1. Rob Abel IMS Global Learning Consortium
THE NEXT-GENERATION LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK: ARE YOU READY?
Jack Suess
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Bruce Maas
University of Wisconsin Madison
Bruce-Each of us Introduce ourselves
Rob Abel
IMS Global Learning Consortium
John O’Brien
EDUCAUSE

2. What is a Next Generation Digital Learning Environment (NGDLE)?

3. Mostly Rob and Jack, interweave some commentary from John given Malcolm was a co-author. Bruce will add that he signaled this to the early Unizin partners…it was like you had read our minds

4. John

5. Interoperability and Integration
Dimensions of NGDLE
Five domains of core functionality:
 Interoperability and Integration
Personalization
Analytics, Advising, and Learning Assessment
Collaboration
Accessibility and Universal Design
john

6. The Conclusion: The NGDLE is More Than an LMS
“An early conclusion from our research is that although the NGDLE might include a traditional LMS as a component, it will not itself be a single application like the current LMS or other enterprise applications. Rather, the NGDLE will be an ecosystem of sorts “
john

7. Interoperability and Integration
NGDLE
ARCHITECTURE:
A FOUNDATION
OF INTEROPERABLE
SERVICES & DATA
THAT ENABLES
KEY REQUIREMENTS
Analytics, Advising, and Learning Assessment
Accessibility and Universal Design
Personalization
Collaboration
Rob/Jack
Interoperability and Integration

8. Rob/Jack

9. Interop for NGDLE Status
What we have
What we need
Solid enterprise plug & play foundations: LTI, LIS
LTI2 adoption;
further CASA development
Possible foundation to personalization & accessibility metadata: AfA
Adoption of AfA & corresponding web services; Better universal design guidelines & testing
Rob/Jack
Caliper analytics v1 adoption encouraging; Pilot projects on competencies & eTranscripts
Widespread use of Caliper; further development of competency, eTranscript, Badges interoperability

10. How Do You Begin to Put in Place a Next Generation Digital Learning Environment (NGDLE)?
John

11. Enter Unizin
Unizin is a consortium of like-minded universities, leveraging and developing educational technologies and practices that are engaging, informed and expansive. Unizin is membership-based and governed by those institutions as a nonprofit 501(c)(3).  It is currently composed of 22 institutions and more than 700,000 students, making it the largest educational system in the United States.
Bruce

12. Content Delivery Platform
Unizin
Data Access
Content Delivery Platform
Digital Architecture
Bruce

13. Founding Members
Colorado State, Florida, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio State, Iowa, Oregon State, Penn State, Wisconsin-Madison, Nebraska-Lincoln, Minnesota
Bruce-Born in the CIC with Provosts

14. Unizin embraces and advances IMS Global standards
Unizin embraces and advances IMS Global standards. Unizin is committed to “open” and supporting universities’ affordability strategies. Unizin is committed to serving teachers and learners, giving them more choice, flexibility and nimbleness. Unizin is committed to providing institutions access to their own data in order to develop teaching and learning insights that can be shared.
Bruce

15. Accessibility & Universal Design & Integration
Interoperability
Personalization
Analytics
Collaboration
Accessibility & Universal Design
& Integration
Caliper certification pending (Engage)
Engage offers enhanced interactions with students for adaptable teaching
Canvas Live Data in Real-Time
Oregon St. saved $200K with faster migration to Canvas from Bb
New tools build accessibility into the course design process
Engage data shows student reading trends
Tools support basic LTI integrations
Elegant workflows automate universal design
Collaborative OER textbook efforts
Support an open LMS for greater customization
Prototype Sentiment Visualizer
Bruce

16. Considering the needs and plans of your institution, how far along do you think we are in the different dimensions of the NGDLE and how do we advance the cause?
John

17. How can we begin to work together across world-wide organizations to make this an international effort?
Rob

18. What are the first concrete steps we can and should take, together?
Jack