Contentindependent learning objects developed for the DART project

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Content-independent learning objects developed
for the DART project

• Steve Bond
• London School of Economics and Political Science
  (LSE)

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Aims of DART
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Whats Going On?

• The Mbendjele hunter

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Evaluation of WGO

• Enjoyable, effective way to learn
• Helped students engage with text
• Helped students analyse ethnographic data
• Students perception of purpose outcomes
  matches ours
• Slow video loading/playback
• Want larger video image

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Customisability of WGO
Whats Going On? (Flash)
Config. data (XML)
Hotspot data (XML)
Video clip (Flash)
Subtitle data (XML)
Menu data (XML)
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New content for WGO

• Chukchi version
• Subtitle authoring

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Investigator

• Kolkata Explorer

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Investigator customisability
Investigator (Flash)
Locations, links and config. data (XML)
Large-scale map (JPG)
Small-scale map (JPG)
Database (PHP/MySQL)
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New content for Investigator

• Jyväskylä Explorer

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Conclusion

• Steve Bond
• s.bond1_at_lse.ac.uk
• http//www.columbia.edu/dlc/dart