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Abstract:
This seminar is about enhancing the reusability of elearning
resources. It presents and applies a set of reusable design
guidelines developed in the context of the National Science
Digital Library, patterned after Web Accessibility Initiative
guidelines. These guidelines address basic enablers of reuse
(e.g. granting necessary permissions and making an effort to
ensure technical interoperability) as well as deeper reusable
design issues such as the role of context in reuse and
techniques for separating presentation, content and structure.
The seminar will also touch on the question of how repositories
can support reuse.
The entire seminar is hands-on and interactive in nature.
Participants will become familiar with guidelines and techniques
by exploring a rich set of examples. Participants should
bring their own laptop with wireless Internet access
capabilities.
Note: This seminar is sponsored by a National Science Foundation
grant and is offered free of charge. Materials for this seminar
will be available at
http://www.reusablelearning.org/elearn2004
approximately one week prior to the seminar. Attendees are
encouraged to look at materials on this site prior to attending
and will be asked provide feedback on the content of the
seminar.
Objectives:
• Learn to enhance the reusability of digital learning resources
as a designer, developer or author
• Learn how repositories can help support reuse
• Become familiar with reusable design guidelines produced in
the context of the National Science Digital Library
• Learn how rights, interoperability, and metadata affect
reusability
• Learn hot to increase reusability by separating structural,
presentation, content, contextual and pedagogical layers of
elearning resources
• Gain experience in analyzing elearning resources for
reusability
Outline:
1. Introduction to Reusable Design
• Goals
• Adoption versus Adaptation
• Perspectives (Author versus Repository)
2. Overview of Reusable Design Guidelines
• Granularity
• How to read the guidelines
3. Rights
• Granting proper rights
• Hands-on Activity
4. Metadata
• How metadata supports reuse
• Providing rich metadata
• Hands-on activity
5. Design Techniques
• Layers of a resource
• Techniques for separating layers
• Creating self-contained learning experiences
• Hands-on activity
6. Interoperability
• Pitfalls
• Hands-on activity
7. Synthesis
• Hands-on activity – analyzing a resource for reusability
8. Supporting Reuse in Repositories
• Rights management
• Metadata policies
• Identifying reusable content
9. Evaluations and feedback
• Online evaluation form
• Ongoing posting to Web-board during the seminar
Intended Audience:
• Designers, developers and authors of elearning content
• Managers of elearning programs, repositories or digital
libraries
• Educators and trainers who use elearning
Intended
Experience Level:
Intermediate
Instructor
Qualifications:
The lead presenter will be Robby Robson. Robby Robson is
president of Eduworks Corporation, chair of the IEEE Learning
Technology Standards Committee and principle investigator for
the National Science Digital Library Reusable Learning project.
He is a very experienced presenter. His CV and publication list
is available at http://www.eduworks.net/robby.
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