Towards an Open Digital Ecosystem for Learning Avron

Goals for Today • See the limitations of today’s elearning technology • Develop a

Elearning is Changing • Everyone is online and accustomed to rich, engaging, online experiences.

Web-Based Elearning • Content as a Service – Intelligent tutoring systems – Immersive rehearsal

LETSI is an international non-profit federation committed to accelerating the evolution and adoption of

LETSI’s Process • • • June 2008 Oct 2008 Jan 2009 June 2009 Nov

LETSI RTWS – A First Step • Run Time Web Services for Learning •

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Towards an Open Digital Ecosystem for Learning Avron Barr The LETSI Foundation October 27, 2011

Goals for Today • See the limitations of today’s elearning technology • Develop a framework for evaluating the barrage of forthcoming web-based services and mobile apps for learning • Understand how LETSI’s vision of an open digital ecosystem for learning might help your organization cope

Elearning is Changing • Everyone is online and accustomed to rich, engaging, online experiences. • Computing is mobile… and ubiquitous. • Authors can now create complex, immersive, intelligent online activities. • The LMS will evolve towards coordination of multiple enterprise systems, publishers’ online offerings, and users’ mobile apps. • On the Internet, linked data is key.

Content Portability

Web-Based Elearning • Content as a Service – Intelligent tutoring systems – Immersive rehearsal environments – Team training and mobile job aids • Websites and mobile apps for teachers • Apps for administrators and managers – Integrated via secure web services with institutional LMSs and with each other

Can a Game Impact Job Performance?

Example: Linked Launch Data

LETSI is an international non-profit federation committed to accelerating the evolution and adoption of innovative elearning systems. • • • Open standards Open, agile SW projects Cross-market solutions Running code Unrestricted IP Disruptive innovation info@letsi. org

LETSI’s Process • • • June 2008 Oct 2008 Jan 2009 June 2009 Nov 2009 June 2010 July 2010 Dec 2011 100 white papers, online threads Pensacola Conf. : 4 study groups Assumptions Document Piscataway: RTWS, Architecture RTWS Demos: Dev. Learn, I/ITSEC Roadmap white paper RTWS Developer’s Guide RTWS Phase 2 demos DMD – an extensible framework

LETSI RTWS – A First Step • Run Time Web Services for Learning • LMSs & advanced content developers in an agile, 6 -month collaboration • Used existing SCORM data model • Built on broadly-adopted web software standards • A cleaner, more secure, solution to (SCORM) data exchange.

Coherent, Extensible Data Models