Learning platform proposal
for the International Brain Bee
March 22, 2021
Terminology
Learning platforms conceptually consist of several components, such as
Learning management system
= administration and integration
- user management
- course management
- roles and permissions
- communication
- gradebook
Learning content management system
= course authoring and delivery
- authoring
- structuring
- reviewing
- publishing
Interactive learning objects
= reusable content pieces that learners can interact with
- formative assessments
- games
- advanced visualizations
- simulations
- computation environments
Assessment system
= a system where learners take exams
- question bank
- different question types
- cheating prevention
- scheduling
- automatic grading
- analysis
= learning management system
- used by educational institutions worldwide
- organized into courses
- high interoperability
- mobile app available
- supportive community
- MoodleNet in development to share and curate open educational resources
= learning content management system, focus on digital textbooks
- builds on WordPress
- import from Word document
- view online and export to multiple formats
- embed H5P and store results
- create glossary
- Pressbooks Directory for sharing and discovering books
= learning content management system, focus on online courses
Features
- rapid publication and updating
- instructional design intelligence
- accessibility and pedagogical review
- learning dashboard and analytics
- integrated assessment system
= interactive learning objects
- over 30 different content types
- large amount of existing activities
- can be re-used on any website
- H5P OER Hub soon available for sharing and remixing created content
- extensive documentation and community resources
Other examples: Virtual Tour, Branching Scenario
Courseware in Context
= digital learning product taxonomy and quality indicators
Functional capabilities
- Depth of Interaction
- Measurement & Structure
- Scaffolding
- Adaptivity
- Feedback
- Learner Autonomy
- Collaboration
- Customization & Collaboration
- Usability
Procurement capabilities
- Accessibility
- Browser / OS Compatibility
- Interoperability
- Privacy & Security
- Scalability
Thank you!
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Media licenses
- What is Moodle? by Moodle licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nursing Pharmacology by Chippewa Valley Technical College licensed under CC BY 4.0
- Torus Demo 4DEC20 by The Simon Initiative licensed under standard YouTube license
- Human Biology by Christine Miller licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
- Quiz by Moodle licensed under CC BY 3.0
- Courseware in Context by Tyton Partners and the Online Learning Consortium licensed under CC BY 4.0