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IMS Specification Adoption in Canada

IMS Specification Adoption in Canada. Participation in Specification/Standardization Activities. EduSpecs: Provide an opportunity for Canada to influence the creation of common specifications and standards, and thereby enable sales of Canadian online learning materials around the world.

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IMS Specification Adoption in Canada

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  1. IMS Specification Adoption in Canada

  2. Participation in Specification/Standardization Activities • EduSpecs: Provide an opportunity for Canada to influence the creation of common specifications and standards, and thereby enable sales of Canadian online learning materials around the world. • Standards Council of Canada

  3. Participation in Specification/Standardization Activities • Participating membership in: • IMS: Accessibility, Learning Design, etc. • ISO/IEC JTC1 SC36: Information Technology for Learning Education and Training • Sponsored membership in: • IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee

  4. Featured Implementers • Learn Alberta.ca • eduSource • CanCore • A sample of the community in Canada using IMS specifications

  5. LearnAlberta.ca portal "allow efficient repurposing of learning objects to support curriculum development and management.“ -Alberta Learning

  6. LearnAlberta.ca portal/repository • audience-specific: students, teachers, parents, administrators, content providers, curriculum developers and other education stakeholders • The learning objects will support Alberta Programs of Study, i.e. curriculum outcomes. • Designed to support lifelong learning in Alberta

  7. Content Packaging • "defines a standardized set of structures that can be used to exchange content" • Proof of concept implementation • Makes use of the "organizations" section of the manifest: "describing zero, one, or multiple organizations of the content within a manifest"

  8. Content Packaging

  9. Done in conjunction with license agreement with National Geographic Soc. Currently under development; available Fall 2003

  10. Done in conjunction with license agreement with National Geographic Society

  11. Done in conjunction with license agreement with National Geographic Society

  12. Done in conjunction with license agreement with National Geographic Society

  13. Done in conjunction with license agreement with National Geographic Society

  14. Done in conjunction with license agreement with National Geographic Society

  15. careo.org Magee & Norman, Dublin Core 2002, "Building Digital Books…"

  16. Athabasca Univ. Netera NewMIC SFU Surrey Technologies Cogigraph Téléuniversitédu Québec Univ. of Waterloo Tele Education NB CA*Net 4 Connected Primary Partners

  17. Goals: • Create a testbed of linked and interoperable learning object repositories across Canada • Provide a forum for the ongoing development of the associated tools, systems, protocols and practices that will support such an infrastructure

  18. Goals: • Develop and promote national and international standards • Be fully bilingual • Develop a community of practice • Be accessible to all Canadians

  19. Work Package Teams • Repository Content Development - Package Managers: NBDEN and NewMIC Foundation - Key Participating Partners: University of Waterloo; Cogigraph (Tele-universite) • Digital Rights Management - Package Managers: NBDEN with NRC • Testing and Evaluation - Package Managers: Netera and Cogigraph (Tele-universite) • Metadata Development - Package Managers: Athabasca University and NBDEN - Key Participating Partners: Cogigraph (Tele-universite)

  20. Work Package Teams • Software Development - Package Manager: Cogigraph (Tele-universite ) Key Participating Partners: Athabasca University; NBDEN; NewMIC Foundation; Learning Commons, University of Calgary (in association with Netera) • Hardware Integration - Package Managers: Netera and NewMIC Foundation • Business and Management Models - Package Manager: Netera Key Participating Partners: NBDEN; Cogigraph (Tele-universite; University of Waterloo • Community Building - Package Manager: University of Waterloo Key Participating Partner: Netera • Project Management, Co-ordination and Communications Package Manager: Netera

  21. Specifications: Digital Repositories Interoperability: • OAI Metadata harvesting (Athabasca University as lead) • Gateways to other recommended protocols, including Z39.50 Learning Design for resource description and structure Content packaging

  22. design by Gilbert Paquette, Technologies Cogigraph (Tele-universite)

  23. ECL: eduSource Communication Protocol • "a meta-protocol to prevent code duplication for protocol access and to simplify maintenance when protocols evolve" • "built inside a SOAP XML envelop on top of HTTP to provide communication between protocols such as OAI and Z39.50"

  24. eduSource Communication Protocol Goals: design by Mike Mattson, Learning Commons, University of Calgary

  25. Gateway Architecture OAI Harvesting ECL ECL ECL ECL IMS DRI SOAP & XQUERY ECL Z39.50 JXTA P2P Univ. of

  26. CanCore Learning Object Metadata Application Profile Norm Friesen normf@athabascau.ca www.cancore.org

  27. CanCore • Application profile: "customization of a standard to meet the needs particular communities of implementers with common applications requirements." • Subset of LOM elements: 77 down to 56; 39 are active: ALL COVERED • Guidelines document: best practice recommendations, 175 pp.

  28. CanCore • E-learning specifications & standards communities are largely concerned with syntax and technical interoperation • Effective metadata requires semantic specification and consensus • Incorporate best practice from library and heritage communities • Incorporate common practice from implemenations • No other body is doing this across e-learning projects

  29. CanCore Complexity decreases LOM Information Model: appx. 80 elements, little interpre-tation Implementation CanCore Specificity and Interoperability increases

  30. CanCore: what LOM metadata is NOT • Is not information to be directly exposed to end-users • Is not for version or rights management • Is not a content model

  31. CanCore Guidelines Clarification

  32. CanCore Guidelines Clarification Best Practice Recommendations

  33. CanCore Guidelines Survey of use Clarification Best Practice Recommendations

  34. CanCore Guidelines Survey of use Clarification Best Practice Recommendations Vocabulary Definitions

  35. CanCore Guidelines Survey of use Clarification Best Practice Recommendations Technical Implementation Notes Vocabulary Definitions

  36. Guidelines revisions • EduSource: primary partners • AU, Netera Alliance, Téléuniversité du Québec, University of Waterloo, New Media Innovation Centre, TeleEducation New Brunswick. • Alberta Learning • Centre recherche LICEF • Larger repository community: • Eisenhower National Clearinghouse • CETIS; SESDL • ARIADNE • National Library • Your input is welcome!

  37. Element Subsets • Different elements are important in different contexts • Need to see what consensus arises around element implementation • Many element values set through system development or system customization

  38. Patterns of use in • application profiles • Adapted from CETIS • Some consistency, some divergence • Legend Required/Recommended Optional/Conditional Excluded/Not Supported

  39. Sponsors • CANARIE • Industry Canada • Netera • Alberta Learning

  40. www.learnalberta.ca www.edusource.ca www.cancore.ca www.careo.org normf@athabascau.ca

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