C -ing the Future the coming convergence of: C ontent, C ompetencies and C ontext Towards a more holistic perspective on learning and performance Wayne Hodgins

[email_address] Strategic Futurist President & Co-Founder Learnativity.org Chair, IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee Learning Object Metadata 0 Strategic Advisor

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Grand Vision In a word? PERSONALIZATION (Or if you insist on a prefix call it..) me Learning! Personalized Learning Experiences for every person every day all 6.4 billion of us -- every day!! Just for me and just right: Time, place, amount, device, medium, way… On demand, adaptive Markets of one: Billions of Markets Learning in ALL forms: Formal AND informal not just online, on computer, on screen, etc, but every where, every time “ When the learner is ready the ‘teacher’ will appear.”

In a word? PERSONALIZATION

(Or if you insist on a prefix call it..)

me Learning!

Personalized Learning Experiences for every person every day

all 6.4 billion of us -- every day!!

Just for me and just right:

Time, place, amount, device, medium, way…

On demand, adaptive

Markets of one: Billions of Markets

Learning in ALL forms:

Formal AND informal

not just online, on computer, on screen, etc, but every where, every time

“ When the learner is ready the ‘teacher’ will appear.”

Maybe Goldilocks had it right all along? The ideal is “just right”…. Just the right CONTENT , to Just the right PERSON , with Just the right PARTNERS , at Just the right TIME , on Just the right DEVICE , in Just the right CONTEXT , and Just the right WAY ……… UP

Just the right CONTENT , to

Just the right PERSON , with

Just the right PARTNERS , at

Just the right TIME , on

Just the right DEVICE , in

Just the right CONTEXT , and

Just the right WAY ………

“ C -ing the Future” C ontent, C ompetencies C ontext LEARNING & PERFORMANCE CONTENT CONTEXT COMPETENCE

“ C-ing” the Future C ontent Evolving toward a supply chain model Repositories, discovery, assembly Dynamic assembly C ompetencies Are following similar exponential curve and revolution as content Link to content objects OBJECTIVES are the critical “connective tissue”!! C ontext Location based learning Subjective metadata, pattern recognition, etc.

C ontent

Evolving toward a supply chain model

Repositories, discovery, assembly

Dynamic assembly

C ompetencies

Are following similar exponential curve and revolution as content

Link to content objects

OBJECTIVES are the critical “connective tissue”!!

C ontext

Location based learning

Subjective metadata, pattern recognition, etc.

It all depends upon…………….. METADATA CONTENT CONTEXT COMPETENCE

“ C -ing the Future” C ontent, C ompetencies C ontext CONTENT CONTEXT COMPETENCE

“ C-ing” the Future: C ontent Get small! Divide & Conquer: Separating raw content, metadata, format, sequencing, etc. Evolving supply chain model for content development Repositories, GUIDs, discovery, resolution CORDRA Metadata: tagging everything with everything Automated metadata generation Dynamic assembly AND delivery Customized content strategy and a reference models Content management absolute critical! Could be limited to “learning content management” Best as complete content management (all content) Converting content from a “product” to a “service” changing the business models to go along with this.

Get small!

Divide & Conquer:

Separating raw content, metadata, format, sequencing, etc.

Evolving supply chain model for content development

Repositories, GUIDs, discovery, resolution

CORDRA

Metadata:

tagging everything with everything

Automated metadata generation

Dynamic assembly AND delivery

Customized content strategy and a reference models

Content management absolute critical!

Could be limited to “learning content management”

Best as complete content management (all content)

Converting content from a “product” to a “service”

changing the business models to go along with this.

“ C -ing the Future” C ontent C ompetencies C ontext CONTENT CONTEXT COMPETENCE

“ C-ing” the Future: C ompetencies Competencies are the next “content”? Déjà vu all over again Following similar exponential curve and revolution as content Severe granularity: Skills, Knowledge, Abilities, Behaviors Link to learning/performance objects OBJECTIVES are the critical “connective tissue”!! Performance basis for learning, training and education. Contributions and involvement with others new EU “TEN Competence” project New IEEE LTSC Competencies group human cognome project GLOBE is a GREAT example! http://globe.edna.edu.au / developing detailed competency taxonomies & databases

Competencies are the next “content”? Déjà vu all over again

Following similar exponential curve and revolution as content

Severe granularity:

Skills, Knowledge, Abilities, Behaviors

Link to learning/performance objects

OBJECTIVES are the critical “connective tissue”!!

Performance basis for learning, training and education.

Contributions and involvement with others

new EU “TEN Competence” project

New IEEE LTSC Competencies group

human cognome project

GLOBE is a GREAT example! http://globe.edna.edu.au /

developing detailed competency taxonomies & databases

“ Individualized” Career Development The Navy “5 Vector Model” Universal Quals Apprentice Journeyman Master Recruit EM Quals First line Leader Foundational Leader Primary Leader Advanced Leader Command Leader Executive Leader Platform Career Options EM Gas Turbine 5VM (DDG-51) Engineering Quals PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT LEADERSHIP CERTS | QUALS PERFORMANCE Industry Certs Personal Dev SO Personal Dev SO Personal Dev SO Lifelong Learning Lifelong Learning Lifelong Learning Master S/O Journeyman S/O Apprentice S/O E-1 E-2 E-3 E-4 E-5 E-6 E-7 E-8 E-9 Recruit S/O EM2 Sciulli Universal Quals Engineering Quals EM Quals Universal Quals Engineering Quals EM Quals Industry Certs Industry Certs Industry Certs Apprentice Positions Journeyman Positions Master Positions Selected Electricians All Electricians

LEARNING OBJECTS The world of CONTENT

The world of CONTENT

Learning Objects: The Past Learning Objects initially proposed in 1992 with LALO A Lego model of modularity

Learning Objects initially proposed in 1992 with LALO

A Lego model of modularity

Learning Objects: The Present Enormous popularity of the term and the basic approach of modularity Growing demand for dynamic “just the right” content Critical role of accredited and other standards

Enormous popularity of the term and the basic approach of modularity

Growing demand for dynamic “just the right” content

Critical role of accredited and other standards

Learning Objects: Myths & Misunderstandings Can’t have both Reusability AND context No such thing as RLO’s! how small the level of granularity is the roles of richness and metadata in the model the “nested” nature of the model the ability to deliver both maximum “context” (learning) and maximum reusability and repurposing the degree of mass customization and ultimately personalization this enables the connection to skills and competencies through objectives

Can’t have both Reusability AND context

No such thing as RLO’s!

how small the level of granularity is

the roles of richness and metadata in the model

the “nested” nature of the model

the ability to deliver both maximum “context” (learning) and maximum reusability and repurposing

the degree of mass customization and ultimately personalization this enables

the connection to skills and competencies through objectives

Learning Objects: Challenges Have not hit the tipping point of modularity yet Separating content down to “raw” level Treating content as an island, no inclusion of Context and Competencies yet Lack of shareable and reusable OBJECTIVE statements

Have not hit the tipping point of modularity yet

Separating content down to “raw” level

Treating content as an island, no inclusion of Context and Competencies yet

Lack of shareable and reusable OBJECTIVE statements

Universal Object Model? Principle Fact Process Overview Procedure Text Audio Summary Concept ENABLING Objective E nabling L earning O bject T erminal L earning O bject Animation Simulation illustration TERMINAL Objective Common Content Application Specific Profiles Repurposed with Permission: W.Hodgins ©1992 Learnativity “ Raw” Data & Media Elements Information Blocks CONTENT ASSETS 0 SkillObject

SkillObject ™ 0

Learning Objectives: (ELO + TLO) Connecting Competencies & Content Content Human Competencies Performance Based Learning OBJECTIVES SkillObjects 0 Learner Context TLO’s + ELO’s My Learning Path Org. Performance

Learning Objective Selection Intention determines Domain as well as Domain Category. Once Intention has been determined, the verb can be retrieved from repository (via Domain and Category) or could be done directly from repository itself. Verb Repository Intention Conditions Audience Domain Category

Learning OBJECTIVE Statements: Connecting Competencies to Content for Performance

Universal Object Model? Principle Fact Process Overview Procedure Text Audio Summary Concept Principle Process Concept Procedure Fact Overview Summary Objective E nabling L earning O bject T erminal L earning O bject Collections ( Courses , Stories,) Animation Simulation illustration Objective Theme Enabling Objective Terminal Objective Common Content Application Specific Profiles Repurposed with Permission: W.Hodgins ©1992 Learnativity “ Raw” Data & Media Elements Information Blocks CONTENT ASSETS 0 SkillObject

Universal Object Model? Principle Fact Process Overview Procedure Text Audio Summary Concept Principle Process Concept Procedure Fact Overview Summary Objective E nabling L earning O bject T erminal L earning O bject Collections ( Courses , Stories,) Animation Simulation illustration Objective Theme Enabling Objective Terminal Objective Common Content Application Specific Profiles Repurposed with Permission: W.Hodgins ©1992 Learnativity “ Raw” Data & Media Elements Information Blocks CONTENT ASSETS 0 SkillObject CONTEXT ReUSABILITY

MC 2 : M ass C ontribution x M ass C ustomisation Toffler’s “Pro-Sumer: society coming true! a la Alvin Toffler “Future Shock” Personalized mass production Lands End pants NBA “your highlight film” Think: DNA Flexible Manufacturing & Assembly Pre built Mini-Components & Capabilities Value Proposition is in the DESIGN & ASSEMBLY not the parts! SERVICE-like characteristics! as opposed to “product-like” 0

Toffler’s “Pro-Sumer: society coming true!

a la Alvin Toffler “Future Shock”

Personalized mass production

Lands End pants

NBA “your highlight film”

Think:

DNA

Flexible Manufacturing & Assembly

Pre built Mini-Components & Capabilities

Value Proposition is in the DESIGN & ASSEMBLY not the parts!

SERVICE-like characteristics!

as opposed to “product-like”

“ C -ing the Future” C ontent C ompetencies C ontext CONTENT CONTEXT COMPETENCE

“ C-ing” the Future: C ontext “ Context aware” learning & content assembly Context REMOVED from content so it can be dealt with, manipulated, reused and developed by itself Exploiting context opportunities based on “environments“ dedicated LMS and LCMS such as Blackboard, WebCT, SumTotal, OutStart more generic environments such as Office and Exchange, opportunities within operating systems such as Windows, Mac, Linux, etc. Focus on the “learning environment” within which the learning (and working) takes place. Subjective metadata, pattern recognition, etc. Attention metadata Location based learning

“ Context aware” learning & content assembly

Context REMOVED from content

so it can be dealt with, manipulated, reused and developed by itself

Exploiting context opportunities based on “environments“

dedicated LMS and LCMS such as Blackboard, WebCT, SumTotal, OutStart

more generic environments such as Office and Exchange,

opportunities within operating systems such as Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.

Focus on the “learning environment”

within which the learning (and working) takes place.

Subjective metadata, pattern recognition, etc.

Attention metadata

Location based learning

“ C-ing” the Future FASTER: M etadata Automated metadata! Tagging and leveraging what's already there! especially that from within learning environments using “properties” metadata (eg all Office files) see MS announcement re SCORM in Office 2007 Attention metadata Making metadata transparent or invisible to users Federated AND Standards based Standards based but agnostic!

Automated metadata!

Tagging and leveraging what's already there!

especially that from within learning environments

using “properties” metadata (eg all Office files)

see MS announcement re SCORM in Office 2007

Attention metadata

Making metadata transparent or invisible to users

Federated AND Standards based

Standards based but agnostic!

Open feedback http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/empirical/ Attention metadata

User feedback

Contextual and Automated Metadata Generation (AMG) http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.be/amg/

STANDARDS

SCORM 2004 now available! It is stable and ready for production level use. Get going with your implementations!

Coming Next: CORDRA! C ontent O bject R epository D ISCOVERY and R ESOLUTION A rchitecture See www.cordra.org for MUCH MUCH more!

C ontent

O bject

R epository

D ISCOVERY and

R ESOLUTION

A rchitecture

CORDRA “Triangle” Discovery Delivery Context Identification Location Resolution Retrieval See www.cordra.org for details and MUCH more!

ELF: eLearning Framework http://www.elframework.org/framework/

Pandora and the Music Genome Project

In closing: Don’t stand BESIDE or BEHIND those who have gone before you, STAND ON THEIR SHOULDERS! Leapfrog where ever possible. Do you have a “perfect storm” on your hands?? Is the biggest challenge what we see in the mirror? And last but not least …….

Don’t stand BESIDE or BEHIND those who have gone before you, STAND ON THEIR SHOULDERS!

Leapfrog where ever possible.

Do you have a “perfect storm” on your hands??

Is the biggest challenge what we see in the mirror?

And last but not least …….

Innovation not replication! Let’s stop “flapping” and replicating past artifacts It is NOT about FLAPPING faster!! Let’s start thinking DIFFERENTLY !! How does this apply to YOU? Practice Leadership by EXAMPLE!

Let’s stop “flapping”

and replicating past artifacts

It is NOT about

FLAPPING faster!!

Let’s start thinking

DIFFERENTLY !!

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Competency Study Groups Initiative Initiated by IEEE LTSC “ competencies” includes: Human performance, abilities, competencies, knowledge, skills Great similarities to conditions of in the 1990’s: lack of generally available, effective tools & technology for the emerging new models and applications. No broadly accepted common reference models, conceptual models and overarching architectures or frameworks; Problems with interoperability, sharing, reuse and repurposing of competency data. Few (if any) accredited standards that could be adopted globally and across diverse applications domains http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StudyGroup-Competencies

Initiated by IEEE LTSC

“ competencies” includes:

Human performance, abilities, competencies, knowledge, skills

Great similarities to conditions of in the 1990’s:

lack of generally available, effective tools & technology for the emerging new models and applications.

No broadly accepted common reference models, conceptual models and overarching architectures or frameworks;

Problems with interoperability, sharing, reuse and repurposing of competency data.

Few (if any) accredited standards that could be adopted globally and across diverse applications domains

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StudyGroup-Competencies

How to get involved: Sign up for online forum at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StudyGroup-Competencies Submit comments, concerns and relevant documents Learn more by attending: EC TEL 2006 (Technology Enabled Learning) http://www.ec-tel06.org/ Crete, Greece Oct.1-4, 2006 ePortfolio 2006, Ontology Outreach Meeting http://www.eife-l.org/news/ep2006 Oxford, England Oct. 11, 2006 Learning 2006 http://www.learning2006.com/ Orlando, Florida, USA Nov.5-8, 2006 I 2 LOR 2006 http://www.lornet.org/ Montreal, Quebec, Canada Nov.9-10 10, 2006 OnLine Educa Berlin http://www.online-educa.com/ Berlin, DE Nov. 29-Dec.1, 2006 Summative meeting (virtual) expected beginning of Dec.2006

Sign up for online forum at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StudyGroup-Competencies

Submit comments, concerns and relevant documents

Learn more by attending:

EC TEL 2006 (Technology Enabled Learning)

http://www.ec-tel06.org/ Crete, Greece Oct.1-4, 2006

ePortfolio 2006, Ontology Outreach Meeting http://www.eife-l.org/news/ep2006 Oxford, England Oct. 11, 2006

Learning 2006

http://www.learning2006.com/ Orlando, Florida, USA Nov.5-8, 2006

I 2 LOR 2006

http://www.lornet.org/ Montreal, Quebec, Canada Nov.9-10 10, 2006

OnLine Educa Berlin

http://www.online-educa.com/ Berlin, DE Nov. 29-Dec.1, 2006

Summative meeting (virtual) expected beginning of Dec.2006