Post on 13-Feb-2016
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Technology and the Promise of Individualized Learning
Ira GoldsteinSiena College Computer Science
Department
Systems Integration
• Closed systems• Not easily combined– Often a manual task
• Data exchange– SIS– User ID (multiple log-ins)– Curriculum– Assessment– Capture– Digital content
IMS Global Learning Consortium
• Open Platform• Plug and Play• Standards
Standards
• Reduces vendor lock-in– More content choices
• Increase sharing and reuse of content• Improves interoperability
Standards• Common cartridge (CC)
– Course material, assessment, discussion forums content interoperability• Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI)
– Login, Progress, outcome data• Learning Information Services (LIS)
– SIS<->LMS• Interactive Whiteboard Common File Format (IWB)
– Interoperability of interactive whiteboard content• Accessible Portable Item Protocol (APIP) and Question & Test
Interoperability (QTI)– Assessment interoperability
• Question Markup Language (QML)
Flow
Identity Management
• Access control• Highly manual and often inconsistent process
for user provisioning• Loss of end-user productivity • Security gaps and risk • Managing identities across systems– Costly– Time-consuming
Alternatives
• Single Sign On (SSO)• Single Identity, Multiple Sign On• Federation• Password synchronization• Active Directory• LDAP• Kerberos• Radius
Provisioning
• Data Flow– Centralized or Decentralized
• Authorization• Authoritative Source• Access Control• Self-service?
Miscellaneous
Citations• http://writinghouse.org/
Food• http://spectrum.ieee.org
/consumer-electronics/gadgets/adventures-in-printing-food
IMPACT
• January 10, 2014• Up to 4 students• goo.gl/s7kvIh
Q & A