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Supporting the Complete Learning LifeCycle
The Next Generation of On-Line Learning Support
Systems at the University of Michigan
Future Learning Environments PresentationApril 10, 2002
The Next Generation
• What we’ve done – the success of CT, WT• What’s the context – increasing adoption,
PIRC• Where we’re going – what an NG system
would look like, what vision it entails• How will we get there – standards (OKI,
Apache, …), CHEF Technology, open source, support for transition
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The Next Generation• What we’ve done – the success of CT, WT• What’s the context –increasing adoption,
success, PIRC –President’s Info Revolution Commission
• Where we’re going – what an NG system would look like, what vision it entails
• How will we get there – standards (OKI, Apache, …), CHEF Technology, open source
PIRC – Information Revolution at UM
The University in a Changing Information Environment
Never has the need been more pressing for the University of Michigan to examine its relationship to information and communication technologies. The information revolution that is radically altering our whole world at an ever-accelerating pace touches every aspect of university life.http://www.umich.edu/pres/inforev/
PIRC – Encourage Experimentation
The key is to experiment in a systematic fashion, coordinating and exchanging information across the institution, and in the process transforming the University into a living laboratory.
An “Ecology of Experimentation”
PIRC - Raise all boats
A university-wide, across-the-curriculum approach is needed, providing faculty with the support they need and offering all students opportunities to use the state-of-the-art technology in education enhancing ways while at the same time learning to think critically about the implications of the information revolution…
University-wide Approach
PIRC – Knowledge Networks
Research and scholarship are increasingly interdisciplinary, collaborative efforts. The Internet and new information and communication technologies are enhancing — and transforming — research and scholarship, enabling users scattered throughout the world to share facilities, instruments, immense collections of multimedia information, and tools for analysis and synthesis.
Knowledge Networks
PIRC – Knowledge Networks,Build and study them here
Over the past decade, the University of Michigan has played a key role in designing, developing, and applying knowledge networks. The University should continue to pioneer by further developing knowledge networking technology, exploring innovative uses for it, and studying its impact on the way we work and learn.
Building Knowledge Networks
The Next Generation
• What we’ve done – the success of CT, WT
• What’s the context –increasing adoption, PIRC
• Where we’re going – what an NG system would look like, what vision it entails
• How will we get there – standards (OKI, Apache, …), CHEF Technology, open source
Support for Learning Lifecycle
• Teaching, Learning • Research, collaboration with
colleagues• Making it easy to move from one to
the other Goal:
Integration of research, the practice of knowledge work, within education
Enhancing Distributed Learning –
Continuing to move forward• Building on current functionality – CT,
WT, Lessons• Support for what users need
– Group support– E-portfolio– Case-based tools– Grading, reporting
• Integration– Library resources– printing
Knowledge Networks Vision• Open systems – in all senses
– Open source, build community of support– Open to custom components, cots, fots– Open to all users
• Enabling core competency at University– Teaching/learning, research
• Supporting early adopters• Experimenting at low cost• Encouraging everyone – raising all boats• Leading – we discover we are already – CT/WT
– OKI, JetSpeed, IMS/SCORM (RDF, runtime teamlets)
The Next Generation
• What we’ve done – the success of CT, WT• What’s the context – increasing adoption,
PIRC• Where we’re going – what an NG system
would look like, what vision it entails• How will we get there – standards (OKI,
Apache, …), CHEF Technology, open source, support for transition
Choices in Platform
Why adopt CHEF• open source – code,
tools, developer community
• configurability/customiz-ability - users, admin
• centralization/decentralization of services as appropriate
• aggregation - rss, html, xml - syndication
• prototype rapidly
Why retire Domino• proprietary• rather closed• not as easy adding
features• no community of
developers• finding expertise hard• but, has been good to
us
CourseTools:Assignments Quizzes …
Worktools:ToDo listData Access…
Teleobservation – NEESInformatics/MetaData - CMCS
SharedCore Features:LogonFile uploadAnnouncementsDiscussionChatScheduleMail archive …
Gradebook CAPA Quizzes
DissertationTool
OKI APIs
CHEF Technology
Leveraging Education/Research Complementarities
OKI
Users Content
OKI “Core” Reference Architecture
ComponentSpecification
Quiz
White Board
Virtual Lab
Portfolio Management
Content Outline
User InterfaceSpecification
List Management
Enterprise Data Exchange
Specification
DigitalAsset Exchange
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EnterpriseInformation
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Information Systems
AssetManagement
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LibraryInitiatives
AuthenticationServices
Modular Authentication
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OKI “Core” Reference Architecture
Users Content
User InterfaceSpecification
Support for Transition
• Continuing support for CT, natch• Advance notice of timelines• Input from users - faculty, students,
staff, and other developers - as we go along
• Transition support as we go along,– Media Union staff– Online info, notices of NG development
Transition - CT.NG looks like CT
Design criteria:A user familiar with CT should be able to easily use CT.NG.Interfaces should be recognizable.Actions should be similar.New features should be integrated into familiar frameworks.