Faculty Created Learning Objects

1. Faculty Created Learning Objects Dr. Laverne Ludden, Indiana Wesleyan University Dan Wright, LAT, Inc.

2. Introductions Dr. Laverne Ludden, Indiana Wesleyan University Dan Wright, LAT, Inc.

3. Introductions (cont.) Dr. Jeremy Dunning, Indiana University and Arjunamultimedia, LLC www.arjunamultimedia.com

5. Mission Statement The Possibility Network’s mission is to provide adults with resources and tools that help them acquire and manage learning any place, any time, any way, and on any topic.

6. TPN Educational Partners More Than 60 Partners Representing: • Colleges and Universities • Career Schools • Continuing Education • Culture and the Arts • Skills and Training Offering 14,000 courses and 800 educational programs

7. A Fascination with Learning Objects • Learning in discrete form • The promise of on-demand learning • Learner controlled content and timing • Searchable and retrievable

11. What Now? • Provide “approachable” tools • Promote LO creation within focused communities • Promote collaboration

12. Need for More Self-Directed & Learner Focused Learning Objects • The Talon Learning Object Suite • Developed by Arjuna Multimedia • Use a create tool to create learning objects • My Solomon • Use as repository for learning objects • Train & encourage partners to develop learning objects to populate MySolomon

13. Dr. Dunning and the TALON Learning Objects • A better approach? • Created by Dr. Jeremy Dunning (IU) • 40 Templates for Macromedia Flash • Built around specific teaching objectives • Built for reusability • $$

14. “Not Exactly” • Steep learning curve • Educator patience • Development barriers • “Mine”

15. “Mine” (Toddler Law) • “If I’m doing or building something, all of the pieces are mine.” • “If it’s mine, it must never appear to be yours in any way.” • “If it looks like mine, it’s mine.” • “If I give it to you and change my mind, it’s mine.” • “If it’s broken, it’s yours.” • “If I break it and you fix it, it’s mine.”

16. eLearning Factory • Developed by LAT in cooperation with Dr. Dunning and The Possibility Network • Web-based tools for creating • Learning Object Templates • Lesson Pages • Modules • Includes content repository and collaboration tools • $

19. Creating Learning Objects • Click & Drag Demo • Discussion of other LO templates • Metadata Tagging

23. LO Repository • A place for LOs to live and play • An Institutional approach • Sharing is optional • Objects can be modified by others

25. Lesson Pages • A WYSIWIG web page editor • Learning Object “wrappers” • Supports embedded multimedia

29. Modules • Aggregated lesson pages and Los • Create outline, then insert pages and learning objects into the outline • Move outline items up and down, etc.

31. Complimentary Tools • Discussion board support • “Deliver” Learning Objects, Lesson Pages, and Modules in various ways: • Links • HTML • SCORM 1.2 Packages

33. Example eLF Modules • “Piano 101” • “Windsurfing”

34. Next Steps • Continuing working with leaders in DOL 800-Organizational Learning course • Working with IWU professors to research the development and effective use of LOs • Improvements to user interface and community tools • From prototype to production

35. Presenters • Dr. Laverne Ludden, Indiana Wesleyan University vern.ludden@indwes.edu www.indwes.edu • Dan Wright, CEO LAT, Inc. dan.wright@lat-inc.com www.lat-inc.com