WP7 – ITEC Shells, dotLRN Daniela Nösterer, Knowledge Markets Consulting GmbH

Brief Introduction to the DotLRN Shell iTEC - Designing the future classroom 2 DotLRN is a learning and community management system built on top of OpenACS. It allows a very high degree of flexibility in terms of functionality and setup of learning environments. The iTEC DotLRN environment comes with many applications customized for the school sector.

Brief Introduction to the DotLRN Shell  DotLRN is a LMS – or also referred to as VLE  It has a similar architecture like other leading LMS in schools, i.e. supporting multiple schools with one installation  It is provided on a SaaS Basis  The service is highly successful in Austria and branded as LMS.at

Brief Introduction to the DotLRN Shell  It is based on a Community Concept: Users register – or are registered to – multiple communities such as courses, groups, classes, and schools.  Communities are served by applications – DotLRN applications – W3C widgets provided by the iTEC Widget Store iTEC - Designing the future classroom 4 No additional effort for IT administrators at individual schools SCHOOLS CAN START WITHOUT FURTHER A DO No additional effort for IT administrators at individual schools SCHOOLS CAN START WITHOUT FURTHER A DO

DotLRN - Applications Providing Information Course SyllabusCalendarNewsGetting in Contact Member Administration Circular MailsChatForumsStoring KnowledgeFile StoragePhoto AlbumWikiWeblogLearning Learning Resources Problem-Based Learning Competence- Based Learning AssignmentsAssessingOnline TestGradebookFeedbackSelf-Evaluation

Adopted in Austria  Schools involved: 4  Learners and teachers: 149  Active learners: 54  Courses: 5  Classes: 7

Adopted in Austria

Successfully tested in Turkey  Schools involved: 31  Learners and teachers: 225  Active learners: 117  Courses: 27  Classes: 11

Successfully tested in Turkey

Integration of iTEC Widget Store  In every type of community possible: School, Class, Course, Group  Portal Pages are Dashboards/Cockpits for the Community iTEC - Designing the future classroom 10 Wiki-Portlet of the DotLRN Shell Member portlet generated by DotLRN Added Twidget via the integrated Store

Integration of iTEC Widget Store Step 1: Add new page element Step 2: Select Widget tab Step 3: Add Widget to your portal page

Integration with UMAC

iTEC DotLRN Shell Registration  Once registered with the iTEC Cloud you become a member of the dotLRN Itec-Teacher School community

Thank you! The work presented in this presentation is partially supported by the European Commission’s FP7 programme – project iTEC: Innovative Technologies for an Engaging Classroom (Grant agreement Nº ). The content of this presentation is the sole responsibility of the consortium members and it does not represent the opinion of the European Commission and the Commission is not responsible for any use that might be made of information contained herein. 14 iTEC - Designing the future classroom WEB: