LearningMapR: A Prototype Tool for Creating IMS-LD Compliant Units of Learning

Abstract

Commentary on: Chapter 22: A Learning Design Worked Example. (Gorissen & Tattersall, 2005) Abstract: This article demonstrates and discusses a model to help instructors select appropriate designs from learning design repositories for courses they are developing. We describe the LearningMapR: A prototype pedagogical design tool being developed as a first step toward an IMS-LD-compliant authoring system. This tool's output is a Unit of Learning [UOL] containing storyboards, placeholders for content, and IMS-LD compliant templates and exemplars that are chosen from an illustrative set developed for the project. Based on collaborative work with the University of Oxford and using tools such as Reload as the base, we intend to create a 'teacher-friendly' tool for instructors to create UOLs. Editors: Colin Tattersall and Rob Koper.

Keywords

• e-learning development
• IMS Learning Design
• learning design
• pedagogy
• authoring
• templates
• design tool
• content package
• innovation
• educational technology