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Sharing E-Learning Resources in VET
Vivienne BlanksbyProgram LeaderResources for Teaching, Learning and AssessmentAustralian Flexible Learning Framework
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The Australian Flexible Learning Framework commenced 2000
A national flexible and e-learning strategy designed to create and share knowledge about flexible learning and to support its take-up in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector.
A collaboration between the State and Territory governments and the Commonwealth.
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Framework goals
The Framework identifies five complementary goals that seek to
increase the take-up of flexible learning in the VET sector in
Australia.
Goal 1
Creative capable people
Goal 2
Supportive technological infrastructure
Goal 3
World-class online
content development, applications and services
Goal 4
Enabling policies
Goal 5
Problem-solving
regulation
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Resources for Teaching Learning and Assessment Program 2003 - 2004
A linked cluster of projects within the Framework which aim to create a national approach to resource sharing.
Focus is on availability, quality, interoperability and use of e-learning resources across the VET sector
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Status of availability of VET e-learning resources nationally
On the positive side:• Considerable e-learning content is produced• Courseware is developed at national, state and organisational level• Strong national qualifications system, so potential for sharing is
significant
However to date, this has been hindered by :• Wide variety of systems of storage• A range of formats for materials• Uncertainties about copyright• No uniformity regarding metadata• Most repositories don’t reference others – internally focused
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Approach to Improving Resource Access• national projects to develop/identify standards• apply at national level in high profile initiatives• invite other jurisdictions & organisations to adopt
3 Key Activities 2004• International standard content packaging of national
e-learning resources (Toolboxes)• Develop VET Metadata Application Profile• Establish repository specifications and build network
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Flexible Learning Toolboxes
• National e-learning resources• 6 series developed 1999 - 2003• Model quality learning strategies• Non-proprietary content formats• Distributed on CD-ROM • 400 hours of training• Generous copyright conditions• Customisation permitted
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• Toolboxes 2004• Series 7 has adopted IMS
content packaging• Trialling SCORM compliance• Learning Objects to be
available from Toolbox repository
• Also retaining the CD option
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2005 follow through
Toolboxes• user trials of learning objects and download
from repositories• further learning objects, repackaging of
existing material• explore SCORM 2004• research educational implications of learning
objects
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VETADATA Metadata Application Profile for the VET sector
• Developed 2004 through Framework’s Interoperability project
• Based on IEEE Learning Object Metadata (LOM)• 5 mandatory elements for all educational resources
20 for Learning Objects in national projects• preferred vocabularies for VET resources (industry
categories, educational resource types)• Work on mapping to other major application profiles.
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VETADATA and its subsets
Mandatory minimum set
Learning objects set
VETADATA set
LOM schema
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2005 follow through
VETADATA• Continue trials through Learning Object
Repository and Toolbox projects.• Minor amendments following consultation and
trial findings• Maintenance and publicity
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Learning Object Repository Project
The purpose of the project is to build the capacity of the Australian VET sector to share teaching and learning resources that support flexible delivery, through:
• the establishment and embedding of interoperable principles in design and development of resource repositories.
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Learning Object Repository Project
Principles• Open Standards• Common Services infrastructure• Distributed and democratic modelling• Long term requirements specifications
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Learning Object Repository Network
RSP1 RSP2 RSP3
FSPSearch request
Federatedsearch provider
Producers
Search results
Consumeraccessprovider
Consumers
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Search Transaction
Repositories
VETSector
National I nfrastructure,Multiple Sectors
Inter-national
Common Services
Intranet and Internet Web Portals
Intranet and Internet Web Portals
Users
Aust. FederatedSearch Engine
InternetPortaleg EdNA
User searching from within a VET sector organisation that has implemented the search API
VETSector
National I nfrastructure,Multiple Sectors
Inter-national
VETOrganisation
Users searching via an Internet portal (such as EdNA) that has implemented the search API
I nt. FederatedSearch Engine(s)
Terminology
RespositoryServiceProvider (RSP)
Federated SearchProvider (FSP)
Consumer AccessProvider (CAP)
Consumer
Producer
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LOR Project Outcomes 2004
Development of:• light-weight repository specifications• federated search function operational• 4 participating repositories – 1 national &
3 state• business and functional requirements
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2005 follow through Learning Object Repository Network
• extension of search facilities• work on individual authentication• learning object preview services• aim to involve more repositories • network governance – Service Level Agreements• licensing templates• research into DRM
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More information at:
Australian Flexible Learning Framework:• http://flexiblelearning.net.au/
Flexible Learning Toolboxes:• http://flexiblelearning.net.au/toolbox/
VETADATA• http://flexiblelearning.net.au/interop/topics/vocab.htm
Learning Object Repository Project• http://flexiblelearning.net.au/projects/learningobjectimplementation.htm