1. eContent Developers Different Perspectives The FE Dimension Clive Church and Steve Jeyes: eLearning Managers, Edexcel International. Co-ordinators, CETIS FE Focus Group, Newark and Sherwood College.

2. Learning and Skills Council Funds all post 16 education (apart from Higher Education) further education adult and community education work based learning UFI/ Learndirect School VIth forms (from April 2002) Budget: £5.5 billion. Provide 40% JISC funding Widening Participation and Inclusive Learning (accessibility) a major priority. Numeracy, literacy, 16 -24 participation

3. eLearning  UFI/ Learndirect: hundreds of on line courses 200 000 learners (10 000 enrolments per week)  NLN/ UK FE ILT Content Development £6 million  MLE Interoperability Projects 2001 All aiming for IMS compliance.

4. On line Content  Electronic Paper  One size fits all Learning Style ? Application Area ?  Prescriptive route  Inaccessible  Disengages tutor  Considered Total Solution

5. DIGITAL CONTENT 1* CHUNK (CONTENT OBJECT) LEARNING Assembly LEARNING EPISODE 2* author tutor student COURSE 3* validator Levels of Content * IMS LO Metadata Aggregation Level Repositories

6. CHUNK (CONTENT (CONTENT OBJECT) The Chunk =Sharable Content Object (SCORM) =Reusable Learning Object (EML) =Learning Object (DNER) interactive multimedia rich discoverable accessible interoperable Repositories

7. Learning Assembly : For use in a college learning centre Exercises Theory: Ohms Law Interaction Theory: Atoms & Electrons Instruction to Students

8. The Options Content Packaging ( & QTI) Content Management (+ other VLE functions) MIS & Legacy Systems Learning Flow/ Organisation (EML) Repositories ( Content & Tests) …….

9. Publishers NLN CGFL DNER Colleges Repositories of Content and Tests TUTOR NGFL UfI Producing Assemblies from repositories

10. Content and Style Interactive Simulation Rendering The XML

11. Accessibility: application of standards ‘LIP’ containing Disability Info Metadata fields to fine tune content selection Appropriate Test Template (QTI) Appropriate Content Style Sheets (XSL) Appropriate Learning Pathway (EML) Content packaged, customised learning experience, managed by a delivery system

12. Repository opening screen

13. Repository Content screen

14. Education Metadata screen

15. Repository Path screen

16.  Greater choice of content Greater quality of education Development of exemplars  New culture Content available Spectrum of delivery methods Added value Focus on developing learning

17. Contacts  CETIS Groupswww.cetis.ac.uk Contentlmc@strath.ac.uk Assessmentn.sclater@strath.ac.uk Metadatajenny@ltsneng.ac.uk FE cchurch@newark.ac.uk jeyesint@ntlworld.com  ICONEXwww.iconex.hull.ac.uk  Xtensis www.xor.ltd.uk