OpenLearn and Common Cartridge Ross Mackenzie Sarah Wood The Open University

OpenLearn Project The Open University Open Content pilot Creative Commons license Funded by William and Flora Hewlett Foundation $9M over two years www.open.ac.uk/openlearn

The Open University Open Content pilot

Creative Commons license

Funded by William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

$9M over two years

www.open.ac.uk/openlearn

Goals / Targets / Dates Provide OU learning materials to world-wide audience 5400 study hours from all curriculum areas in a learning environment (based on Moodle) bite size learning (5-30 hours) Development of learning communities and tools First phase of project ends mid-2008

Provide OU learning materials to world-wide audience

5400 study hours from all curriculum areas

in a learning environment (based on Moodle)

bite size learning (5-30 hours)

Development of learning communities and tools

First phase of project ends mid-2008

Development Approach Material drawn from OU archive (mostly print & AV) Appropriate for small chunks Rights OK Material transformed into XML format allowing re-rendering into multiple formats Initial work outsourced, then refined by OU specialist staff

Material drawn from OU archive (mostly print & AV)

Appropriate for small chunks

Rights OK

Material transformed into XML format allowing re-rendering into multiple formats

Initial work outsourced, then refined by OU specialist staff

LearningSpace/LabSpace

LearningSpace/LabSpace

Portable Content Multiple formats XML key underlying technology

Multiple formats

XML key underlying technology

IMS Global Learning Consortium Membership organisation aimed at “enhancing learning worldwide through the use of technology” c. 100 members from HE, publishers and educational technology companies Technical specifications / standard Learning Impact

Membership organisation aimed at “enhancing learning worldwide through the use of technology”

c. 100 members from HE, publishers and educational technology companies

Technical specifications / standard

Learning Impact

OU Cartridge Collection Manual Initial 10 hand-crafted from Content Packages Fairly straight-forward Automatic Part of standard OpenLearn production process c. 400 Cartridges now available.

Manual

Initial 10 hand-crafted from Content Packages

Fairly straight-forward

Automatic

Part of standard OpenLearn production process

c. 400 Cartridges now available.

Publishing Tool XSLT – Manifest/HTMLGeneration Course Content

OU Cartridge Collection OU cartridges are simple examples Content plus forums Don’t yet have assessed activities How confident are we about our cartridges? Fairly !

OU cartridges are simple examples

Content plus forums

Don’t yet have assessed activities

How confident are we about our cartridges?

Fairly !

CC Alliance

Evaluating Cartridges Chicken & Egg Content & Platforms Which comes first ? http://www.imsglobal.org/cc/alliance.html

Chicken & Egg

Content & Platforms

Which comes first ?

http://www.imsglobal.org/cc/alliance.html

Issues Testing & Certification Cartridge Creation Tools Platforms & Players

Testing & Certification

Cartridge Creation Tools

Platforms & Players

Testing Test Suites Full set of cartridges close to completion Pearson are developing a Gold Standard Cartridge Testing Services Potentially, but could be expensive Self Test First Version (beta) end March

Test Suites

Full set of cartridges close to completion

Pearson are developing a Gold Standard Cartridge

Testing Services

Potentially, but could be expensive

Self Test

First Version (beta) end March

Cartridge Creation Tools OU Publisher Production not in Moodle eXe XML course creation tool Grava (Microsoft)

OU Publisher

Production not in Moodle

eXe

XML course creation tool

Grava (Microsoft)

Cartridge Desktop Players UCompass based on Adobe Air technology Microsoft based on Silverlight technology

UCompass

based on Adobe Air technology

Microsoft

based on Silverlight technology

Cartridge Platform Players Angel - done Ucompass - done Sakai – sort of Moodle – not yet

Angel - done

Ucompass - done

Sakai – sort of

Moodle – not yet

OpenLearn Common Cartridge Exports Angel Learning Ucompass Enrich

Questions