1. Supporting Collaborative Learning Activities with SCORM Albert Ip, Digital Learning Systems Ric Canale, University of Melbourne

2. SCORM Objective Content interoperability Content interoperability Across different LMS Across different LMS Sharable Content Objects - SCOs Sharable Content Objects - SCOs

3. Why SCORM? “not for Higher Education” “not for Higher Education” Why not? Why not? Can the deficiencies be rectified? Can the deficiencies be rectified? And remain consistent with ADL objectives? And remain consistent with ADL objectives?

4. Structured Collaborative Learning Online debate Online debate Online role-play Online role-play Peer-reviewed group projects Peer-reviewed group projects Customised discussion forums Customised discussion forums And more … And more …

5. Technical characteristics Asynchronous/synchronous/mostly quasi- asynchronous Asynchronous/synchronous/mostly quasi- asynchronous Role assignment and management Role assignment and management Activity support, data sharing and storage Activity support, data sharing and storage

6. Typical LMS running SCORM Student views a series of SCOs delivered by the LMS LMS SCO 1 SCO 2 SCO 3

7. SCORM and collaboration in parallel SCOs delivered by the LMS and collaborative activities in parallel via the LMS. SCOs delivered by the LMS and collaborative activities in parallel via the LMS. LMS SCO 1 SCO 2 SCO 3 Collaboration Tool

8. Proposed model SCOs delivered by the LMS and some SCOs call collaboration services via the LMS. LMS SCO 1 SCO 2 SCO 3 Collaboration Server

9. Possible EML model  The Collaborative activity is modelled in EML and delivered by the LMS  EML - instructor, learner, resource  Collaborative learning? LMS SCO 1 SCO 2 SCO 3

10. Implementation overview SCORM run-time communications SCORM run-time communications Introduce new command - LMSPreinitialize() Introduce new command - LMSPreinitialize() Extend data model to specify Extend data model to specify collaboration services collaboration services instantiation data for collaborative activity instantiation data for collaborative activity These are 14 course related data elements and 11 session related data elements These are 14 course related data elements and 11 session related data elements

11. Implementation Details Can be found in the paper… Can be found in the paper… Includes workflow implications Includes workflow implications Typical use scenarios Typical use scenarios Annotation tool Annotation tool Online debate as an example structured collaborative learning activity Online debate as an example structured collaborative learning activity

12. The model as a general solution Apply to services other than those of a collaboration server Apply to services other than those of a collaboration server Library services Library services Newsfeed Newsfeed Content repositories Content repositories New pedagogical support tools New pedagogical support tools

13. Conclusion