Welcome NESC Webinar #3 E-learning for Improvement Dr Jean Penny & Fred Riley This training comes with sound
Agenda • • • Welcome University of Nottingham RLO CETL The Improvement RLO project Q&A Feedback
Fred Riley • Learning Technologist • School of Nursing, University of Nottingham • Background: programmer, web/database developer, e-learning developer, languages • fred. riley@nottingham. ac. uk • Staff page
SONET • School of Nursing Educational Technology Group – www. nottingham. ac. uk/nursing/sonet/ – A SIG of Nursing teachers interested/involved in elearning and teaching • Staff – Director – Academic Coordinator – 3. 5 x Media Developers • Funded by So. N, RLO-CETL, and contracted work (eg NHSI)
RLO-CETL • Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CETL) for Reusable Learning Objects (RLO) • www. rlo-cetl. ac. uk • HEFCE-funded, £ 3. 4 M funding (2005 – 2010) • Partner universities: London Metropolitan (lead), Cambridge, Nottingham
SONET & RLO-CETL Independent but complementary SONET RLO-CETL
What the @#$! is a RLO? • Reusable Learning Object • Definitions: – “Learning Objects are. . . any entity, digital or non-digital, which can be used, re-used or referenced during technology supported learning. ” (IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee, 2000) • = “any person, place, thing, or idea that has existed at anytime in the history of the universe” (Wiley 2000) – “any digital resource that can be reused to support learning. ” (Wiley 2000) – "an interactive WWW-based resource based on a single learning objective which can be used in multiple contexts" (SONET)
Further Reading • SONET RLO FAQ • Wikipedia: Learning Objects • Wiley, David (ed). 2000. The Instructional Use of Learning Objects: Online Version. 2000. (Chapter 1 discusses Learning object definitions)
RLO format • Most RLOs comprise Flash movies wrapped in web pages – older RLOs have Shockwave (Director) movies • Nearly all SONET, and most RLO-CETL, RLOs have audio narrations • Video used occasionally (eg Abdominal Examination) • RLOs are ‘played’ in web browsers with standard plugins, and are thus cross-platform
RLO Usage • • reusability is the raison d’être of RLOs accessed via SONET and RLO-CETL repositories IMS content packages for VLE import usage requires resource discovery, discovery requires a LO repository and good quality metadata – eg NHS Intralibrary installation, SONET RLO database, RLOCETL Intralibrary installation, MERLOT, HEAL, Wisconsin Online Learning Object Repository – they can’t use it if they don’t know about it • SONET and RLO-CETL RLOs freely available on WWW • Used by teachers, students, and Joe and Jane Public
RLO Content • Content is sovereign – no content, no e-learning • High-quality content essential teacher/student confidence for reuse and – quality assurance by peer-review • SONET and RLO-CETL RLOs driven by pedagogy and teaching needs – demand-led, not supply-led • Nearly all SONET, and most RLO-CETL, RLOs have audio narrations
RLO Production process • RLOs go through a ‘software lifecycle’, using iterative development: – – – – concept specification (examples) specification peer-review technical development RLO peer-review release user feedback • Peer-reviews are crucial to quality control • Methodology pioneered by UCEL – UCEL schematic diagram of lifecycle (Word) – UCEL lifecycle flowchart (PDF)
RLO production management • A real pain in the donkey! • Production database is essential to keep track of what’s been done, and what has to be done, when, and by whom • Each RLO needs a manager/mentor to push the production process along, arrange audio recording, nag for reviews, quality assurance, and more • Keep the number of people involved low! Cock-up potential increases exponentially with each extra person – with multiple authors and/or developers, have one contact/rep for each group • Clarity! Make sure everyone knows what s/he’s doing, why, and by when. • Using freelance developers adds to process complexity, but is sometimes unavoidable if in-house staff are overloaded
Future Developments • Authorable RLO templates/shells/tools – Generative Learning Objects (GLOs) • GLO Maker tool – Xerte online templates – Powerpoint and Flash conversion • eg Menstrual Cycle, Virtual Portfolio Tool • Xerte developer tool • Integrating RLOs into module teaching – School of Nursing e-Learning Strategy 2008 -13 – dissemination and promotion of RLOs and e-learning • e-learning mentors to be appointed at So. N centres – integration into Web. CT
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