Learning Design workshops part 2

1. Using Learning Design
for Innovative eTeaching
James Dalziel
Professor of Learning Technology &
Director, Macquarie E-Learning Centre Of Excellence (MELCOE)
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
james@melcoe.mq.edu.au
www.melcoe.mq.edu.au
Presentation for ALTC National Teaching Fellowship
Recorded Version of Mid 2012 National Workshops

2. Overview
• Part 1: What is Learning Design?
• **Part 2: LAMS case study
• Part 3: Current Issues in Learning Design
Acknowledgement: ALTC National Teaching Fellowship
Support for this activity has been provided by the Australian Government Office for
Learning and Teaching. The views expressed in this activity do not necessarily reflect the
views of the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching.

3. Vittorio Sciosia CC http://www.flickr.com/photos/7504140@N04/472279792/

4. Some LAMS history
• In 2001, we had a vision of a new approach to e-learning
technology where educators could create “sequences” of activities
for students to work through step by step
– Using a range of content and collaboration tools
• Most importantly, the created sequences would be shareable, so if
one educator creates a great sequence of activities, this can be
used (and adapted) by other educators
– Hoped to create a community of educators sharing good ideas
– Through educator-led innovation and sharing, we’d develop a library
of great “teaching ideas”
– The ultimate goals was not a new e-learning system, but a new
approach to sharing

5. Some LAMS history
• We created “LAMS” (Learning Activity Management system) to
realise this vision
– Together with the online LAMS community for sharing
– LAMS is freely available as open source software
• LAMS can be used on its own, or integrated with other systems,
such as LMSs like Moodle and Blackboard
• LAMS is now used by thousands of educators in 80+ countries and
translated into 32 languages
– LAMS community has 7700 members and 1050 shared sequences as
at mid 2012

6. Predict – Observe – Explain: Content example

7. Predict – Observe – Explain: Content example

8. Predict – Observe – Explain: Preview (student view) of Content Example

9. Predict – Observe – Explain: Template

10. Open in LessonLAMS: Sign up (or Login)

11. LessonLAMS showing copy of Template in your account

12. LessonLAMS – Simple Editor for content editing, including advice

13. LessonLAMS – Full Author: Change anything about template

14. LessonLAMS.com – Teacher Monitoring Interface

15. Sequence URL & code for student self-registration: Add to any web page

16. LAMS Community – Repository Summary

17. Predict – Observe – Explain Template

18. Using Predict – Observe – Explain template for other topics

19. LAMS Resources
• To try out LAMS, visit
http://www.lessonlams.com/
• For general information (and links to other sites), see
http://www.lamsfoundation.org/
• For teacher user guides & animated walkthroughs, see
http://wiki.lamsfoundation.org/display/lamsdocs/Home
• For all technical details, see
http://wiki.lamsfoundation.org/display/lams/Home