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eContent Developers Different Perspectives. The FE Dimension Clive Church and Steve Jeyes: eLearning Managers, Edexcel International. Co-ordinators, CETIS FE Focus Group, Newark and Sherwood College. Learning and Skills Council. Funds all post 16 education (apart from Higher Education)
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eContent Developers Different Perspectives The FE Dimension Clive Church and Steve Jeyes: eLearning Managers, Edexcel International. Co-ordinators, CETIS FE Focus Group, Newark and Sherwood College.
Learning and Skills Council Funds all post 16 education (apart from Higher Education) • further education • adult and community education • work based learning • UFI/ Learndirect • School VIth forms (from April 2002) Budget: £5.5 billion. Provide 40% JISC funding Widening Participation and Inclusive Learning (accessibility) a major priority. Numeracy, literacy, 16 -24 participation
eLearning • UFI/ Learndirect: • hundreds of on line courses • 200 000 learners (10 000 enrolments per week) • NLN/ UK FE ILT Content Development • £6 million • MLE Interoperability Projects 2001 All aiming for IMS compliance.
On line Content • Electronic Paper • One size fits all • Learning Style ? • Application Area ? • Prescriptive route • Inaccessible • Disengages tutor • Considered Total Solution
COURSE 3* Levels of Content * IMS LO Metadata Aggregation Level validator student LEARNING EPISODE 2* tutor LEARNING Assembly CHUNK (CONTENT OBJECT) author DIGITAL CONTENT 1* Repositories
The Chunk • =Sharable Content Object (SCORM) • =Reusable Learning Object (EML) • =Learning Object (DNER) • interactive • multimedia rich • discoverable • accessible • interoperable CHUNK (CONTENT OBJECT) Repositories
Learning Assembly : For use in a college learning centre Exercises Ohms Law Interaction Instruction to Students Theory: Atoms & Electrons Theory: Ohms Law
The Options Content Management (+ other VLE functions) MIS & Legacy Systems Learning Flow/ Organisation (EML) ……. Content Packaging ( & QTI) Repositories (Content & Tests)
Producing Assemblies from repositories TUTOR DNER Colleges Publishers CGFL NGFL UfI NLN Repositories of Content and Tests
Content and Style Rendering Interactive Simulation The XML
Accessibility: application of standards Appropriate Content Style Sheets (XSL) Content packaged, customised learning experience, managed by a delivery system Metadatafields to fine tune content selection ‘LIP’ containing Disability Info Appropriate Test Template (QTI) Appropriate Learning Pathway (EML)
Greater choice of content • Greater quality of education • Development of exemplars • New culture • Content available • Spectrum of delivery methods • Added value • Focus on developing learning
Contacts • CETIS Groups www.cetis.ac.uk • Content lmc@strath.ac.uk • Assessment n.sclater@strath.ac.uk • Metadata jenny@ltsneng.ac.uk • FE cchurch@newark.ac.uk jeyesint@ntlworld.com • ICONEX www.iconex.hull.ac.uk • Xtensis www.xor.ltd.uk