Supporting Collaborative Learning Activities with SCORM
Supporting Collaborative Learning Activities with SCORM. Albert Ip, Digital Learning Systems Ric Canale, University of Melbourne. SCORM Objective. Content interoperability Across different LMS Sharable Content Objects - SCOs. Why SCORM?. “not for Higher Education” Why not?
Supporting Collaborative Learning Activities with SCORM
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Supporting Collaborative Learning Activities with SCORM Albert Ip, Digital Learning Systems Ric Canale, University of Melbourne
SCORM Objective • Content interoperability • Across different LMS • Sharable Content Objects - SCOs
Why SCORM? • “not for Higher Education” • Why not? • Can the deficiencies be rectified? • And remain consistent with ADL objectives?
Structured Collaborative Learning • Online debate • Online role-play • Peer-reviewed group projects • Customised discussion forums • And more …
Technical characteristics • Asynchronous/synchronous/mostly quasi-asynchronous • Role assignment and management • Activity support, data sharing and storage
Typical LMS running SCORM Student views a series of SCOs delivered by the LMS LMS SCO 1 SCO 2 SCO 3
SCORM and collaboration in parallel • SCOs delivered by the LMS and collaborative activities in parallel via the LMS. Collaboration Tool LMS SCO 1 SCO 2 SCO 3
Proposed model Collaboration Server SCOs delivered by the LMS and some SCOs call collaboration services via the LMS. LMS SCO 1 SCO 2 SCO 3
Possible EML model • The Collaborative activity is modelled in EML and delivered by the LMS • EML - instructor, learner, resource • Collaborative learning? LMS SCO 1 SCO 2 SCO 3
Implementation overview • SCORM run-time communications • Introduce new command - LMSPreinitialize() • Extend data model to specify • collaboration services • instantiation data for collaborative activity • These are 14 course related data elements and 11 session related data elements
Implementation Details • Can be found in the paper… • Includes workflow implications • Typical use scenarios • Annotation tool • Online debate as an example structured collaborative learning activity
The model as a general solution • Apply to services other than those of a collaboration server • Library services • Newsfeed • Content repositories • New pedagogical support tools