GRAPPLE – Public Event 24.01.2011 Slide 1 Extending Commercial LMSs with Adaptivity Patrick Pekczynski imc information multimedia communication AG

GRAPPLE – Public Event 24.01.2011

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Extending Commercial LMSs with Adaptivity

Patrick Pekczynskiimc information multimedia communication AG


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About the speaker

• Senior Research Professional at New Business department of

IMC http://www.im-c.com

• joined GRAPPLE in July 2009

http://www.im-c.com/


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Areas of work

• European research projects http://www.grapple-

project.org

• National research projects http://www.sabine-

projekt.de

• LMS software engineeringCLIX LMS


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What are you going to hear?


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The ‘G’ in GRAPPLE

• GRAPPLE is generic:• provides a generic solution• integrates different learning

management systems (LMSs)


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What different LMSs?

Open Source Commercial

Claroline


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Why LMSs in GRAPPLE?

LMSUser (Learner)

Enrollment in courses

Delivery of learning material

Assessment and

evaluations

Portfolio


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Connect an LMS to GRAPPLEHow can we exchange

information?

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LMS GRAPPLE

GRAPPLE Event Bus (GEB)


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LMS integration – A recipe


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Ingredients

• Standardise LMS-events by converting them

(GRAPPLE conversion component [GCC])

• Connect to communication framework

(GRAPPLE Event Bus [GEB])

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GEB-Connector

LMS

GCC


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Conversion component

IMS-LIP

nameFirst

fName

Firstname

• Different LMSs name the same information differently• Use IMS – LIP as

common standard for information exchange


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Connect an LMS to GRAPPLE• What kind of events?

• Access to a course• Tests/quizzes• Registration• User Login• Role change • Access to a learning activity• Learning activity change• Learning activity addition• Learning activity removal


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GEB Connector (2 parts)

GEB-Client

• send messages• individual for each LMS

EventListener

• receive messages• common interface every LMS

must implement


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Couple with GEB• Register the LMS with the GEB

• http://www.learning-demo.eu/grapplix/eventEventListenerService?wsdl

• Specify what events you want to listen to, i.e.:• listen to every user info change (setUMData)


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GEB Benefits• communication between GRAPPLE

components• LMS can ask:

• for data about a user (GUMF)• for a list of available adaptive courses

• LMS can tell:• user has completed a test• user has accessed learning activity


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Connect an LMS to GRAPPLE

• Wait a minute! • How do you know what user you

are talking about?


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Shibboleth

• Single sign-on (SSO) functionality• One general GRAPPLE identifier (GID)

• access to all federated resources in GRAPPLE

• identify learner across GRAPPLE system


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Shibboleth

• LMS needs Shibboleth Service Provider

• Depending on your LMS:• Configuration (if Shibboleth is already

supported)• Implementation (if Shibboleth module is

missing)


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Ingredients - Summary

GEB-Connector

LMS

GCC

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Connect an LMS to GRAPPLE

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LMS GRAPPLE

GRAPPLE Event Bus (GEB)

GRAPPLE Identity provider (Shibboleth)

Communication

AuthenticationIdentification


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LMS integration – A recipe

Integrating an LMS in GRAPPLE is essentially a 3-fold task. Implement:

1. Conversion component (GCC)2. GEB-connectivity3. Shibboleth Service provider


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Can I put in my LMS in there?


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What is CLIX?

• Learning Management System developed by IMC

• One of the commercial LMSs in the project


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CLIX – Some facts

• Java based J2EE web application• GRAPPLE integration with CLIX 9.0

• Integration also compatible with new version CLIX 2010

• Shibboleth service provider component already integrated

• Manager user skills / competencies


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CLIX – Some facts

• Already a “learning logic” inside• Possible to define order of course modules


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Let’s look at the integration


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What do we get?

• Federated access:• A GRAPPLE user can use any associated

learning environment (LMS and ALE)

LMS AdaptiveLearningEngine

GALE


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Federated Access via CLIX


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What do we get?

• Normalisation of user events• usage of IMS-LIP standard

(learner information packaging)


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IMS-LIP user events in CLIX


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What do we get?

• Availability of adaptive learning resources in the LMS• usage of adaptive course from the

adaptive learning environment (GALE)


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Availability of adaptive learning resources in CLIX


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What do we get?

• Centralised user information:• Get information from other federated

components like Assessments Knowledge Competencies


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What do we get?

• 2-way communication• Adaptive course in GALE uses

information the LMS has sent to GUMF• Can include:

Knowledge update after test completion Deduce knowledge about conceptes from

learner competencies


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What do we get?

LMS GALE

Send test result

Access adaptive course

Lookup knowledgeabout concept

Return knowledge level

GUMF

Recommend concept


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What do we get?

• Visualisation• Display information about current

learning status in an adaptive course


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GRAPPLE visualisations in CLIX


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What do we get?

• Adaptive authoring from within the LMS• Integrate a link to GRAPPLE authoring toolset

(GAT) directly in your LMShttp://pcwin530.win.tue.nl/GAT/


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Adaptive authoring from within the LMS


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Questions?

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Relevant deliverables

• D5.2b: Conversion components between GRAPPLE and LMSs

• D7.1c: Final specification of the operational infrastructure

• D7.2c: Data models and related documentation - final version

• D7.5: Operational infrastructure - final release with documentation

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Extending an existing LMS

LMS Shibboleth

Conversion Component

Event Listener


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MAYBE (PP) Example cycle

• Complete assessment in LMS• LMS sends result to GUMF• Learner accesses adaptive course via

LMS• Adaptive can query knowledge status

of learner from GUMF• Course presents adapted content to

User

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GRAPPLE – Public Event 24.01.2011 Slide 1 Extending Commercial LMSs with Adaptivity Patrick Pekczynski imc information multimedia communication AG