Learning Activity Reference Model

1. Learning Activity Reference Model Charles Duncan, Ed Barker c.duncan@intrallect.com e.barker@intrallect.com

2. Overview • Approach • Reference Model • Example • Further Work

3. LADiE • Learning Activity Design in Education • JISC-funded project • Part of the e-Learning Frameworkhttp://www.elframework.org/ • Partners University of Southampton University of Dundee Intrallect Ltd

4. Associated Organisations • SIESWE, Scottish Institute for Excellence in Social Work Education • CPCET – Consortium for Post-Compulsory Education and Training • LAMS International • RELOAD • Open Universiteit Nederland • Icodeon Software • CETIS

5. What is a learning activity? • Reading a book • Attending a lecture/seminar/lab class • Research and write an essay/report • Undertake formative assessment • Combination of these aimed at a common learning objective

6. What is a Reference Model? • A reference model is an unambiguous means of sharing a common understanding of a precisely defined domain among people for whom the reference model definition may be the only point of contact

7. Who needs a reference model? • Teachers and practitioners • To formulate activities in a form that can be stored and exchanged • Implementers, learning technologists • To build what the teacher wants using their institutions existing technology • Vendors and developers • To create systems that conform to a service oriented approach to make the implementers lives easier

8. Approach • Top-Down • Pedagogy driven • Bottom-up • Technology capabilities

9. Use cases • 11 detailed use cases • series of practitioners workshops • analysis of use cases • extraction of common services • extraction of “structure” of activity • gap analysis

10. Domain Coverage - gaps • DialogPlus taxonomy of activities • Context • Learning outcomes • Teaching approaches • Type (what) • Technique (how) • Interaction • Roles (which) • Tools and resources • Assessment

11. Email Asyncronous discussion Synchronous discussion Wiki Multiple choice quiz Concept mapping File storage area Student record system ePortfolio Common services

12. Bottom-up • Interoperability • Ability to exchange learning activities at a platform/service independent level • Ability to use existing activity designs as templates for new activities • Flexibility • Ability to configure an activity with different services for the same purpose • Ability to change configuration with time (from one year to the next)

13. Model

14. Creation

15. Set-up (services and population)

16. Run-Time

17. Services Information

18. Orchestration (+services) • IMS Learning Design • BPEL • Simple Sequencing • LAMS • VLE + Tools Interoperability • Hybrid of IMS LD and BPEL

19. Example – use case • A 1st year HN Journalism class (Scotland) studying the UK print industry. Introductory session on structure of industry. The session would begin with a brief exposition on industry, followed by a brainstorm on categorising newspapers within the industry framework. The brainstorm would have the purpose of building dialogue and enabling validation of prior learning. An agreed model of the industry would be developed. A testing activity would follow to establish understanding and then a research based task.

20. Classroom • Lecture • Discussion • Computer-based • Discussion forum • Assessment • Research activity • Essay submission • Feedback

21. Example • How to orchestrate this activity • Use IMS Learning Design • Integrate with services

22. Further work • Examine other orchestration options • Extend the use cases • More and more detailed services • Sample implementations

23. Outputs • Three guides: • Pedagogy Guide • Implementers Guide • Developers Guide • Available – end of March