top of XML/RDF • Incorporates Dublin Core • Initial basic set of fields/values • Tiered repository • Allows for dynamic management

  14. Basic IMS meta-data fields

  15. IMS meta-data extensibility IMS CORE METADATA Title: Author: Learning Level: Keywords: and more…. MATH EXTENSIONS Theorem: …. AVIATION EXTENSIONS Airframe type: ….

  16. IMS profile specification • Educational records “Wallet” • Mobile • Contains • Personal information • Performance information • Portfolio • Preferences

  17. Commerce and library interfaces • Commerce interface: provides vehicles for innovative tracking of IP and access info • Superdistribution model - Brad Cox • Enables potential new models for fair use, sampling etc. • Role based access control • Library interface: Bridges between learning services and information access services • Library interface still needs to be defined • Possible CNI project? • ARL interest?

  18. Convergence • Aviation Industry CBT Consortium (AICC) • Dublin Core • LOMG • ADL • IEEE • ARIADNE • GEM

  19. Permanent Stds. body IMS Staff (14 FTE) IMS Members IMS Members, Testbed, Developers Network, Public IMS work process Funding and requirements Specs Specs, Code, and Market Development

  20. Educom's National Learning Infrastructure Initiative and IMS Project More information: http://www.educom.edu/program/nlii/.index.html http://www.imsproject.org

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