© VCILT 1 Learning Objects VCILT Abounaidane Adil Tournaud Julien Yannic Stephane

© VCILT 2 Learning Objects Repository 1.Learning Objects 1.Pedagogical point of view 2.Professional point of view 2.Learning Objects Repository 1.Metadata & Standards 2.What’s for? 3.Repository

© VCILT 3 Learning Objects Repository Why learning objects?(1) Pedagogical point of view Traditional methods: –Linear, fixed-path presentations –Difficulty in changing or adapting content… These methods are inadequate for learning in today’s business environment.

© VCILT 4 Learning Objects Repository Why learning objects? (2) Pedagogical point of view Learner’s perspective: –Demand for customisation to provide just-in-time and just-enough content –Need for performance support –Need for granular levels of training individualized to learner needs, interests, and learning style. Author’s perspective: –Ease of collaboration, sharing and reusing content assets over the web –Need for rapid creation of content –Ease assemble/update content

© VCILT 5 Learning Objects Repository © VCILT Professional point of view (1) Why develop content as learning objects? To gain an added-value –Costs –Development time –Learning effectiveness

© VCILT 6 Learning Objects Repository Professional point of view (2) Why develop content as learning objects? Flexibility Ease of updates, searches and content management Customisation Interoperability Facilitation of competency-based learning Increase value of content

© VCILT 7 Learning Objects Repository Anatomy of a Learning Object © Harvi Singh Centred around learning objective Content/information supports the objective and promotes the achievement of the learning outcome Practice/feedback ensures mastery

© VCILT 8 Learning Objects Repository Standards Standards are necessary for: –interworking, –portability, –reusability. A standard helps ensure cooperation and reuse. But, “the nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.” Andrew Tanenbaum, in his Computer Networks book

© VCILT 9 Learning Objects Repository Metadata Metadata is data about data. –What? - title and description –When? - when it was created and the update cycle, if any. –Who? – authors and submitter –Where? – where to find the resource –How? – how to obtain more information about the resource and how to use it in a specific context

© VCILT 10 Learning Objects Repository Metadata standards

© VCILT 11 Learning Objects Repository Tertiary Education Commission Match the student’s programmes of study at the tertiary level to the socio-economic developmental needs –List of Indicative Priority Fields of Study (IPFS) Demand for high-level manpower by existing employers Providing information to the tertiary education institutions

© VCILT 12 Learning Objects Repository Tertiary Education Commission Agriculture and Agro- Industry Arts and Languages Engineering Environment Financial Services Information and Communication Technology Law Management Medicine and Dentistry Sciences and Applied Sciences Social Sciences and Humanities Textile and Clothing Tourism

© VCILT 13 Learning Objects Repository Situated Knowledge [context dependant] Non Situated Knowledge [context free] History / Culture / Heritage ICT related Open Courseware WHAT’s a LOR for ? Resituated Knowledge Endemic Plants /Coral Reefs / Biodiversity

© VCILT 14 Learning Objects Repository LOR Project-Needs Interviews with future users from all the faculties ( Agriculture, Engineering, Science, Law & Management, Social Studies & Humanities) –Use for articles and references on resources on the web. –Ease of loading data's. –Easy and simple to use especially for non specialist in IT. –Efficient search engine

© VCILT 15 Learning Objects Repository LOR Project-Context Analyse Analyses of resources on the web:

© VCILT 16 Learning Objects Repository User’s view LO Repository LO Interface local content DB WWW Virtual U Agriculture Course 12 I) Animal Genetics II) Animal Production Farm Operations Biology of Production Example 1 Example 2 III) Animal Reproduction Virtual U registered user open access/ search / combine / tools

© VCILT 17 Learning Objects Repository LO RepositoryLocal Content DB Virtual U Store for locally developped content or mirrors sites RLO Reusable Learning Objects Local or Web Ref Metadata (ontology) WWW Academic Modules = Combination of RLOs Academic Management Tools Communication Tools Security Filters Architecture

© VCILT 18 Learning Objects Repository LOR Resources –Assignments, exercises –Part of a course or modules –Resources on the web –Searchers articles from UoM RLO Private AccessFree Access

© VCILT 19 Learning Objects Repository Learning Object Metadata Title Reference Description Keywords Type Free access or not Date of submission Language Information about –Author(s) –Submitter

© VCILT 20 Learning Objects Repository LOR Database Learning Object CommentPedagogy Author Submitter

© VCILT 21 Learning Objects Repository LOR Database

© VCILT 22 Learning Objects Repository Share information Easy access to information Information construction Information exchange

© VCILT 23 Learning Objects Repository Thank you for your attention. Any questions? Let’s go for a demonstration?demonstration