Learning outcome:
To understand the structure of a Unit of Learning, and how it is created. To have an opinion on the usefulness of IMS LD.
Assessment criteria:
Students are able to navigate around a Unit of Learning using ReCourse, can find the elements of a Unit of Learning, and can edit them. Additionally, if time allows, students can express an opinion on IMS LD.
Assessment patch:
- install and explore the ReCourse editor
- carry out a guided tour of a Unit of Learning (UOL) in ReCourse
Session objectives:
- install and explore the ReCourse editor
- carry out a guided tour of a Unit of Learning (UOL) in ReCourse
- make some edits to a Unit of Learning
- if you have time, consider the potential of the specification in a forum
What to do:
- Follow the Guided introduction to ReCourse as PDF
- Carry out the assessment patch task to edit a UOL
- Post your edited UOL to the forum
- It is difficult for me to know how much work it will be for you to do these activities with ReCourse. Please also use the forum to tell me if I have given you too much work, or if it is too hard!
If you have time:
- Read my notes on The wider context for IMS Learning Design. It has some links to papers which you can follow if you would like to.
- Answer the questions in the additional assessment activity, by making a post to the forum.
What we will not be doing:
- Learning Design is a very big and powerful specification. We don't have time for you to become expert authors in the time you have available.
- If we wanted to use IMS Learning Design with students we would install a server run the UOLs on that. We don't have time to do that (although the server is available at http://tencompetence-project.bolton.ac.uk/ldruntime/index.html if you want to try!). When a UOL is running it is rather like working with LAMS as a student.