Demonstrating learning design
IMS Learning Design is a way to represent courses and activities that has
the potential to encourage sharing and reuse of educational approaches
alongside the courses themselves. In this project we are focusing on ways
to make a player system more accessible to demonstrate a range of learning
designs and encourage uptake and development of techniques and software
needed to use Learning Design. The demonstrator builds on the
foundation of the Service-based Learning Design (SLeD) project (to November
2004); the enhanced CopperCore Learning Design engine; and exemplars for
Learning Design developed within the UNFOLD community.
Aims and Objectives
The overall aim of the project is to develop demonstrators for learning
design in order to understand the process of using learning design and the
requirements on a learning design system to support the demonstration.
Working with range of designs available through UNFOLD means that we will
refine the open source software we have already developed and offer access
to demonstrators through an easy to use online player and a streamlined
installation process.
The specific objectives are to:
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Develop content based demonstrators showing a range of features and
illustrating reuse.
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Integrate the services within an existing e-learning application
(Moodle).
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Work with an existing European organisation (UNFOLD) to disseminate and
evaluate the work of the project.
Project Methodology
Focussing on demonstrators provides the motivation to integrate the tools
needed to run real examples drawn from UNFOLD. This project will carry out
limited implementation aimed at making software easier to use and install
while a companion project, SLeD2, will carry out further development of
SLeD to support new tools and services. Evaluation and ease of access will
take priority over new features.
Implications/Deliverables/Stakeholders
Recent meetings have shown great practitioner interest in the use of
Learning Design but little practical experience in its use. The work of the
project will reduce the gap between developers and practitioners and build
on the work of the UNFOLD project to help develop community understanding
of the potential and challenges in using learning design.
Project Partners
The Open University
Open University of the Netherlands
UNFOLD
Project Staff
Dr Patrick McAndrew (Project Manager)
Institute of Educational Technology
The Open University
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
Telephone: +44 1908 652638
Fax: +44 1908 654173
Email: p.mcandrew@open.ac.uk
Project Team
