1. Saxon E-Competence Certificate
TOWARDS A FRAMEWORK FOR DEVELOPING STANDARDIZED E-
LEARNING MODULES – A Report on Methods and Tools in a
Distributed Content Production Project
Sponsored by:
Michael Clauss, Sandra Döring, Dr. Michael Gerth
CSEDU 2010, Valencia, Spain 7 -10 April, 2010 1 Saxon Working Committee for E-Learning

2. Agenda
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 project structure & aims
 challenges
 solutions: standardization in terms of
– content
– didactics
– technology
– organisation
 conclusions
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3. Project Structure
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 9 universities
 35 months
 sponsored by the
European Social Fund
www.seco-sachsen.de
A joint project of Saxon universities
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4. Project Aims
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Challenges for
(on-the-job-) Staff
Training in SMEs
Skills Shortages
(demographic change,
emigration)
E-Learning
Modules
(increase of
competence)
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5. Challenges
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Sample of problems to cope with:
 Project members are distributed in different places.
 Project members have different skills and abilities.
 Fluctuation of project members during the 35 months.
In SECo we want to produce consistent learning modules
which look like they were build by just one single author.
Key to success: Standardization
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6. Solutions: Content
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Topics & Roles
 3 subject areas (content & didactics,
technology, management)
 4 typical roles (author, trainer,
coordinator, technology expert)
 50 topics with a 2-hour basic- and 4-
hour continuative learning module
 14 selected topics with 7-hours
special learning modules
 114 learning modules with an overall
learning time of 400 hours
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7. Solutions: Didactics
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Detailed Module Concept & Didactical Template
Page Title of the Page
Start Unit
page 1 module intro
page 2 module learning objectives
page 3 pre-test
Content Unit (min. 3 – max. 10)
page 1 overview
page 2 learning objectives of the unit
page 3-12 content of the unit
n-1 page checklist
last page exercises
End Unit
page 1-3 recapitulation
last page module library
Test Unit
page 1-3 test
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8. Solutions: Technology
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Tools:
 Adobe E-Learning Suite
 LCMS with SCORM-Support
 collaborative course creation
 flexible combination of knowledge
units to learning objectives
 output for mobile devices
 easy pdf-creation
© chemmedia AG
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9. Solutions: Technology
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Tools:
 Adobe E-Learning Suite
 LCMS with SCORM-Support
 collaborative course creation
 flexible combination of knowledge
units to learning objectives
 output for mobile devices
 easy pdf-creation
Screenshot of Knowledge Worker LCMS / © chemmedia AG
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10. Solutions: Organisation
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The ARIS eEPK process model (10 basic
steps) gives an overview over:
 logical sequence
 responsibilities
 software resources
 guidelines
 templates
The model is continously refined and specified
and provides a common understanding of basic
processes in the SECo project to all project
members.
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11. Solutions: Organisation
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The Effort Calculation
Scheme supports the
author to determine a valid
mix of media in order to
meet:
 the given learning time
 the given production effort
 the given basic mix of
content
The scheme uses standard
values of production effort
and learning time per media
unit for the determination of
the total values. It is an
interactive scheme.
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12. Conclusions
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The developed tools and methods are essential for the production of
standardized learning modules in SECo.
 The intermediate results shown in this presentation are just development
snap-shots.
 They are permanently refined during further project work.
 Nevertheless they raise a remarkable public interest in Saxony and are
used in other production projects.
 Presently the concept for module review is worked out.
 First module-based evaluation results will be available at the end of May.
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13. Saxon E-Competence Certificate
A joint project of Saxon universities
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