1. iha Institut für Hygiene und Arbeitsphysiologie dLCMS dynamic Learning Content Management System Samuel Schluep, schluep@iha.bepr.ethz.ch

2. iha Institut für Hygiene und Arbeitsphysiologie Contents 1.Introduction 2.The dLCMS-Project 1.Goals 2.Architecture 3.Implementation 3.Problems 4.Conclusions dLCMS

3. iha Institut für Hygiene und Arbeitsphysiologie Learning Objects dLCMS Small modular building blocks

4. iha Institut für Hygiene und Arbeitsphysiologie Learning Objects = Didactical Context Can be shared among teachers, according to their specific needs Reusable, accessible, interoperable, durable Small modular building blocks Can flexibly be assembled to larger learning units

5. iha Institut für Hygiene und Arbeitsphysiologie Standardization Learning objects standardization Metadata Packaging Learning Design Etc. No established standards for learning content and its structures! dLCMS

6. iha Institut für Hygiene und Arbeitsphysiologie Learning Objects (1) epsych - Psychology Department at Mississippi State University http://epsych.msstate.edu/descriptive/Vision/muller_ly/index.html dLCMS

7. iha Institut für Hygiene und Arbeitsphysiologie Learning Objects (2) Tom Malloy http://www.psych.utah.edu/stat/introstats/anovaflash.html dLCMS

8. iha Institut für Hygiene und Arbeitsphysiologie Learning Objects (3) Robin Rathsack 2004 http://www.wisc-online.com/lrnobj/psycHR/PHR300/index.html dLCMS

9. iha Institut für Hygiene und Arbeitsphysiologie dLCMS Goals 1.Use of small modular learning objects with a similar granularity 2.Standardized structuring to separate content and graphical presentation 3.Flexible and easy-to-use assembly of learning objects to larger learning units 4.Flexible graphical layout and design 5.Future-proof data formats for learning content

10. iha Institut für Hygiene und Arbeitsphysiologie dLCMS Component Model Assets Media (image, video, animation) Content Elements: Basic building block based on didactic content types (definition, exercise) Self-contained Internal structure based on XML schema Learning Unit Aggregation of Content Elements Navigation Content Elements Learning Unit Video Audio Image Assets Text

11. iha Institut für Hygiene und Arbeitsphysiologie dLCMS Structured Markup Basic typographical elements Block elements: headers, paragraphs, lists, tables Inline elements: emphasis, super-, subscript, references, index items Familiar to authors Easily convertible to future standard formats

12. iha Institut für Hygiene und Arbeitsphysiologie dLCMS Architecture Online XML Editor Repository Assembly and Linking Publishing and Export Linking Content Elements Online LMS (Content Package) Export and Content Packaging Learning Unit Structure Database (Content Elements, Assets) Content Map Search and Retrieval Layout Templates Workflow, Version Management Authoring Metadata dLCMS Rendering

13. iha Institut für Hygiene und Arbeitsphysiologie dLCMS Implementation No existing LCMS accessible Development based on the Silva/Zope open-source CMS Implementation as an Silva extension product Prototype: Online editor Centralized repository Learning unit builder Flexible layout and graphical designs through style templates Export function IMS-CP, SCORM 1.2/1.3

14. iha Institut für Hygiene und Arbeitsphysiologie dLCMS Screenshots dLCMS XML-based content structuring Online-editor Learning unit builder Flexible graphical Design

15. iha Institut für Hygiene und Arbeitsphysiologie Problem: Granularity dLCMS

16. iha Institut für Hygiene und Arbeitsphysiologie Problem: Layout dLCMS

17. iha Institut für Hygiene und Arbeitsphysiologie Problem: Classification dLCMS

18. iha Institut für Hygiene und Arbeitsphysiologie Conclusions dLCMS offers small modular building blocks and XML-based structured content Authors can concentrate on content instead of programming languages Flexible layout and graphical designs through style templates dLCMS

19. iha Institut für Hygiene und Arbeitsphysiologie Thank you for your attention Samuel Schluep Institute for Hygiene and Applied Physiology ETH Zürich schluep@iha.bepr.ethz.ch dLCMS

20. iha Institut für Hygiene und Arbeitsphysiologie XML-based content structuring dLCMS Back

21. iha Institut für Hygiene und Arbeitsphysiologie Online Editor dLCMS Back

22. iha Institut für Hygiene und Arbeitsphysiologie Learning unit builder dLCMS Back

23. iha Institut für Hygiene und Arbeitsphysiologie Flexible graphical Design dLCMS Back