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eduSource Industrial Forum Moncton - June 12 , 2003. Using Learning Objects Repositories The eduSource Suite of Tools. par Dr Gilbert Paquette Centre de recherche CIRTA (LICEF) and Cogigraph Technologies Télé-université, Montréal. http://licef.teluq.quebec.ca/gp. Road Map.
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eduSource Industrial Forum Moncton - June 12 , 2003 Using Learning Objects Repositories The eduSource Suite of Tools par Dr Gilbert Paquette Centre de recherche CIRTA (LICEF) and Cogigraph Technologies Télé-université, Montréal http://licef.teluq.quebec.ca/gp
Road Map • Organizations • 1972 TELUQ–Québec’s Distance University • 1984 Canal Savoir – Broadcasting Consortium • 1992 LICEF – TELUQ’s Research Centre • 1999 Cogigraph – Transfer Company of LICEF • 2000 CIRTA – LICEF Based Research Network • R&D Projects • 1992-1995 AGD and Telecom multimédia • 1995-1998 HyperGuide. TL-NCE, Advisor Systems • 1999-2001 Explor@-1 and ADISA • 2001-2003 SavoirNet and Explor@-2 • 2002-2004 eduSource Canada • 2003-2008 LORNET – NSERC Research Network • Main Focus on Instructional Engineering • Tech Transfert to Universities and Organizations
MISA ADISA EXPLORA Platform, Instructional LCMS, LMS, Engineering e-Learning Methods and Systems Tools Learning System Instructional LS Delivery (LS) Engineering Learning System Learning Learning Materials System System Model Environments EML LOM SCORM IMS-LD Positioning our Work
Repository Content Development Facilitation Metadata Develop- ment Hardware Integration eduSource Deliverables Management Committee 1 3 Evaluation and Testing 7 9 Project Management, Coordination, Communica- tions 4 5 6 Business & Management Models Software Development 8 Community Building 2 Digital Rights Management
Exciting Megatrends • Third Wave, Semantic, Progammable Web • Knowledge Management • Object-based Learning Environments • Interoperability Standards New Potential To Renew Pedagogy ? What are the conditions ?
Internet’s Third Wave • First wave: STATIC TEXT and DATA EXCHANGE • Primarily static HTML pages: text and data services • E-mail, FTP, forum (asychronous communication) • Second wave: DYNAMIC MULTIMEDIA • Dynamic pages, ASP, JSP • Facilitated transfer of images, sound and video • Desktop audio/video conference • Third wave: SEMANTIC and PROGRAMMABLE • Integration of applications, API enabled by web services • Ex: Google Alerts, Amazon’s API • Distributed computing, P2P, and mobile networking • Semantic web and knowledege-based technologies • Open source, sharing of objects and applications • New generation of Distributed Learning Environments
Web Services Metadata Legacy Tools Repository Metadata Repository Services DRM Portals services Based on IMS-DRI Agents eLearning Middleware Communication Kernel Services Comp.. Digitized Resource Resource OTHER Repository Manage. LCMS Services /Agents Based on IMS - LD eduSource Canada Project
Use Cases Repository In-the-box EduSource Use Cases Users Use the RIB Configurator Provider Builder Searcher Designer
User eduSource services registry Publish Value-added service in eduSource Assemble Web services In a User Interface Select eduSource services Configuratorr Integrte services to a platform Integrate ECL Configure a platform Configure a repository Use Cases
Learning Objects: An Open Concept “A learning object is any entity, digital or non-digital, that can be used, re-used, or referenced during technology-supported learning”. (IEEE LTSC 2000) • Includes materials, tools, services, persons, events • Not necessarily digitized, include printed, lab material • Used not only by learners, but also other actors • Includes target and prerequisite competencies or objectives, activity descriptions, instructional structure, learning or assistance scenarios, etc. Information Resources is better
Referencing Learning Objects: describing properties and types
Use cases • Learners (or workers) use LOs in activites and/or produce LOs that are shared and/or assessed • Trainers (or managers) point interesting LOs to learners, follow or adapt designs and activities, use LOs to assist learners (workers), manage repositories • Content Experts build LO repositories and use them to give advice, presentation or answer questions • Designers build, find, select, store, reference and assemble LOs (including designs) in environments (just like a campus professor)
Cognitive Engineering Information Instructional Engineering Knowledge Knowledge Management and LOs • Knowledge Management is more than « glorified » document management • It aims at knowledge sharing and dissemination in an organization • Increasing competencies instead of simple information access • Higher level knowledge • Central role for knowledge-based Instructional Engineering.
LOM: a step to the Semantic Web • Knowledge Management: a process where persons publish and use knowledge objects (resources) on the Web – learning is central • Knowledge Objects are grouped in « learning objects repository » • Knowledge Objects are described by their Metadata: properties and types of objects • Metadata are a basis for a Semantic Web description of object • Need to be completed by an Ontology: relations and axioms • To provide intelligent processing of content
Apprenant Environment Aggregation
Obstacles and Challenges • Generic Software • Separated tools • Integrated Suite • Interoperability at the OS level Technical Challenges • DL System • Separated Tools • LMS, LCMS • Web services interoperability
Pedagogical Challenges • The object paradigm is economical, flexible and forces pedagogical re-evaluation • Attach more importance to communication and learning activities than medias, documents or content • Seperate content object from use scenarios and learning environments • Reusability must protect ne good quality learning scenarios • Reuse of learning models can bring more than just recycling content.
Cultural Obstacles • Lecturing instead of facilitating learning • The library « course » • Lack of pedagogical training of the majority of teachers • Reproduce the way we have been taucht • IP vs Open Source • Collaboration between content creator and institutions
eduSource Industrial Forum Moncton - June 12 , 2003 Using Learning Objects Repositories The eduSource Suite of Tools par Dr Gilbert Paquette Centre de recherche CIRTA (LICEF) and Cogigraph Technologies Télé-université, Montréal http://licef.teluq.quebec.ca/gp