Creating learning designs for reuse. Outcomes of the IDLD project Olga Marino Gilbert Paquette Presented by: Karin Lundgren-Cayrol Michel Léonard Ileana de la Teja Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Engineering, TÉLUQ à UQAM MERLOT Conference, 8-11 August, 2006 Ottawa Research funded by

Plan Project Goal and Objectives Context Deployment Strategy Implementation Process, Tools and Participants Results, Conclusions and Next Steps Questions

Project Goal and Objectives Goal Deploy and Implement the IMS Learning Design Specification in Canada Objectives Elaborate a deployment and implementation strategy Develop methodological instruments Develop and provide tools to facilitate implementation of IMS LD Field test instruments and tools

Context Reusable Units of Learning IEEE LOM IMS LD IMS CP GLOBE UNFOLD eduSource R2R 2003 – 2004 IDLD TELCERT LORNET Instructional Design for LD MOT+LD editor Modeling technique Implementation process Deployment strategy

Deployment Strategy Present and explain –Main concepts of the IMS Learning Design Specification –Advantages and limitations Make available adequate tools –MOT+LD graphical editor –PALOMA Repository and Metatagger Provide guidelines and methods –Instructional design principles, structured description, etc. –Modeling technique Provide expertise –Face to face workshops – support –Communities of Practice (Unfold, IDLD, TELCERT,) Build Repository LD Units of Learning –UoL Generic Templates –Reusable UoL and Examples –Best Practices

Implementation Process, Tools and Participants (1) Present basic conceptsconcepts Demonstrate process and toolstools Provide basic methodological help –Unit of Learning Selection Criteria –Instructional Design Principles –Elaborate a structured description Model a Level A Unit of Learning –MOT+LD Editor –Modeling Technique Add Levels B and C –RELOAD Editor

Process, Tools and Participants (2) Validate Unit of Learning –RELOAD Player –TELOS LD Player (coming soon) Reference, Document & Reuse and Adapt –PALOMA Metadata Tagging Tool Structured description Generic templates Fully developed UoLs –PALOMA Search Mechanisms Keyword search Advanced Search by Classification and Relation Replay UoLs –IMS LD compliant LMS COPPERCORE RELOAD PLAYER LAMS ELIVE

Participants in the field trials Simon Fraser University Concordia University Canada School of Public Service TÉLUQ

Simon Fraser University Laboratory for Ontological Research –1 researcher and 2 students Expertise –Instructional design and eLearning strategies –IMS LD specification –little knowledge about graphical modeling Produced 15 UoLs –Descriptions and Best Practices –graphical modelsmodels –xml manifest files Comments –Granularity a problem of reuse –MOT+ LD easily acquired –Complex specifications

Concordia University Albee Team at CSCP –2 researchers and 4 students Expertise –Instructional design and eLearning strategies –Some graphical modeling knowledge –No IMS LD knowledge Produced 20 UoLs –descriptions –graphical modelsmodels –xml manifest files –a Rubric type selection grid Comments –Granularity and generality of UoL’s –MOT+ LD easily acquired

Canada School of Public Service Québec and Montréal Division –1 training manager –2 Instructional Designers Expertise –Community of Practice Learning Strategies –eLearning –No knowledge of IMS LD or graphical modeling techniques Produced 5 UoLs –1 structured description –graphical modelsmodels –xml manifest files Comments –Need more support to implement IMS LD –Easily acquired modeling techniques –MOT+ LD provided them with a ‘common language’

TÉLUQ CICE (Chaire de recherche en informatique cognitive et éducation) –4 researchers Expertise –Instructional design and eLearning strategies –Graphical modeling experts –IMS LD experts Produced UoLs –Descriptions –Graphical 20 models –Generic templates –Variations of existing models –xml manifest files Comments –Granularity and generality of UoL’s –Metatagging and classification of UoLs and Templates –Analyse variants of same UoL

Conclusions and Next Step Tools are adequate, but still need to be refined –Develop a web based editor –Revise guides and add modeling examples Implementation strategy enough to provide insights, but not to develop autonomy –Diversify audience –Carry out more field experiments –Gather specific and generic examples –Elaborate Best Practices Measure overall impact in 6 to 12 months –Number of visits and demands for tools –Number of new UoL in the Repository

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A Unit of LD Structure A Unit of LD Structure Learning Objectives Prerequisites Environnement Support Activity Learning Activity External UoL Activity Structure Each act’s scenario is composed of Activity Structure Learner Role-parts Method Play Act 1 Act 2 P Conditions Notifications B&C

SFU MODELS 4 Group Work Strategies 10 Units from an Online Business Administration Course 1 student teams achievement divisions

Concordia University 3 Nuggets / Patterns 12 collaborative designs k-12 5 UoLs according to instructional and learning theories –Behavioral –Cognitivist –Cognitive apprenticeship –Constructivism –Problem based learning

Canada School of Public Service Human Relations Course –Community of Practice Quebec Learning the CoP software CoP Learning Events –Question of the week (online) –Case study –Luncheon Training (blended) –Special Event –Special Workshops

Tools MOT+ LD Editor: Construct Level A UoL RELOAD LD Editor: Add Levels B and C RELOAD Player: Execute the UoL PALOMA Repository: Reference, classify, archive and retrieve UoLs  Generic UoLTemplates  Examples  Best Practices

MOTPlus and editors MOTPlus graphical modeling software –Obect oriented modelling –Relatioships built on Cognitive Sciences –Editors Standard Educational (IMS LD compliant) Ordinogram ( Ontology (OWL based )

PALOMA – A resource Manager Repository of LO Banks –Metadata tagger based on IEEE LOM –Learning Resource and metadata record manager –Five search types Key word Browsing classification schemes Browsing classified folders By metadata and combination thereof Federated search in external Banks –MERLOT –EdNa online –Smete –Ariadne