1. Advances in Open Systems for Learning Resources: IntraLibrary and Item Banking Charles Duncan C.Duncan@intrallect.com

2. Outline Interoperability and Integration General Principles Specific Examples –Loose integration –Tight integration (item banking)

3. Interoperability and Integration for interoperability for integration

4. Interoperability High Low

5. Integration High Low

6. General Principles Large effort Much of it unproductive High degree of technical skills required Integration Interoperability Low High Low High Flexible mashups Technical skills required Need to understand some interoperabilitty Minimum effort Transparent interoperability High productivity Few/no specialist skills Proprietary systems High degree of “lock-in”

7. Low integration – High Interoperability Authoring toolsLearning environmentsRepository Pass SCORM or IMS packages and metadata Pass SCORM or IMS packages and metadata

8. High integration – High interoperability Create/copy Search Retrieve Store Search Retrieve Authoring toolsLearning environmentsRepository Fully integrated into intraLibrary workflow Usable entirely within the VLE Interoperability transparent to users

9. IntraLibrary Workflows Upload Technical QAMetadata QA Sign-off Publish

10. Workflows Upload Technical QAMetadata QA Sign-off Publish Upload and Describe Publish Review Revise SimpleAdvanced Assign Quality Mark

11. Specific Example Create/copy Search Retrieve Store Authoring toolsLearning environmentsRepository High integrationLow integration QTI 2.1 package

12. Demonstration For a demonstration please contact: Charles Duncan +44 870 234 3933 C.Duncan@intrallect.com