Review of DLCC Developers Meeting

26/27 July 2007

Angela Lindsey Project Manager, Distance Learning DivisionLindseya@jfsc.ndu.edu

Participants

• JFSC • JKDDC• Joint Special Operations

University• Naval Postgraduate

School• Marine Corps University• U.S. Army Command

and General Staff College

• Air War College

• Concurrent Technologies Corporation, Cande Filip

• Institute for Defense Analyses, G.A. Redding

• Knowledge Media Inc., Bill Redeen

• ADL Co-Lab, Avron Barr & Eric Roberts

Agenda Items

• DLCC Business Rules Review• DODI 1322.26 Requirements• ADL Registry Process• Resources, Tools, and Techniques• Overview of SCORM 2004• Metadata Requirements• Development Processes Discussion• Lifecycle Content Maintenance• Best Practices for Sharing Within DLCC

Meeting Goals

• introduce the technical body and curriculum development team that serves the DLCC community of practice (COP)

• learn about ADL initiatives and discuss each of the DLCC schools’ involvement

• discuss and determine DLCC best practices to register content

• provide input for the version control/change alert functionality prototype

• promote sharing amongst the JPME community

DLCC Business Rules Review

• register content objects deemed “eminently sharable”• tag based on potential for reuse, i.e. tags are primarily

at lesson level down to “outstanding assets”• share Service capability lesson development & tools• minimize use of labels (command crests, etc.) • restrict public access to content but provide searchers a

way to request content & provide it upon authentication• establish reuse metrics & techniques for maintaining

visibility of changes to content (see Leveraging SCORM across a COP)

DODI 1322.26 Requirements

• G.A. Redding, Sr. Policy Advisor for ADL – requirements review– ADL-R application

process– Review of related

handbooks (MIL-HDBK 29612 series)

http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/html/132226.htm

ADL-Registry (ADL-R) Process

• Bill Redeen, CKO for KMI

• ADL-R status update• Repository

registration• Operational &

practice registry• Planned upgrades

(ex/ search enhancements, alerts, RIM)

• Steps to register content1. Create a Registry

Transaction (REG-T). 2. Submit the REG-T to

the ADL Registry Portal.

3. Use the returned Transaction Identifier to check the Transaction Status (REG-TS).

Slides online @ http://68.166.160.67/adlr.htm

Recommended Resources• JKDDC Knowledge

Management Content Design and Development Guidelines

• ADL-R DL Portal documentation

• SCORM 2004 3rd Edition documentation, conformance test suite, content examples and sample run-time environment

• Other papers on best practices, business rules, content development handbooks (ex/Navy ILE, Army Courseware Compliance, etc.)

• ADL websites (http://adlcommunity.net, http://www.adlnet.gov, http://www.jointadlcolab.org)

• Supporting conferences (ex/JADL Implementation Fest, eLearning Summit 2007)

• Other training (ex/Academic Co-Lab’s SCOurse, SCORM School, etc.)

• Templates & style sheets (ex/LSAL SN templates, Dreamweaver templates, CSS, etc.)

Recommended Software Tools

• JFSC: Reload Editor (create manifests & package SCORM content)

• NPS: SoftChalk LessonBuilder (create interactive web pages & package SCORM)

• JKDDC: Wimba Course Genie (rapid SCORM development from Word)

• NPS & JKDDC: Articulate (synchronize audio & PPT)

Customized Web Applications

• AJPME Course Configuration Diagnostic Program (http://blackboard.jfsc.ndu.edu/asp/diagnostics/diagnostics.asp)

• JFSC Repository Request Form (http://blackboard.jfsc.ndu.edu/asp/repoform/repoform.asp)

• AJPME Change Request Form & Maintenance System (http://blackboard.jfsc.ndu.edu/asp/changeForm/changeForm.asp)

• Metadata Editor (currently undergoing development)

Overview of SCORM 2004

• Cande Filips, Senior ISD for CTC• 5 major front-end decisions to determine prior to

development: 1. Which LMS are you using? What’s your conformance? 2. What size is a SCO? 3. Who’s reusing it? 4. What learner data should be tracked by the LMS?5. What metadata should be used & how should you collect

it? • Crosswalk of SCORM vs. Registry metadata elements • Data model element chart

Metadata Requirements

• REG-T metadata meets ADL requirement• Include POC info & decide how to link

location • Include version, change & relationship data

Development Processes

• Schools provided overview of processes in developing & maintaining online content

• The long road ahead - DLCC schools still have to register content, set up repositories, etc.

• Blackboard primary LMS within DLCC• Leverage JKDCC resources & expertise

Lifecycle Content Maintenance

• Challenge of maintaining change visibility & version history

• Version change notification prototypes– FY05 ADL-Registry Client (ADL-RC)– FY07 ADL-R Version Control System (ADL-R

VCS)• Best Practices guide coming

– registering updates, metadata changes, etc.

COP Best Practices for Sharing

• Standardize what metadata to register– Use Joint terminology– Add keywords to be all-inclusive– Add the audience/type of user (joint planner,

etc.) – Use standard keywords to describe the type of

course, school, & POI (ex/JFSC, AJPME, DLCC)• Publish & share style guides• Establish a Joint taxonomy• Publish shared resources

Other Considerations

• Adding community-level metadata to REG-T• Visibility of what’s available to be shared

(DLCC website, Bb class, ADLCommunity.net)

• Ways to transfer content/source files (ex/Bb CS “passes”, CD/DVD, FTP, DKO)