2. Outline
• E-learning Products
• Guidelines for Choosing Tools
• Demo of Authoring Systems
• Demo of Learning Management Systems
• Summary
3. E-Learning Products
• “Mainstream” e-learning products
– Learning portals
– Learning management Systems (LMSs)
• Portals provide gateway to learning resources, learning
management systems provide the functionality
– Authoring Tools
• Content aggregation tools
• Manifest makers
• Meta-data editors
• Search engines
– Repositories
4. Authoring ToolsLMSs
Repositories
Store Content
Gather Content
(push/pull using meta-data & federated
searches)
Publish Content
(provide meta-data to other repositories)
Repackage Content
Export Content
Import Content
• Student Enrollment
• Course Enrollment
• Designate Instructors & Assign
Instructor Rights & Roles
• Match Students with Instructors
• Monitor/Track Student/Learner
Performance
• Sequence
Content
Presentation
• Create &
Associate
Meta-data
•Create Content
•Package Content
5. LMS Functions (1/4)
for students
• On-line curriculum
– Allow users to browse courses, services, and references
– On-line supervision of enrollment
• Registration
– Register on-line, pay on-line
– Credit transfer
– Transcript database, diploma
• Installation
– Trouble Shutting
• On-line tracking
– Keep track of learning behavior, completion status
• On-line Assessment
– Tests, hints, feedback, suggestions, etc
– Identify knowledge or skill level
6. LMS Functions (2/4)
for students
• On-line communication
– Facilitate student-to-instructor communications
– Facilitate student-to-student communication (chat
room, discussion board, instant message)
• Collect assignments
– Essays, journals (result of discussion)
– Project, homework
• Provide access to external resources
– Digital libraries and repositories
– Relevant links
7. LMS Functions (3/4)
for administrators/instructors
• Content Management
– Timely update and retrieval
– Register a new course
– Remove an old course
• Service Management
– Selling books, suggest new courses, etc
• Knowledge Management System
– Integrated with LMS
• Administration
– Student administration
– Instructor administration
8. LMS Functions (4/4)
for university
• Evaluation of Courses
– Student evaluation
– Instructor peer evaluation
– Expert evaluation
• Reports
– Report of learning performance (student and the
entire class)
– Report of instruction/course performance
– Report of curriculum
• Satisfaction of students
– Skill improved
– Career planning
9. Functions of Authoring
Platforms
• Create, preview, and store content
– Package content
– Repackage content
• Personalized content
– Presentation sequence
– Adaptive contents
• Search for references
– Gather content using meta-data & federated searches
– Import content
– Export content
– Create associated meta-data
• Publish contents
– Publish as a course
– Publish as a sharable and reusable course
– Copyright Management
10. Guidelines for Choosing Tools
• A typical LMS focuses on content delivery and general student
administration
• A typical authoring tool focuses on fast creation of learning objects
• General Considerations
– Budget
– Learning curve
– Size of user group
– Extensibility
– Reputation of vendor, technical support, upgrade, etc
• Selecting Authoring Tools
– Can be used with existing tools (e.g., Powerpoint)
– Multimedia support
– User friendly interface
– Use of template
• Selecting LMSs
– Web browser support
– Operating system support
– Free run-time support at client site
– Scalability
– Security and firewall
11. Demo of Authoring Systems
• Reusable E-Learning Object Authoring
and Delivery (RELOAD)
• Hard SCORM Authoring Tool
• Blackboard
• Moodle
• WebCT
• QTI Open Source Tools
12. RELOAD
• Reusable E-Learning Object Authoring and
Delivery
– A Content Package and Metadata Editor
• Background
– A project funded under the JISC Exchange for Learning
Program (X4L).
– Focus on the development of tools that are based on emerging
learning technology interoperability specifications from IMS
and ADL.
http://www.reload.ac.uk/
13. RELOAD (Cont.)
• Why RELOAD?
– Avoid working directly with XML
– speed up XML creation
– reduce errors
– aid conformance (and uptake)
14. RELOAD (Cont.)
• RELOAD Primary aims
– Facilitate the creation, sharing and reuse of learning objects
and services
– Enhance the range of pedagogical approaches realizable
through the use of lesson plans.
• RELOAD Tools available
– IMS Content Packager
– IMS Metadata Editor
– ADL SCORM 1.2 Player
– IMS Learning Design
15. RELOAD (Cont.)
• RELOAD Features:
– Free and Open Source
– Written in Java, Cross-Platform
– A Reference Implementation
– Being extended worldwide
17. • Hard SCORM Authoring Tool
– For building SCORM-compliant courses
• According to the SCORM 2004 specification
• Transparent in SCORM-compliant LMSs
– For constructing SCORM Compliant Multimedia
Courses on Hard-Copy Books
– Written in C# with Microsoft .Net Framework
Hard SCORM Authoring Tool
http://www.mine.tku.edu.tw
18. • Main Components
– Operations on Content Aggregation
– Metadata Editor with automatic filling mechanism
– Sequencing Editor and Sequencing Testing Mode
– Hard SCORM Course Editor
– Metadata Searching Engine
• Integrating With Other Advanced Tools
– Video Presentation Editor
– Video SCORM Authoring Tool
– QTI-based Assessment Authoring System
Hard SCORM Authoring Tool
19. Blackboard
• Academic Suite
– Blackboard Learning System
– Blackboard Content System
– Blackboard Community System
– Blackboard Portfolio
– Blackboard K-12 Starter Edition
– Blackboard Backpack
http://www.blackboard.com
20. Moodle
• Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic
Learning Environment
If you are an educator or business trainer, you
have probably heard all the talk about......
21st Century Schools
Social Software and e-Learning
http://moodle.org/
21. Who is Using Moodle?
• K-12 Schools
• Colleges
• Universities
• Governmental Agencies
• Businesses
• Trade Associations
• Hospitals
• Libraries
• Employment Agencies
22. Summary
• Main components
– Courseware Authoring Tools
– Learning Management Systems
– Learning Content Repositories
• The interoperability among the aforementioned
3 components should be integrated seamlessly
• The user experience should be taken into
consideration while developing such distance
learning software systems
