From template to learning object library
The second stage is the creation of Learning Objects for application in specific subject areas. Based on the Learning Object Template, software tools will automatically generate web-based forms that tutors and students will use to supply the subject specific content. This content will be automatically combined with the Learning Object Template to produce a finished Learning Object. After a further process of peer review, the Learning Object will be published. An important point is that at any time in the future, if improvements are made to the Learning Object Template, the subject specific content can be re-combined with no further intervention other than a review process.
This diagram shows the production of GLOs. It shows the people, the software tools they will use, and the output database or library that is created.
This figure shows the people involved, the software tools used and the libraries created at different stages.
The separation of the deep structure from the surface structure or, the Learning Design from the subject specific content is shown: the deep structure being in the Learning Object Template Library and the surface structure being in the subject specific content database. The way in which these are connected is also shown. The Learning Object Library, though it holds the finished product, is not of primary importance because its content, the Learning Objects, can be re-created at any time. This ability to re-create the learning objects naturally leads to the idea that multiple versions could be created, for example, for publication via differing media or with different branding for publication by different organisations.
Pilot phase
This learning object architecture is being piloted to make GLOs in Adaptive
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