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Bending and Blending Cultures: Three World Views on Learning Objects

Monday, January 26, 2004
9:25 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. FS03

Laurence F. Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, The New Media Consortium (NMC)

Susan E. Metros, Deputy CIO & Associate Vice Provost, University of Southern California

Patricia Stevens, Director for Cooperative Initiatives, OCLC, Inc.

NLII Key Theme - Learning Objects

The NLII, the New Media Consortium (NMC), and Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) are three very diverse organizations with three very different missions serving three distinct audiences, yet all three groups are deeply involved in examining the theory and practice regarding the use of learning objects in higher education. NLII's members are predominately interested in the pedagogical transformation possible if learning objects are used and openly shared by educators; NMC is focused on design professionals tasked with creatively authoring learning objects and their applications; and OCLC's member organizations are asking tough questions about how libraries can use their expertise to further learning object access, management, and preservation. The presenters, representing each of the organizations, will use the NLII's Learning Object Ontology (developed by the NLII Learning Object Workgroup) to identify where their organizations' interests lay currently and in the future. They will then debate the intersections and interstices between their respective cultures and the potential for conflict, collaboration, and convergence.

Learning in Learning Objects

Monday, January 26, 2004
1:05 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CONSES06

Kathleen Bennett, Web Instructional Technologist, The University of Tennessee

Patricia A. McGee, Associate Professor/2003 NLII Fellow, University of Texas at San Antonio

NLII Key Theme - Learning Objects

Designing with learning objects and evaluating their effectiveness are challenges that need to be understood before faculty will comfortably and effectively use objects to support deeper learning. Presenters will model the design process, after which the audience will engage in a design activity. Standards, infrastructure, and repositories are in place—now let's use them well.

Postconference Resource

LON-CAPA, an Open-Source Learning Content Management and Assessment System

Tuesday, January 27, 2004
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CONSES34

Gerd Kortemeyer, Asst Professor of Physics Education; Director, LON-CAPA Project, Michigan State University

NLII Key Theme - Learning Objects

The LearningOnline Network with a Computer Assisted Personalized Approach (LON-CAPA) is an integrated system for online learning and assessment. It consists of a learning content authoring and management system allowing new and existing content to be used flexibly, a course management system, an individualized homework and automatic grading system, data-collection and data-mining system, and a content-delivery system that will provide gateways to and from the NSF's National STEM Digital Library.

Middleware for Integrating Faculty-Authored Learning Tools with the CHEF System

Monday, January 26, 2004
2:10 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CONSES11

Perry J. Samson, Professor, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

NLII Key Theme - Learning Objects

One means to engage faculty in their university's course management structure is to facilitate their ability to author learning objects that can interface with it. This presentation demonstrates a system for learning object development written in Flash MX that communicates with a PHP/MySQL middleware environment and ultimately with the CompreHensive CollaborativE Framework (CHEF) project at the University of Michigan.

Postconference Resource

Policies for Success on the New Learning Object Frontier

Monday, January 26, 2004
4:30 p.m. - 5:20 p.m. CONSES20

Veronica Diaz, Instructional Technology Manager, Maricopa Community College District

Patricia A. McGee, Associate Professor/2003 NLII Fellow, University of Texas at San Antonio

NLII Key Theme - Learning Objects

Learning objects contained within digital repository structures of new distributed learning environments have critical implications for institutional policies. This presentation address the learning object model higher education has come to embrace and what should be considered as institutions plan for further development in this area.

Postconference Resource

Scaling the Quality Evaluation of Learning Objects: MERLOT's Peer Review Process

Tuesday, January 27, 2004
12:50 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. CONSES33

Gerard L. Hanley, Senior Director, Academic Technology Services / Executive Director, MERLOT, California State University, Office of the Chancellor

Kevin Harrigan, Research Associate Professor, University of Waterloo

Flora McMartin, Evaluation Director, Center for Open and Sustainable Learning, Utah State University

NLII Key Theme - Strategic Planning & Alignment

This Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) presentation will review the implementation of strategies to scale the peer review of learning objects while maintaining and improving the integrity of the quality evaluation. The four components of MERLOT's strategy are the improved articulation of evaluation standards, a tutorial for on-demand training of faculty to learn the peer review process, a mentoring process that validates the skill development, and the change in the social organization of the peer review workforce. The research method and finding used for the refinement of the evaluation standards will be presented, along with the demonstration of the tutorial. The change in the social organization within MERLOT's Editorial Boards and across MERLOT's Institutional Partners will also be reviewed.

2004 Annual Meeting		Learning Objects Bending and Blending Cultures: Three World Views on Learning Objects Monday, January 26, 2004 9:25 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. FS03 Laurence F. Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, The New Media Consortium (NMC) Susan E. Metros, Deputy CIO & Associate Vice Provost, University of Southern California Patricia Stevens, Director for Cooperative Initiatives, OCLC, Inc. NLII Key Theme - Learning Objects The NLII, the New Media Consortium (NMC), and Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) are three very diverse organizations with three very different missions serving three distinct audiences, yet all three groups are deeply involved in examining the theory and practice regarding the use of learning objects in higher education. NLII's members are predominately interested in the pedagogical transformation possible if learning objects are used and openly shared by educators; NMC is focused on design professionals tasked with creatively authoring learning objects and their applications; and OCLC's member organizations are asking tough questions about how libraries can use their expertise to further learning object access, management, and preservation. The presenters, representing each of the organizations, will use the NLII's Learning Object Ontology (developed by the NLII Learning Object Workgroup) to identify where their organizations' interests lay currently and in the future. They will then debate the intersections and interstices between their respective cultures and the potential for conflict, collaboration, and convergence. Learning in Learning Objects Monday, January 26, 2004 1:05 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CONSES06 Kathleen Bennett, Web Instructional Technologist, The University of Tennessee Patricia A. McGee, Associate Professor/2003 NLII Fellow, University of Texas at San Antonio NLII Key Theme - Learning Objects Designing with learning objects and evaluating their effectiveness are challenges that need to be understood before faculty will comfortably and effectively use objects to support deeper learning. Presenters will model the design process, after which the audience will engage in a design activity. Standards, infrastructure, and repositories are in place—now let's use them well. Postconference Resource LON-CAPA, an Open-Source Learning Content Management and Assessment System Tuesday, January 27, 2004 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CONSES34 Gerd Kortemeyer, Asst Professor of Physics Education; Director, LON-CAPA Project, Michigan State University NLII Key Theme - Learning Objects The LearningOnline Network with a Computer Assisted Personalized Approach (LON-CAPA) is an integrated system for online learning and assessment. It consists of a learning content authoring and management system allowing new and existing content to be used flexibly, a course management system, an individualized homework and automatic grading system, data-collection and data-mining system, and a content-delivery system that will provide gateways to and from the NSF's National STEM Digital Library. Middleware for Integrating Faculty-Authored Learning Tools with the CHEF System Monday, January 26, 2004 2:10 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CONSES11 Perry J. Samson, Professor, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor NLII Key Theme - Learning Objects One means to engage faculty in their university's course management structure is to facilitate their ability to author learning objects that can interface with it. This presentation demonstrates a system for learning object development written in Flash MX that communicates with a PHP/MySQL middleware environment and ultimately with the CompreHensive CollaborativE Framework (CHEF) project at the University of Michigan. Postconference Resource Policies for Success on the New Learning Object Frontier Monday, January 26, 2004 4:30 p.m. - 5:20 p.m. CONSES20 Veronica Diaz, Instructional Technology Manager, Maricopa Community College District Patricia A. McGee, Associate Professor/2003 NLII Fellow, University of Texas at San Antonio NLII Key Theme - Learning Objects Learning objects contained within digital repository structures of new distributed learning environments have critical implications for institutional policies. This presentation address the learning object model higher education has come to embrace and what should be considered as institutions plan for further development in this area. Postconference Resource Scaling the Quality Evaluation of Learning Objects: MERLOT's Peer Review Process Tuesday, January 27, 2004 12:50 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. CONSES33 Gerard L. Hanley, Senior Director, Academic Technology Services / Executive Director, MERLOT, California State University, Office of the Chancellor Kevin Harrigan, Research Associate Professor, University of Waterloo Flora McMartin, Evaluation Director, Center for Open and Sustainable Learning, Utah State University NLII Key Theme - Strategic Planning & Alignment This Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) presentation will review the implementation of strategies to scale the peer review of learning objects while maintaining and improving the integrity of the quality evaluation. The four components of MERLOT's strategy are the improved articulation of evaluation standards, a tutorial for on-demand training of faculty to learn the peer review process, a mentoring process that validates the skill development, and the change in the social organization of the peer review workforce. The research method and finding used for the refinement of the evaluation standards will be presented, along with the demonstration of the tutorial. The change in the social organization within MERLOT's Editorial Boards and across MERLOT's Institutional Partners will also be reviewed.
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