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.
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, participation
eLearning UFI/ Learndirect: hundreds of on line courses learners ( enrolments per week) NLN/ UK FE ILT Content Development £6 million MLE Interoperability Projects 2001 All aiming for IMS compliance.
On line Content Electronic Paper One size fits all Learning Style ? Application Area ? Prescriptive route Inaccessible Disengages tutor Considered Total Solution
DIGITAL CONTENT 1* CHUNK (CONTENT OBJECT) LEARNING Assembly LEARNING EPISODE 2* author tutor student COURSE 3* validator Levels of Content * IMS LO Metadata Aggregation Level Repositories
CHUNK (CONTENT (CONTENT OBJECT) The Chunk =Sharable Content Object (SCORM) =Reusable Learning Object (EML) =Learning Object (DNER) interactive multimedia rich discoverable accessible interoperable Repositories
Learning Assembly : For use in a college learning centre Exercises Theory: Ohms Law Interaction Theory: Atoms & Electrons Instruction to Students
The Options Content Packaging ( & QTI) Content Management (+ other VLE functions) MIS & Legacy Systems Learning Flow/ Organisation (EML) Repositories ( Content & Tests) …….
Publishers NLN CGFL DNER Colleges Repositories of Content and Tests TUTOR NGFL UfI Producing Assemblies from repositories
Content and Style Interactive Simulation Rendering The XML
Accessibility: application of standards ‘LIP’ containing Disability Info Metadata fields to fine tune content selection Appropriate Test Template (QTI) Appropriate Content Style Sheets (XSL) Appropriate Learning Pathway (EML) Content packaged, customised learning experience, managed by a delivery system
Repository opening screen
Repository Content screen
Education Metadata screen
Repository Path screen
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
Contacts CETIS Groupswww.cetis.ac.uk FE ICONEXwww.iconex.hull.ac.uk Xtensis