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LCMS: What is thriving the Dutch,
hype or need?
Jocelyn Manderveld
Educational Technology Expertise Centre
Open University of the Netherlands
Overview
Introduction DefinitionofaLCMS UsingaLCMS:Hypeorneed? UseofLCMSintheNetherlands Challenges Questionsanddiscussion
DefinitionofaLCMS
Question:HowwouldyoudefineaLearningContentManagementSystem?
Problem:Difficulttodefine
MypointofviewLCMS’sdonotexist!
BettertospeakaboutContentManagementSystems
Whythisperspective?
ContentManagementSystems: Softwareforauthoring,storage,use,reuse,searchand
managementofcontent
Contentinthiscase LearningObjects(articles,questionnaire,booksetc.) Unitsoflearning(courses,modules,tasks) Assets(e.g.pictures,video,audio,simulations) Allmaterialsneededtocreatelearningexperiences
Whathappenedwithlearning?
WhathappenedwithLearninginCMS?
ContentinaContentManagementSystemneedstobedeliveredtousers
Usersinthiscaselearnersandstaff TheactuallearningtakesplaceoutsidedeCMS DeliverythroughVirtualLearningEnvironments
asBlackboard,WebCT,N@tschool,print,PDA’setc
OverviewofLCMS
Authoring of content Storage of content Delivery of content
Metadata
Check in / out
Repository
Workflow
Search, use, reuse
VLE
PDA
Etc.
Content Management Learning
Thanks to Johan Vesseur
Gartner’s market perspective: ‘Hype cycle for emerging
technologies’
time
exp
ect
atio
ns
over-enthusiasm
disillusionment
gradualimprovement
LCMS
Virtual Learning Environments
Over-enthusiasm
1995-2000 Possibilitiesforflexibledeliveryofcontentthrough
internet Manyoff-the-shelfproducts Manyproviders Lessfocusonbusinesscases,whatdowereally
need????? InstitutesstarttoimplementVLE’s
Disillusionment
2000-2002 Manyimplementations,everyinstituteof
educationusesownVLE Gettingaclearerpicture,onwhatwewant Developingalotofcontent,whichcannotbe
adequatelymanaged Needforuse,reuseofcontentbetweendifferent
institutesandVLE’s Needforstandards
Gradualimprovement
2002-2003 Institutesforhighereducationnotice,thatthey
havethesameproblems,startworkingtogetheregDigitalUniversityoftheNetherlands
VLE’sstarttacklingtheproblemswithcontentmanagement
Several(L)CMSavailableonthemarket IntegrationofVLE’swithCMS Severallearningtechnologyspecificationsand
standards
UseofLCMSintheNetherlands
ClearlyaneedforLCMSintheNetherlands WithinDigitalUniversitypilotswithLCMS
Importantquestions: WhataretechnicalpossibilitiesofLCMS? HowcanaLCMScommunicatewithVLE’sas
Blackboard,N@tschool? TestingLearneXact HIVE(HarvestRoad)
Otherinstitutesforhighereducationstarttoimplementownsolutions,technologiese.g.WebPlatformbyUniversityofGroningen
UseofLCMSintheNetherlands
Otherinstitutesfocusondevelopmentoflearningtechnologyspecificationse.g.EducationalModellingLanguage,IMSLearningDesignbytheOpenUniversityoftheNetherlands
Otherinstitutesaredevelopingcontenttogether
Challenges
Importantroleforlearningtechnologyspecifications
MetadataforsearchinginCMS ContentPackagingforimportingcontentintoVLE’s QTIfordevelopingassessmentitems LDfordevelopingunitsoflearning LIPrecordingstudentinformation
Wherespecsfitinanarchitecture
VLE
LearnerRecord-Transcript-PDR
LearningDevelopment-Curriculum-Courses-Modules
CourseCatalogue
StudentRecordSystem
Enrolments
ISOCollaborativeLearning
Learning Design
SCORM, Simple Sequencing
QTI Results
Enterprise
HTML, XHTML, XMLPNG, SVG, SMILJPEG, MPEG Digital
Repositories
MetadataMetadata
Content Packaging
QTI
Outcomes LIPTranscriptLIP
Search&RetrieveContent Packaging
ContentAuthoring
TestAuthoring
LearningActivityDesign
ContentPackaging
MetadataTagging
ContentManagement/DigitalRepository
Publish
Learning Design
SCORM, Simple Sequencing
LearningSet-up
LearningActivities
Results
Search&Retrieve
Co-ordination
Content/Sequencing
Collaboration
Assessment
Thanks to Bill Olivier
Challenges
NotallspecificationsareimplementedinVLE”s Orpartsofspecificationsareimplemented
IfwereallywanttohavethebenefitofaLCMS,touse,reuse,sharecontentbetweenVLE’sandinstitutes,VLE”smustimplementthespecifications
Remember:IMSCompliancydoesnotsayenough!
Dealingwiththesechallenges
ConvinceVLEandLCMSthatweneedafulladoptionofspecifications
or
Developing‘opensource’toolswhichimplementthespecifications
Internationalinitiatives
Tooling ALFANET:EuropeanprojectbuildinganopensourceLD
engine RELOADproject(ReusableE-learningObjectAuthoringand
Delivery):BuildingopensourceSCORMplayer,IMSLDeditor,opensourceIMSCP
TOIAproject(TechnologiesforOnlineInteroperableAssessments):BuildingtoolsforusingandimplementingQTI
ALOHA:UniversityofAlberta,onlinedigitalrepositories,BuildinganIMSLDimplementation
SPLASH:opensourcepeertopeercontentmanagement LAMS:LearningManagementActivitySystem:EMLinspired
authoringenvironmentandplayer Edutella:UniversityofHanover:opensourcepeertopeer
metadatasharing Etc…….
Dutchkeenonparticipatingininternationalinitiatives
YES,wemustworktogethertomeetthechallenges
ThesearenottypicalDutchchallenges