Weston November The BECTA/ISB Content Packaging Profile Crispin Weston

Weston November Origins of the project OILS initiative (1996-9) Curriculum Online (2003) BBC Jam (2003-7) Learning Platform Stakeholders Group (2003-5) Learning Services procurement (2006-7)

Weston November Key objectives for the project To define a technical profile with supporting guidance materials for the implementation and use of content packaging within learning platforms, and to establish a sustainable specification development pathway towards providing users with high quality resources.

Weston November Standards bodies

Weston November Standards bodies

Weston November Standards bodies

Weston November Standards bodies

Weston November What this is not Systems (Schools) Interoperability Framework (SIF) E-Portfolio (IMS LIP or Leap2A) Competency definitions What this is (directly concerned with) IMS Content Packaging Common Cartridge SCORM Aggregation (Simple Sequencing, Learning Design) Question and Test Interoperability (QTI)

Weston November What’s in a package? Package Expositive content?

Weston November What’s in a package? Package Applications, Services & Widgets

Weston November The concept of “objects” Data fileApplication Object Visual representation / access Association

Weston November What’s in a package? Package Objects

Weston November What’s in SCORM? IMS Content Packaging

Weston November What’s in SCORM? IMS Content Packaging LOM

Weston November What’s in SCORM? IMS Content Packaging LOM IMS Simple Sequencing

Weston November What’s in SCORM? IMS Content Packaging LOM IMS Simple Sequencing VLE Runtime

Weston November Why is extra work required? Too many standards Some not sufficiently precise Insufficient conformance & kite-marking Not sufficient to support schools-level pedagogies  Immersive  Interactive  Social  Creative

Weston November Project stages Stage 1 Defining project requirements. EdICTs & SALTIS Stage 2 Producing specifications & guidelines RM & IMS Stage 3 Report on supporting actions EdICTs & SALTIS

Weston November Key stakeholder groups Content publishers Learning platform providers Representatives of end users

Weston November Priorities for functional integration Critical Important Marginal Unimportant Undesirable

Weston November Runtime data integration Write student scores

Weston November Runtime data integration Save state data

Weston November Runtime data integration Return student product

Weston November Disaggregation and re-sequencing Sequencing Disaggregation

Weston November Improved distribution Automatic authorisation

Weston November Improved distribution Search and discovery

Weston November Adaptation of content By teacher

Weston November Content types and formats Out-of-browser content

Weston November Content types and formats Large files

Weston November Content types and formats Multi-player content

Weston November Content types and formats QTIE-pub Structured content CFF

Weston November Key requirements for step 1 Clarify technical issues  File sizes  Filenames Improve search and discovery Clarify copyright & branding Create simple profile of runtime Clarify disaggregation model

Weston November Disaggregation: the technical problem

Weston November Disaggregation: the technical problem

Weston November Disaggregation: the technical problem

Weston November Disaggregation: the technical problem

Weston November Disaggregation: the technical problem

Weston November Disaggregation: the technical problem

Weston November Where is the learning object?

Weston November Where is the learning object?

Weston November Where is the learning object?

Weston November Disaggregation: the licensing problem

Weston November A solution using child manifests Nested folders

Weston November A solution using child manifests Learning objects

Weston November A solution using child manifests Resources sections private

Weston November What does the organization represent? organization Atomic object Component Aggregation

Weston November Key requirements for next steps DRM Sequencing/aggregation Remote running of content Out of browser Multi-player Returning student product E-portfolio and competency definition

Weston November Models of a VLE Content Learning Platform VLE

Weston November Models of a VLE Content Learning Platform Services VLE

Weston November Models of a VLE Content Learning Platform Services VLE

Weston November Models of a VLE Content Learning Platform Services Collaborative environment

Weston November Models of a VLE Content Services Collaborative environment VLE

Weston November Summary of benefits Open market encourages innovation. Innovative learning tools work in integrated environment. Automatic integration “hides” technology from non-technical teacher.

Weston November Next steps SALTIS meeting next Tuesday to approve requirements RM/IMS technical outputs to be completed after BETT Report on supporting actions next Spring Implementation…