eContent Developers Different Perspectives

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eContent Developers Different Perspectives

• The FE Dimension
• Clive Church and Steve Jeyes
• eLearning Managers, Edexcel International.
• Co-ordinators, CETIS FE Focus Group,
• Newark and Sherwood College.

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Learning and Skills Council

• Funds all post 16 education (apart from Higher
  Education)
• further education
• adult and community education
• work based learning
• UFI/ Learndirect
• School VIth forms (from April 2002)
• Budget 5.5 billion.
• Provide 40 JISC funding
• Widening Participation and Inclusive Learning
  (accessibility) a major priority.
• Numeracy, literacy, 16 -24 participation

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eLearning

• UFI/ Learndirect
• hundreds of on line courses
• 200 000 learners (10 000 enrolments per week)
• NLN/ UK FE ILT Content Development
• 6 million
• MLE Interoperability Projects 2001
• All aiming for IMS compliance.

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On line Content

• Electronic Paper
• One size fits all
• Learning Style ?
• Application Area ?
• Prescriptive route
• Inaccessible
• Disengages tutor
• Considered Total Solution

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COURSE 3
Levels of Content IMS LO Metadata Aggregation
Level
validator
LEARNING EPISODE 2
student
tutor
LEARNING Assembly
CHUNK (CONTENT OBJECT)

author
DIGITAL CONTENT 1
Repositories
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• The Chunk
• Sharable Content Object (SCORM)
• Reusable Learning Object (EML)
• Learning Object (DNER)
• interactive
• multimedia rich
• discoverable
• accessible
• interoperable

CHUNK (CONTENT OBJECT)

Repositories
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Learning Assembly For use in a college
learning centre
Exercises
Ohms Law Interaction
Instruction to Students
Theory Atoms Electrons
Theory Ohms Law
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The Options
Content Management ( other VLE functions)
MIS Legacy Systems
Learning Flow/ Organisation (EML)
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Content Packaging ( QTI)
Repositories (Content Tests)
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Producing Assemblies from repositories
TUTOR
DNER
Colleges
Publishers
CGFL
NGFL
UfI
NLN
Repositories of Content and Tests
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Content and Style
Rendering
Interactive Simulation
The XML
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Accessibility application of standards
Appropriate Content Style Sheets (XSL)
Content packaged, customised learning experience,
managed by a delivery system
Metadata fields to fine tune content selection
LIP containing Disability Info
Appropriate Test Template (QTI)
Appropriate Learning Pathway (EML)
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Repository opening screen
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Repository Content screen
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Education Metadata screen
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Repository Path screen
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• Greater choice of content
• Greater quality of education
• Development of exemplars
• New culture
• Content available
• Spectrum of delivery methods
• Added value
• Focus on developing learning

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Contacts

• CETIS Groups www.cetis.ac.uk
• Content lmc_at_strath.ac.uk
• Assessment n.sclater_at_strath.ac.uk
• Metadata jenny_at_ltsneng.ac.uk
• FE cchurch_at_newark.ac.uk
• jeyesint_at_ntlworld.com
• ICONEX www.iconex.hull.ac.uk
• Xtensis www.xor.ltd.uk