Saba Learning Content Format

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Saba Learning Content Format
IEEE P1484.17

• Land Ormiston Robby Robson

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Outline

• Saba approach to Standards (real quick, not a
  commercial)
• Saba Universal Learning Format
• Saba Learning Content Format
• Questions Obfuscation

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Saba Approach to Standards

• We need em
• We want em
• We track em
• We promote em
• We rationalize em
• We love em (XML and even RDF)
• We SCOR em
• Next case

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Saba ULF

• ULF the Norse Defender of Standards
• ULF Universal Learning Format the new
  republic of standards (CCCCP)
• Catalog Format IMS Metadata with an RDF binding
  pulling in DC and vCard
• Content Format (What we will discuss next)
• Certification Format (Certification Definitions)
• Competency Format (Competency Definitions)
• Profile Format (Learner Information)

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Learning Content Format (LCF)

• XML (Originally DTD, now also Schema)
• Data model/XML binding for expressing
• Structure
• Identify items (piece of content)
• Organize items into hierarchical structure (tree)
• Objectives (hierarchical)
• Content
• Text (inline)
• Reference (e.g., file or URL)
• Questions (inline T/F, Multiple Choice, Essay)

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Scope of LCF

• Define learning content items
• Organize content into TOC structure (sequencing)
• Define learning objectives
• Associate learning objectives with content items

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LCF Data Model
ltlcfgt lttocgt ltitem refapples/gt ltitem
refgranny_smith/gt ltitem refbananas/gt ltit
em reftest/gt ltitem refquestion1/gt ltite
m refquestion2/gt lt/tocgt ltobjective idobj1
descriptioneat more applesgt ltobjective
idobj2 descriptioneat more
bananasgt lttext idapples objectiveRefobj1gt
An apple a day keeps the doctor
awaylt/textgt ltlearningObject idgranny_smithgthtt
p//www.GrannySmith.com/lessonlt/learningObjectgt lt
text idbananas objectiveRefobj2gtBananas are
brain food.lt/textgt ltquestionnaire
idtestgt ltmultipleChoice idquestion1gt ltq
uestiongtlttextgtGranny Smith is a kind of
what?lt/textgtlt/questiongt ltchoice
answerfalsegtbananalt/choicegt ltchoice
answertruegtapplelt/choicegt lt/multipleChoicegt
lttrueFalse answertruegt ltquestiongtlttextgtBana
nas are high in potassium.lt/textgtlt/questiongt lt/t
rueFalsegt lt/questionnairegt lt/lcfgt
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LCF Benefits

• Separation of content and structure
• Separation of content and objectives
• Ability to include inline content (text and
  structured questions)
• Has both DTD and XML Schema representations

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Document Schemas Available . . .

• http//www.saba.com/developer