SCORM 2004 Enhanced DLMS

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SCORM 2004 Enhanced DLMS

• Tzu-Chieh Tien and Wei-Min Ko
• 886 2 87326222 ext. 262 and 313
• tctien_at_iii.org.tw and weimin_at_iii.org.tw
• ACI (Advanced e-Commerce Institute)
• III (Institute for Information Industry)

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Product Demo Information
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Also can link to demo site http//learningserver.
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Outline

• DLMS overview
• Developing motivation
• Scenarios
• Functions and features
• Technology issues
• Architecture
• Implementing solution
• System requirements
• Product demo
• SCORM 2004 techniques
• Future work
• Summary

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DLMS Overview

• DLMS (Distributed Learning Management System) is
  an LMS product developed by ACI (Advanced
  e-Commerce Institute), III.
• DLMS passes SCORM 1.2 level 3 and 2004
  conformance test suites and is applying to SCORM
  2004 certification.
• DLMS emphasizes on the interoperability in a
  distributed environment where
• students can access leaning resources from
  multiple systems via a single learning portal,
  and
• operators can analyze and evaluate the integrated
  learning records from multiple systems.

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Developing Motivation

• DLMS is developed to break learning system
  boundaries.

A learner has to face to each LMS
Systems are isolated and learning materials
cannot be shared effectively
LMS
X SCORM Content
Systems lack of standard interfaces for
exchanging learning materials
LMS
The amount of learning content is not enough for
teachers to deliver e-learning
Y SCORM Content
I would like to study X, Y, and Z
LMS
Content provider
Z SCORM Content
SCORM Learning Content
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DLMS Goal

• Forming an e-learning web by connecting learning
  systems
• Learning materials can be shared and exchanged
  through this web
• Learner accesses learning resources in this web
  by facing only one portal
• Manager knows statistics of systems in this web
  by facing only one portal

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Distributed Learning Environment
Learner
Learner
Manager
School
School
Repository
Service provider
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Scenarios

• Users
• School administrators
• Delivery courses and assign them to students
• Students
• Take e-learning courses
• Parents of students
• Know the learning status and rankings of students
• Teachers
• Know the learning progress of students
• Hosts
• Business operators
• Know the business operating information of each
  branch

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Functions
View learning record and query score
report ?Learning record management ?Scores
management ?Score report viewing
Education and course management ?Course
management ?Material management ?Course taken
management
Students do online learning and view learning
records ?My courses ?Online course
learning ?Learning record viewing
Administrator manages system configurations ?Repos
itory configuration ?LMS configuration
Operators manage the information and privilege of
the student ?Student management ?Group
management ?Privilege management
DLMS
System Administration
Member Management
Learning Record Management
Course Management
Online Classroom
Distributed Course Access
Distributed Learning Record Integration
Query Interface
Query Interface
Privilege Control
Privilege Control
Course Repository
Learning Record Database
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Features

• Passing SCORM 1.2 level 3 and 2004 conformance
  test suites
• Supporting multi-lingual environment
• Sufficient learning management
• Distributed courses access
• Distributed learning record integration
• Easy system installation and maintaining
• Supporting course map viewing

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Distributed System Solution
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System Architecture
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Implementing Solution

• JSP and Java
• JDBC
• Apache Struts
• Action Forward
• Validation
• DB tag
• Resource Bundle
• Menu configuration
• Log4j

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System Requirements

• Server

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Product Demo
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Remote Connection
School
School
Service provider
Connect
Connect
Repository
Connect
Connect
Connect
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Course Management
Import Course From Local
Course 1
School
Course operator
Course 2
Import Course From Remote
SCORM 1.2
Repository
School
Content provider
School
School
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Students Read Online Courses
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Course
read online course
?
Note
take notes
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Course Map
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Learning Records and Business Statistics

• This branch has most students
• The scores of most of students taking this course
  are lower than the average
• Most students take this course

School
School
Learning record
School
School
I answered wrong for this question
My son ranks 89 in the learning web
The student should pay more effort at this kind
of questions
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SCORM 2004 Runtime Environment
Sequencing
Course

• Content Organization
• Sequencing Conditions

Course Process
API Adapter SetValue(), GetValue(),..,etc
Set
Get
Sequencing Rules
HTTPXML
Course Resource (Run-Time Data)
DB
Sequencing Engine
Event Trigger Data Transfer using XML
Client
Server
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• API Adapter
• API, API Instance, API Implementation
• Session, Data-transfer, Support (error handling)
• Course Process
• Receive requests from client-side
• Insert or update learning records in server-side.
• Retrieve learning records and give response to
  client-side.

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• Sequencing
• Activity Tree recording course state, sequencing
  condition.
• Sequencing Session Created
• Activity Status Tracking

Figure reference to ADL SCORM Specification
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• Sequencing Engine
• To analyze Sequencing Definition Model
  (Sequencing behaviors)
• Navigation Behavior
• Termination Behavior
• Rollup Behavior
• Selection and Randomization Behavior
• Sequencing Behavior
• Delivery Behavior

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SCORM 2004 RTE
Sequencing
Course

• Content Organization
• Sequencing Conditions

Course Process
API Adapter SetValue(), GetValue(),..,etc
Set
Get
Sequencing Rules
HTTPXML
Course Resource (Run-Time Data)
DB
Sequencing Engine
Event Trigger Data Transfer using XML
Client
Server
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Future Work

• Online discussion
• QTI based test module
• Multi-cast streaming

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Summary

• DLMS is suitable in a distributed environment
• Remote resource access
• Remote data integration
• Remote information display
• DLMS has sufficient functions
• System administration
• Member management
• Course management
• Learning record management
• Online classroom
• Course map viewing
• DLMS is SCORM 1.2 level 3 and 2004 compatible

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