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The IMS Project

The IMS Project. Technology for supporting learning Oleg Liber, UK IMS Centre. Introduction. Drivers for online learning Comparison with business Why standards are important. Education and Business. Education How to address people’s learning needs More students Less resource

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The IMS Project

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  1. The IMS Project Technology for supporting learning Oleg Liber, UK IMS Centre

  2. Introduction • Drivers for online learning • Comparison with business • Why standards are important

  3. Education and Business • Education • How to address people’s learning needs • More students • Less resource • Industrial Problem • How to provide increased consumer demand at lower cost

  4. Traditional Business Model • Fordism - any colour as long as it’s black • Hierarchical production departments • Assembly lines • Benefit: High volumes • Costs: Low creativity • No-learning organisation

  5. Traditional Education • Keep it simple - ignore complexity • Hierarchical structure • National HE system into Universities • Universities into Departments • Departments into lecturers • Knowledge into Subjects • Costs • Interdisciplinarity • Collaborative learning

  6. New Industrial Models • Mass customisation • Put customer at the centre • Autonomous but cohesive departments • Flexible team working • Exploit employee creativity • Information Systems • Groupware & intranets • Workflow systems

  7. New Educational Models? • Customised courses • Driven by learner needs • Autonomous but cohesive course structure • Flexible, active & collaborative learning • Information Systems • Groupware and online learning • Learning management systems

  8. What won’t work • Centralisation • Protectionism • National Curriculum Approach • Business as usual

  9. Strategies for success • What might work: break down barriers • ...between institutions • share courses • ...between subjects • encourage interdisciplinarity • ...between lecturers • Share resources and manage learning • ...between students • Students are workers AND customers • Learning happens through conversations

  10. Technology’s role • Wide access to online and interactive materials • Metadata and content interoperability • Better student information • Profile, performance and portfolios • Learning management and groupware • Administrative systems • Ecommerce? • …but these require standards.

  11. The IMS Project • Created to address challenges in on-line learning • Partnership of universities and companies (e.g. California State University, UNC, U. Michigan, Miami-Dade, Microsoft, Sun, IBM, Apple, KPMG, International Thomson Publishing, NIST, DOD)

  12. LM Server Object Metadata Permissions Profile Data Exchange Commerce Metadata Back-end Systems Object LM Server IMS Standards

  13. Project Outputs • Specifications for: • Metadata: U. North Carolina • Content interoperability: IBM • Profiles: Farance Inc. • Learning Management: Blackboard Inc. • Back Office: PeopleSoft Inc. • Ecommerce: George Mason U. • Examples & prototypes

  14. Timings • Release 1.0 at Easter • Main aspects of • Metadata • Content • Profiles • Back Office • Subsequent 6 monthly releases

  15. UK IMS Centre • Bangor and OU • Funded by JTAP • 2 year project • Represent UK View • Disseminate results

  16. Current Actions • University User Groups • Face to face and online discussions • Identify UK requirements • Advisory board meetings • Technical board meetings • Maintain information flow • Website, events

  17. Contact information • www.imsproject.org.uk • Paul Lefrere (OU) • Oleg Liber (Bangor) • Bill Olivier (Bangor) • Lisa Rowlands (Bangor

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