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Supporting the Complete Learning LifeCycle The Next Generation of On-Line Learning Support Systems at the University of Michigan Future Learning Environments Presentation April 10, 2002

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Supporting the Complete Learning LifeCycle

The Next Generation of On-Line Learning Support

Systems at the University of Michigan

Future Learning Environments PresentationApril 10, 2002

The Next Generation

• What we’ve done – the success of CT, WT• What’s the context – increasing adoption,

PIRC• Where we’re going – what an NG system

would look like, what vision it entails• How will we get there – standards (OKI,

Apache, …), CHEF Technology, open source, support for transition

UM.CourseTools

UM.CT Business School Effort - Results

Over 80% of UM Business Courses now online

UM.WorkTools

SupportForResearchGroups

Support forWork Groups

UM.Worktools

Scientific ResearchGroups

Science ReviewTeams

TechnologyDesignTeams

Currently over3000 users

worktools.si.umich.edu

UM.WT

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The Next Generation• What we’ve done – the success of CT, WT• What’s the context –increasing adoption,

success, PIRC –President’s Info Revolution Commission

• Where we’re going – what an NG system would look like, what vision it entails

• How will we get there – standards (OKI, Apache, …), CHEF Technology, open source

PIRC – Information Revolution at UM

The University in a Changing Information Environment

Never has the need been more pressing for the University of Michigan to examine its relationship to information and communication technologies. The information revolution that is radically altering our whole world at an ever-accelerating pace touches every aspect of university life.http://www.umich.edu/pres/inforev/

PIRC – Encourage Experimentation

The key is to experiment in a systematic fashion, coordinating and exchanging information across the institution, and in the process transforming the University into a living laboratory.

An “Ecology of Experimentation”

PIRC - Raise all boats

A university-wide, across-the-curriculum approach is needed, providing faculty with the support they need and offering all students opportunities to use the state-of-the-art technology in education enhancing ways while at the same time learning to think critically about the implications of the information revolution…

University-wide Approach

PIRC – Knowledge Networks

Research and scholarship are increasingly interdisciplinary, collaborative efforts. The Internet and new information and communication technologies are enhancing — and transforming — research and scholarship, enabling users scattered throughout the world to share facilities, instruments, immense collections of multimedia information, and tools for analysis and synthesis.

Knowledge Networks

PIRC – Knowledge Networks,Build and study them here

Over the past decade, the University of Michigan has played a key role in designing, developing, and applying knowledge networks. The University should continue to pioneer by further developing knowledge networking technology, exploring innovative uses for it, and studying its impact on the way we work and learn.

Building Knowledge Networks

The Next Generation

• What we’ve done – the success of CT, WT

• What’s the context –increasing adoption, PIRC

• Where we’re going – what an NG system would look like, what vision it entails

• How will we get there – standards (OKI, Apache, …), CHEF Technology, open source

Support for Learning Lifecycle

• Teaching, Learning • Research, collaboration with

colleagues• Making it easy to move from one to

the other Goal:

Integration of research, the practice of knowledge work, within education

Enhancing Distributed Learning –

Continuing to move forward• Building on current functionality – CT,

WT, Lessons• Support for what users need

– Group support– E-portfolio– Case-based tools– Grading, reporting

• Integration– Library resources– printing

Knowledge Networks Vision• Open systems – in all senses

– Open source, build community of support– Open to custom components, cots, fots– Open to all users

• Enabling core competency at University– Teaching/learning, research

• Supporting early adopters• Experimenting at low cost• Encouraging everyone – raising all boats• Leading – we discover we are already – CT/WT

– OKI, JetSpeed, IMS/SCORM (RDF, runtime teamlets)

The Next Generation

• What we’ve done – the success of CT, WT• What’s the context – increasing adoption,

PIRC• Where we’re going – what an NG system

would look like, what vision it entails• How will we get there – standards (OKI,

Apache, …), CHEF Technology, open source, support for transition

Choices in Platform

Why adopt CHEF• open source – code,

tools, developer community

• configurability/customiz-ability - users, admin

• centralization/decentralization of services as appropriate

• aggregation - rss, html, xml - syndication

• prototype rapidly

Why retire Domino• proprietary• rather closed• not as easy adding

features• no community of

developers• finding expertise hard• but, has been good to

us

CourseTools:Assignments Quizzes …

Worktools:ToDo listData Access…

Teleobservation – NEESInformatics/MetaData - CMCS

SharedCore Features:LogonFile uploadAnnouncementsDiscussionChatScheduleMail archive …

Gradebook CAPA Quizzes

DissertationTool

OKI APIs

CHEF Technology

Leveraging Education/Research Complementarities

OKI

Users Content

OKI “Core” Reference Architecture

ComponentSpecification

Quiz

White Board

Virtual Lab

Portfolio Management

Content Outline

User InterfaceSpecification

List Management

Enterprise Data Exchange

Specification

DigitalAsset Exchange

Specification

EnterpriseInformation

--Student

Information Systems

AssetManagement

--Digital

LibraryInitiatives

AuthenticationServices

Modular Authentication

Process

OKI “Core” Reference Architecture

Users Content

User InterfaceSpecification

CHEF and the Grid

CHEF node

CHEF node

CoGXML

CoGXML

Grid

Support for Transition

• Continuing support for CT, natch• Advance notice of timelines• Input from users - faculty, students,

staff, and other developers - as we go along

• Transition support as we go along,– Media Union staff– Online info, notices of NG development

Transition - CT.NG looks like CT

Design criteria:A user familiar with CT should be able to easily use CT.NG.Interfaces should be recognizable.Actions should be similar.New features should be integrated into familiar frameworks.

Early CT.NG Prototype

CHEF Info Site

http://intel.si.umich.edu/CHEF

Questions, comments, suggestions

[email protected]