Promoting Hybrid Learning through an Open Source EBook Approach

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Bai ◽  
Michael B. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Educational Technologies ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Learning Modules ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
Long Run ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Teaching Efficiency ◽  
Content Design

Educational technology is developing rapidly, making education more accessible, affordable, adaptable, and equitable. Students now have the option to choose a campus that can provide excellent blended learning curriculum with minimal geographical restraints. We proactively explore ways to maximize the power of educational technologies to increase enrollment, reduce failure rates, improve teaching efficiency, and cut costs without sacrificing high quality or placing extra burden on faculty. This mission is accomplished through open source learning content design and development. We developed scalable, shareable, and sustainable e-learning modules as book chapters that can be distributed through both computers and mobile devices. The resulting e-learning building blocks can automate the assessment processes, provide just-in-time feedback, and adjust the teaching material dynamically based upon each student’s strengths and weaknesses. Once built, these self-contained learning modules can be easily maintained, shared, and re-purposed, thus cutting costs in the long run. This will encourage faculty from different disciplines to share their best teaching practices online. The end result of the project is a sustainable knowledge base that can grow over time, benefit all the discipline, and promote learning.

Using Open Source to Building and Accessing Learning Objects and Online Courses

2011 ◽  
pp. 266-297
Author(s):  
Christos Bouras ◽  
Maria Nani
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
Technology Products ◽  
Web Standards ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
E Learning

As e-learning continuously gains the interest of the scientific community, industry, and government, a wide variety of learning technology products have been incorporated into the marketplace. Advances in information and communication technologies are in favor of the incorporation of innovative services and functionalities in such systems, though content creation and delivery remain the two key factors in any e-learning system. Therefore, in this chapter, we present the design and implementation of a tool targeted at building and accessing learning objects and online courses through the Web. This tool aims to facilitate instructors and trainers to easily develop accessible, reusable, and traceable learning content that can meet their distant students’ needs for anytime and anyplace learning. Learners are able to access learning content, in addition to consulting, at any time, reports on their interactions within a course and get support by subject experts. Furthermore, all users can request to upgrade their role in the system and, thus, actively participate in the learning process. Special attention has been paid on the utilization of reliable and qualitative open source technologies and Web standards so that the proposed solution can form an easily accessible system.

Intelligent Adaptable e-Assessment for Inclusive e-Learning

2020 ◽  
pp. 1185-1199
Author(s):  
Lilyana Nacheva-Skopalik ◽  
Steve Green
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Individual Needs ◽  
The Individual

Access to education is one of the main human rights. Everyone should have access to education and be capable of benefiting from it. However there are a number who are excluded, not because of a lack of ability but simply because they have a disability or specific need which current education systems do not address. A learning system in which content, tools and interfaces can be personalised and adapted to the individual needs and preferences of a variety of learners, including those with disabilities, becomes inclusive. Assessment is an integral part of an e-learning environment and therefore it has to provide not only inclusive e-learning content but also inclusive e-assessment. The proposed research investigates an intelligent adaptable e-learning system for assessing students' level of skill, knowledge and understanding regardless of their disabilities or accessibility needs. It is based on an innovative use of world's first open source adaptable widget design and authoring toolkit (WIDGaT) as the prototyping environment.

scholarly journals e-Learning Content Design for Corrective Maintenance of Toshiba BMC 80.5 based on Knowledge Conversion using SECI Method: A Case Study in Aerospace Company

2018 ◽  
Vol 319 ◽  
pp. 012001
Author(s):  
Ayu Permata Shabrina ◽  
Rayinda Pramuditya Soesanto ◽  
Amelia Kurniawati ◽  
Mochamad Teguh Kurniawan ◽  
Luciana Andrawina
Keyword(s):  
Corrective Maintenance ◽  
Knowledge Conversion ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Content Design

scholarly journals Challenges of Transitioning to e-learning System with Learning Objects Capabilities

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miroslava Raspopovic ◽  
Svetlana Cvetanovic ◽  
Aleksandar Jankulovic
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Transitional Challenges

<p>In order for higher education institutions, which implements blended and/or online learning to remain competitive and innovative it needs to keep up with the cutting edge technological and educational advances. This task is usually very difficult, keeping in mind the budget constraints that many institutions have. This usually implies that existing open source solutions have to be used and adapted to individual needs of each institution. Keeping up with the current technological advances often brings not only financial challenges, but also transitional challenges that may put at risk learning quality and reputation of the institution, as well as performance of students. This work describes the features of the system, results and challenges of transitioning to e-learning system that displays learning materials through sequence of reusable learning objects (LOs) from the system that does not have these capabilities. The goal of such system is to increase reusability of learning content, and moreover, to increase online interactivity and communication between the instructor and students. Findings of this work reveal advantages, disadvantages and potential obstacle of implementation e-learning system with LOs and give an overview of suggestions for implementation improvements. These suggestions are given based on evaluation of implementation of new e-learning system with LOs, after the transition from the traditional e-learning system. Furthermore, based on the research of existing methodologies in the field of information systems, and the results of this research, this work proposes methodology for transferring into e-learning system with LOs. </p>

scholarly journals E-Learning Content Design and Implementation based on Learners’ Levels

Polibits ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 59-63
Author(s):  
Hye-Jin Jeong ◽  
Yong-Sung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Content Design

scholarly journals Development of E-learning Module for ICT Skills of Marginalized Women and Girls for ICT4D

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (16) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
January Febro ◽  
Mia Amor Catindig ◽  
Lomesindo Caparida
Keyword(s):  
Ict Literacy ◽  
Learning Modules ◽  
Learning Module ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
Gender Divide ◽  
Marginalized Women ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
The Impact

The digital gender divide is a major challenge that needs to be addressed in developing countries. Thus, the focus of this study is to address the digital il-literacy of girls and women that also fuels the digital gender divide. The goal is to produce an e-learning module that focused on the skills to be measured in assessing ICT skill in Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 4. This can be used during training as a tool to capacitate participants like marginalized women and girls. The development of this e-module follows the research and development using the 4D model process that begins in define phase, followed by the design of e-learning content and development activities, and lastly disseminate. The impact of the e-learning module was evaluated during ICT literacy training for marginalized women and girls. This study found that utilizing e-learning modules in the development of skills among participants was significant. This study was a humble step towards gaining technological skills of the marginalized girls and women in the Philippine community to-wards ICT4D.

scholarly journals Using an Intelligent Tutoring System to Support Learners’ WMC in e-learning: Application in Mathematics Learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bouchra El Mamoun ◽  
Mohamed Erradi ◽  
Abderrahim El Mhouti
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Learning Performance ◽  
Educational Technologies ◽  
Mental Work ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
E Learning

Learning is a complex process linked to a number of individual, cognitive and affective characteristics of the learner. In this context, the learner’s Working Memory (WM) concept has also been identified as a preacher of learning performance. In the learning process, solving a problem is an essential part of the learner's WM. Its capacity and performance are predictive factors of academic success. The success of the given problem depends on a good selection, processing and transformation of this information. This mental work within the WM requires a good WM Capacity (WMC). The improvement of the WMC needs some strategies which focus on the learning content and the use of educational technologies in the learning process. Encouraged by the results of previous research, this work aims to harness the potential of educational technologies to enhance the learners' WM ability in learning mathematics in an e-learning environment. In order to help learners with low WMC in e-learning, this paper proposes to set up an e-learning platform integrating an Intelligent Tutorial System (ITS). The purpose of this ITS is to manage the limited ability of the learner's WM by adopting strategies that improve the transition of mathematical knowledge from short-term memory to long-term memory. The proposed ITS generates e-learning content that will serve to improve the learner's WMC, and subsequently improve his learning performance.

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