Authoring Processes for Advanced Learning Strategies

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Authoring Processes for Advanced Learning
Strategies

• Jana Trnková
• Telecooperation Research Group, TU Darmstadt,
  Germany
• jana_at_tk.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de
• Wolfgang Theilmann
• SAP Research, CEC Karlsruhe, Germany
• wolfgang.theilmann_at_sap.com

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Overview

• Learning environment L3
• Metadata
• Authoring
• Strategies and Navigation
• Experiences with L3
• Summary
• Future Research
• Navigation Preview
• Strategy Editor
• Standard conformance

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Learning environment L3
Metadata

• Content Aggregation Model
• Learning network
• Learning object
• Instructional Element
• Test

Relations

• Hierarchical
• Refers to
• Belongs to
• Precedes
• Prerequisite of

containers
content holders
Test Parameters
Knowledge Types

• Orientation (know what)
• Action (skills, know how)
• Explanation (know why)
• Reference/Source (know where)

• Pre test
• Exercise
• Self test
• Post test

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Learning environment L3
Authoring Environment
To explore the structure of the course
To organize the content and define relations
between the nodes
To specify knowledge type (x)or test parameters
and other metadata for the current node
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Learning environment L3
Learning Path and Navigation

• Dynamically generated according to the authors
  settings and user preferences (learning
  strategy)
• Only a recommendation, user can leave the
  learning path whenever he/she wishes
• Navigation support for the better orientation of
  the learners

Current element
Recommended element
Finished element
Test
Current node
Element not yet recommended

• structure of the course can be hidden user can
  simply follow the learning path by clicking on
  forward/back buttons

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Learning environment L3
Learning Strategies
Learning strategies adjust the learning path
according to the learners preferences, taking
existing relations into account.

• Orientation only
• Orientation first
• Action oriented
• Explanation oriented
• Example oriented
• Index

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Experiences with L3

• Research Pilot L3
• WiBA-Net
• Commercial Product SAP Learning Solution (SAP LSO)

• Main problems during the authoring process
• Creating of self-contained reusable learning
  units
• Predicting the behaviour of the course under
  different learning strategies
• Understanding of different pedagogical concepts
  and creating a reasonable structure for the
  course adaptive to the specific learning needs
  of student

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Future Research

• Renewed structure of authoring environment
• Course editor
• Editing of the course itself, might be based on
  some template
• Navigation preview
• Preview of course structure under different
  strategies
• Template editor
• Editing of the structure of the course
  (containers, KT of IE, relations) access to
  strategy editor
• Strategy editor
• Editing of micro-strategies (within LO)

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Future Research
Navigation Preview

• The authors have difficulties to predict the
  behavior of the course under different strategies
• In separate window contains update button
• Preview of the navigation path as in the
  learning environment
• Buttons forward, back, index
• Course structure
• Simulation of course progress visited,
  recommended, passed (as defined by author)
• The tool has to allow switching between the
  different strategies
• The tool has to be faster and more flexible than
  starting the whole content player

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Future Research
Strategy Editor

• to define own learning strategy
• How to keep the plurality of learning process and
  adaptability together with support of specific
  learning strategies defined by authors?
• Also incorporate the choice to allow certain
  strategies to use with the template?
• How to assist authors in enhancing their course
  material to be applicable for several strategies?

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Standard Conformance
Future Research

• Current state
• SCORM 1.2 RTE Conformance
• LOM Conformance
• SCORM 1.2 Test Conformance
• SCORM 1.2 CAM Conformant import export
• Future plans
• SCORM 1.3 RTE Conformance
• SCORM 1.3 CAM Conformance
• Including export of learning strategies

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Thank you for your attention!

• Any questions? Any comments?
• Contact

Jana Trnková jana_at_tk.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de W
olfgang Theilmann wolfgang.theilmann_at_sap.com