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1 Copyright 2002 UT System The Ever-Changing Courseware Landscape Migration Strategies and Lessons Learned Copyright Michael Anderson and Rob Robinson, 2001. This work is the intellectual property of the author. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non-commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the author. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the author. Rob Robinson, Associate Director Michael Anderson, Technology & Corporate Development Manager University of Texas System TeleCampus

2 Copyright 2002 UT System Today’s Agenda The TeleCampus Courseware Defined The Technology Challenge Standards – Help on the Way? The Ever-Changing Corporate Landscape

3 Copyright 2002 UT System "One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.” Bertrand Russell

4 Copyright 2002 UT System The TeleCampus Distance education coordination unit of the UT System Collaborative programs –Complete graduate degree programs –Certificates & undergraduate courses Deep courses, 100% web-based Heavy faculty interaction Success & growth

5 Copyright 2002 UT System TeleCampus Recent History 1997 – Selected VCampus 2001 – RFP process to select new courseware platform Prometheus chosen 2002 Prometheus acquired by Blackboard

6 Copyright 2002 UT System Instructional Delivery Classroom 4 Centralized – Synchronous time/place 4 Uniform – Mass communication uShort development uLow initial investment uHigh delivery cost uNot scalable WBI 4 Outreach – On-demand 4 Individuality – Mass-customization uLong development uHigh initial investment uLow delivery cost uScalable

7 Copyright 2002 UT System WBI System Components Content Management (Prometheus, WebCT, Blackboard) Hardware/Telcomm (Cisco, RBOCs, hosting) Services (e-commerce, tutoring) Content (faculty, publishers)

8 Copyright 2002 UT System Content Management Systems Characteristics Assessment (computer-graded tests) Tracking Communication/ services integration File Manager– serves HTML files composed of learning objects Benefits Immediate feedback and faculty assistance Effort monitoring Infinite diversity for users and integrity for faculty GUI for faculty and an organizing tool for students

9 Copyright 2002 UT System Modular Content Learning Objects –Self-contained –Internally consistent –Referenced from outside (MERLOT) HTML page is NOT a L.O. –Sentence SyntaxSentence Syntax An object on a single HTML page can be a L.O. –Sentence AnimatorSentence Animator

10 Copyright 2002 UT System Mapping Functions

11 Copyright 2002 UT System Mapping Content

12 Copyright 2002 UT System Corporate Context Prometheus

13 Copyright 2002 UT System Why Standards? Text + Graphics Inter- active Video CD-ROM LAN- Based WEB- HTML/ Database WEB- XML/ Objects Legacy “Here and now” Emerging Future WEB- HTML E-Learning technology moves increasing toward Standards-based implementations

14 Copyright 2002 UT System The Movement Toward Standards Beyond pure technical standards (XML, J2EE, etc) Accrediting Standards Bodies –IEEE, ANSI, ISO AICC, SCORM, IMS –Developing specifications toward standardization

15 Copyright 2002 UT System Progress IMS –Development & promotion of specifications leading to interoperability SCORM –Project of the Advanced Distributed Learning Network, part of the Department of Defense –Plug-Fest

16 Copyright 2002 UT System Vendor Participation WebCT – –Participant in IMS –Claims to be SCORM compliant –Participated in ADL Plugfests 3, 4,5 Blackboard – –IMS Participant –Partnership with Microsoft means ability to influence standards adoption. Others

17 Copyright 2002 UT System The Vision –Modular, interoperable content –Seamless across platforms & courses –“Best of breed” modules tied together in a single course –Until then…………

18 Copyright 2002 UT System Lessons Learned Plan for migration – develop an exit strategy Expect migration – keep copies of your content, all of it Modularize your content Establish your pain thresholds

19 Copyright 2002 UT System The University of Texas TeleCampus 1-888-TEXAS-16 www.telecampus.utsystem.edu Info@telecampus.utsystem.edu Rob Robinson: rrobinson@utsystem.edurrobinson@utsystem.edu Michael Anderson manderson@utsystem.edumanderson@utsystem.edu Further Information


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