2003 Presentation General Allard

Reuse of learning material: technical and human perspective

Allard Strijker

Focus of research How can reuse of learning material

be supported in terms of technology, and what human issues have to be solved when exchange of material takes place within or between different organizational contexts.

Learning material Learning material is referenced

from a technological point of view as learning objects

A learning object is any entity, digital or non-digital, that may be used for learning, education or training.

Learning-object lifecycle Obtaining Labelling Offering Selecting Using Retaining

Obtaining Selecting Offering Labeling Retaining Using

HumanPerspective

Organizational Contexts

Technical Perspective

University

Military

Corporate learning

Reuse of learning objects

Perspectives Human

Who? Why?

Technical What? How? Where?

Human Perspectives Why?

What is the reason for reuse? Why should humans invest time and effort during the different stages of the learning-object lifecycle?

Who? Who are involved in the reuse process?

What roles can be identified in the different stages of a learning-object lifecycle?

Technical Perspectives What?

What material is reused? What is the size and type of the reused material?

How? How is the material actual reused in terms of tools?

What kind of technical support is possible and in place in the different stages of the learning-object lifecycle?

Where? Where takes reuse place in terms of systems? What

systems are available to support reuse and what services are offered by the systems during the different stages of the learning-object lifecycle?

Technical Issues Specifications and standards Granularity Reuse Meta-tagging Access and privileges

Human issues Usability Time and effort Pedagogical aspects Organizational payoff Intrinsic motivation Willingness Support services Access and privileges Ownership and copyright

TeleTOP Environment

Creating Material

Creating Metadata for Material

content

metadatacontent

Material Metadata Creation

Material Metadata List

Material Metadata Document

Resource Management System

content

metadatacontent

content

Selecting Resources

XML Exchange

metadata

MappingTeleTOP SCORM

Course Structure Format

Asset

Content

Course

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Roster

Document

Content

Curriculum

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

SCORM and XMLSCORM

Title

MetadataScheme

CourseName

Cateloque

UniqueIdentifier

Language

Description

KeyWord

Keyword

Keyword

Keyword

More Information

Strijker@edte.utwente.nl www.teletop.nl