The Portal for Online Objects in Learning POOL

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The Portal for Online Objects in Learning (POOL)

• an advanced eLearning solution
• 0ct. 4, 2000

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Our Mission

• To develop and demonstrate a high-value,
  broadband-enhanced learning object management and
  repository solution for Canadian education and
  training community

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About POOL Our Goals

• Deploy an integrated suite of tools for
  instructional designers, content authors,
  instructors and learners to more effectively and
  efficiently create and consume custom resources
  for learning events.
• For institution and organization-level users, we
  will offer a solution for learning resource
  hosting, portalization and end-to-end delivery
  requirements.
• In partnership with CANARIE Inc., Learning
  Program participants and the broader learning
  community, provide an approach for a national
  learning object management model and solution.

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Educational Portal Computing Today

• Search hubs for content, or learning storefronts
  offering access to courses, programs and learning
  resources
• Generally, dont offer end-to-end
  content/knowledge management solutions
• Many pieces in the marketplace
• Companies emerging offering object management
  solution into the corporate training market
• Learning Portals designed for broadband
  environments not yet available on the public
  Internet

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Users and Application

• Key users Instructional Designers, Content
  Authors, Instructors
• Benefits to Learners, Organizational Content
  Management Personnel, Institutions and
  Organizations, Broader Learning Community
• Prototype Content Areas IT, Business, Instructor
  Training

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Project Schedule

• Phase I Functional Prototype To June 30, 2001
• Deliverable Functional Prototype and evaluation,
  available on CANET 3 for evaluation by Learning
  Program participants
• Phase II Commercial Buildout/Deployment
• Commercial scale production, wider deployment
  across CANET 3, available as a service and
  solution for Learning Program and other Canadian
  Stakeholders
• Commercialization/Dissemination efforts begin

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Phase I Timeline and Milestones
3Q 2000
4Q 2000
1Q 2001
2Q 2001
2Q 2000
Begin Commercial Build-out
Launch
Deliver Prototype
Deliver Prototype Evaluation
Deliver System Specification
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POOL Functional Requirements

• User Personalization and Profiling

• Content Creation and Capture

• Content Distribution

• Search and Access

• Workflow, Review and Approvals

• Rights Management

• Multimedia Object Types Definitions

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POOL Functional Requirements

• XML Schema Metatadata Schema

• Data and Logic Architecture

• eCommerce Models and Tools

• Remote Multiple Server Management

• Hosting and Configuration

• Technical and Operational Plan

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Partners
NB DEN Inc.
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Metadata Standards
NB DEN Inc.

• Led by New Brunswick Distance Education Network
  Inc. and performed by the Electronic Text Centre
  at the University of New Brunswick
• Electronic Text Centre (UNB) to develop the
  specifications for the use of IMS as a base
  schema to describe and index learning objects in
  the POOL system.
• Metadata specification will be integrated into
  the overall POOL system design and implementation

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Design and Development

• Specification Development

NB DEN Inc.
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Pilot Content/Objects

• NB DEN Inc.

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Evaluation

• Evaluation Team Led by Tom Calvert, TechBC
• Draft Internal Evaluation Plan
• Technical
• Pedagogical
• Usability
• Learning Program Participants relevance to
  broader communitys requirements
• Functional specification
• Implementation Strategies

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Project Management

• Project Management and Control Functions
  centralized within the New Media Innovation
  Centre in BC
• Project Teams led by Group Leaders
• Steering Committee composed of Partner
  Representatives

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Design and Development Approach

• Looking for software/methodological solutions to
  integrate into the prototype system
• Iterative design and development, informed by
  broader stakeholder community initial customers
• Open to vendors/partners who can address our
  initial and ongoing functional requirements
• Change is constant environmental scanning for
  solutions and innovative models

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Partnering for Success

• Software Development WG within Learning Program
• Consultation with Learning Program participants
• Metatadata/Standards WG
• User Interface WG
• Video services WG
• Prototype roll-out supported by BELLE Project

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Contact info (and plug)

• e. nick_at_newmic.com
• New Media Innovation Centre
• http//www.newmic.com
• TeleLearning Network of Centres
• http//www.telelearn.ca
• TeleLearning NCE 5th Annual Conference, Nov. 4,
  2000 - Toronto
• http//www.telelearn.ca/conference