1. Our Microcontent Approach: Learning Content Encompassing
Learning PlatformMasumi Hori, Seishi Ono and Shinzo Kobayashi, Research institute of CCC-TIES, Tsuneo Yamada, Open
University of Japan
A nifty gadget for Open Content
The Goal
Effective use of the various internet resource
• Takes advantage of internet services such as YouTube, Google-class,
LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and others.
• Utilizes convenient open content such as OCW, Khan Academy, MOOCs,
and others.
Challenges of traditional LMS
• Learning progress is highly dependent on course structure.
• Learning activities are restricted by the Learning Management System’s
(LMS) functionality.
• Time and money needed to use LMS.
Background
Method
A mash-up of the internet resources without LMS
Comparing EDUPUB with CHiLO
A nifty gadget - Creative Higher Education with Learning Objects (CHiLO) -
Structures of CHiLO Various distribution channelsReusing open resources
There are many open resources
on the web and you have original
contents.
Encapsulation
CHiLOProducer
Storage
CHiLO Library
Display
CHiLOReader
Learning
goal
Metadata LMS
SNS
Blog
etc.
SCORM MANIFEST
Metadata
Organizations
Resources
Resources
Child Manifest
 For learning content
 Hierarchical structure
 Defined complex conditions
EPUB content.opf
Metadata
Manifest
Spine
Resources
 For e-books
 Flat structure
 Defined only forthe display order
CHiLO collects those contents on the web and
creates CHiLO Book based on any teaching
method.
CHiLO allows for content to be
offered on a range of distribution
channels such as SNS, blog and
virtual stores.
CHiLO has one object and three functions.
1. CHiLO Book is an EPUB3 format object which is a container package for learning resources.
2. CHiLO Producer has a function to convert Metadata of learning resources; such as title, location, description, and
license, to a CHiLO Book.
3. CHiLO Library is a repository for the CHiLO Book’s metadata and for the CHiLO Book.
4. CHiLO Reader is a modified ePub reader Readium.js, an open source software. It enables CHiLO Book to be
displayed on web browsers.
Package model
Data model
EPUB
SCORM
Web Browser
Resources Manifest
API Instance
SCOLearning
content
LMS
Comparing SCORM with EPUB
EPUB format has a simpler structure than SCORM.
CHiLO
Draft 8 / 6th
June, 2014 EPUB3/LTI/QTI/Caliper Best Practices CS
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· Student Information System (SIS) – the institutions system that stores all of the reference
information about the learner.
Figure 2.7 – Overarching EDUPUB Architectural Model
2.6.1 The Core EDUPUB Use-cases
The core usage scenarios for this architecture are:
· Standalone Consumer Access – in this scenario the eBook Reader is used without any of the
use of institutional or other third party services. This is the typical usage for a consumer;
· Institutional-oriented Access – in this scenario the eBook is part of a larger educational
and/or training environment. A number of institutional services such as the LMS, SIS,
assessment and analytics systems are used;
· LTI-Mediated Remote Content Access & Reporting – a software-based eReader may be
launched via LTI using a pre-configured consumer key and shared secret (see Section 3). A
specific eBook may be opened automatically by passing its name in a custom LTI launch
parameter. LTI-mediated content can be used in both standalone and institutional-oriented
access.
2.6.2 Supporting Learning Analytics
Support for learning analytics requires various systems and the content itself to have the ability
to report the appropriate data to the analytics server/repository. This gives rise to the use of the
IMS Sensor API as shown in Figure 2.8.
IDPF, 2014. EPUB 3 EDUPUB Profile Draft Specification, from
http://www.idpf.org/epub/profiles/edu/spec/
CHiLO Book
Metadata
Resources
Call ePub Reader
CHiLO Library
CHiLO Producer
LMS
Link
Open
Content
Assessment
System
Link
Others
EDUPUBA next generation learning content based
on the e-book EPUB3 format
E-book Reader
Resources
content.opfEPUB
LMS
Others
Link
Requires LMS adaptable to SCORM
Adaptable to any system
Simple implementation of function
equivalent to EDUPUB
Experimental Results
CHiLO aggregates open content from the internet
Moodle quiz Open Badges
Adding a original caption
MIT K12Videos
http://www.k12videos.mit.edu
A mash-up of content
One CHiLO book
is equivalent to
one lesson.
One badge is
issued for each
lesson.
One course comprises
several CHiLO books.
Review
previous
lessons
Prepare for the
next lesson
Assessment with badges
Adaptable to diverse
learners
FacebookCHiLO Library Moodle WordPress
CHiLO Book
Various distribution
channels
CHiLO Book
CHiLO Book
CHiLO Book
Adding a original index
CHiLO Book
MIT K12Video
Science out loud 2
Khan Academy
The beauty of algebra
Khan Academy
What is a variable?
UNESCO
Education for disaster
preparedness
MIT OpenCourseWare
BioBuilder Animations
Get CHiLO on
your smartphone !!