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Course Swapping
Sharing and Re-Using
Courses and Learning Objects
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Overview
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Why Course Swap?
How might it work?
Evaluating Content
Reusing Learning Objects
Next steps
Please use the chat features and icons at any
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Why Course Swap?
It’s a great idea proposed by NROC members as another
strategy for NROC to continue to…
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Build, revise and distribute growing library of highquality online course content
Establish content and course development guidelines
Apply development process to ensure quality and
interoperability
Provide adaptable content to host on members’ servers
or hosted by NROC
Maintain the content quality and technology through
membership fees
Foster community among contributors and users to
expand the body of content
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The Value of Sharing
• Provides high-quality and diverse content
• Leverages resources of all participating
institutions
• Professional development for involved
instructors
• Showcases faculty and institutional expertise
• Provides multi-modal learning experiences and
options for students
• Saves time and money
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Initial Requests, Offers
Members have already suggested a place to start…
Anatomy and Physiology
Physical Education
Chemistry
Physics Labs
Sociology
Psychology
Economics
Computer Forensics
Basic Math
Geometry
Algebra 2
College Algebra
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English Composition
AP Literature
World Geography
World History
Art Appreciation
Basic Education
Information Literacy
Study Skills
Career studies
World Language courses
ESL/ ELL
Speech
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Collaboration Suggestions
We can include co-development and co-reviewing
proposals…
Co-Develop: Mash up existing offered materials to create
more complete course, add investment to improve,
develop from scratch
Vocational/Career Tech
High School versions of AP courses Professional
Development modules for online teachers
Credit Recovery “packaged solutions” for math
Co-reviews: list of courses you would like others to review for
your institution
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Keep Logistics Simple
Keep the steps simple…
Logistics for Swapping
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Post requests on forum
Provide basic description
Upon Request, provide guest access for reviewing
material
Upon agreement deliver on DVDs
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Attend live swap sessions - prepare to share
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Swapping Content
Swapping Listserv: Start with a simple forum to start swap
process
Offer: Enter course information for courses willing to share. Use some standard
meta data categories
Need: Search for course by metadata or post request for course needed
Co-Develop: List projects proposed for shared funding and collaborative
development. Pool funding for NROC collaborative development or selforganize among members
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Swap Meets - in person
Organize Swap Meets at meetings (or when invited)
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Select a time around major meetings when people
can come together to view courses, discuss
swapping and co-development.
NROC to coordinate activity, develop method that
members can eventually host on their own
Review courses that are offered
Solicit new course needs
Provide update on co-development activities
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Swap Webinars
Organize semi-annual live online meeting
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Structure online session for people to discuss
what courses they need, what they offer, and
what they would like to co-develop
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View some of the courses that are available for
swapping
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Updates, previews of new courses in
development
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Evaluating Content
Identify quality guidelines to use consistently to evaluate
and guide development…
Guidelines
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NACOL/SREB
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Quality Matters
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NROC Guidelines
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Online Course Evaluation Project
Online Tools
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Learning Object Attribute Metrics
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Design Principles Database
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Guidelines
Quality Matters
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Technology
Content
Media
Design
Pedagogy
Interaction
Assignments
Assessments
Accessibility
Support
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Course Overview
Learning Objectives
Assessment and Measurement
Resources and Materials
Learning Engagement
Course Technology
Learner Support
Accessibility
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Guidelines
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Content
Instructional Design
Student Assessment
Technology
Course Evaluation and Management
21st Century Skills
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Course Developer and Distribution Models
Scope and Scholarship
User Interface
Course Features and Media Values
Assessments and Support Materials
Support materials for the instructor
Communication Tools and Interaction
Course environment
Technology Requirements and Interoperability
Course format
Server-side requirements
Interoperability standards
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Accessibility
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Online Tools
Design Principle Database
Learning Object Attribute
Metrics
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A Check List
What to look for to reuse content . . .
 curricular
 complete
 quality
 easy to use
 teaching tool
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Curricular
Correlated with state
standards and
popular textbooks
Complete
teaching
materials
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Flexibility
Can be used within
popular CMS’s and
repositories.
Customizable by a teacher, a district, or a state.
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Quality
• Media rich
• Editorially rigorous
• Instructionally sound
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Reusing Content
Start with swapped content
Make it your own by integrating your own material
and redesigning the swapped
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Add swapped resources to your existing
course
Enhance course material you already have by adding
material gathered from OER or swapped
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Building, Reusing Content
Speeding up the
process with swapping
and co-development
Delivery
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Editorial
Managed
Development
Team
Engineering
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Design
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An NROC Learning Object
“An assembly of learning media, including text,
graphics, animation, video, audio, simulations,
hyperlinks, and assessments, to present a specific
concept(s) and achieve defined learning objectives.”
Graphics
Text
Documents
Interactive Exercise
Documentary Video
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Newsreel
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Building Blocks for Courses
Learning Objects
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One semester course
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Flexibility
To use Learning Objects
for Different Purposes
Instructor
Presentation
Advanced or
Remedial Study
Lower-Level Course
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Course = set of LOs
Learning Objects assembled in a “player” providing user navigation
Text of narration
Navigation
Topics in the LO
Activities
with the LO
Learning Object
With narration,
And movies
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Transparent Organization
Uniform
course
structure
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Ease Re-Use
Transparent folder structure
enables easier installation,
customization and use
Reuse by removal or integration
of components
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Metadata
Chose and use
metadata standards so
that learning objects
can be cataloged and
searched in various
systems
Example: NROC’s metadata
criteria based on IEEE’s
Learning Object Metadata
(LOM) Standards
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Catalog Number (a product ID number)
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Language
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Keywords
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Coverage (time, culture, geography LO applies)
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Structure (hierarchical)
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Aggregation level (4, course)
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Version (latest version)
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Status (completed or revised)
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format
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size
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location
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requirement
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installation remarks
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other platform requirements
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inter-activity type (mixed)
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learning resource type (a list of types)
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interactivity level (low medium or high)
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semantic density (high)
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intended end-user role (learner)
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cost (to users)
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copyright (actual copyright notice)
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description (short text description)
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Next Steps
Workshop with 40 participants
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Course Swap Meet workshop
TTIX June 4, 2008
Utah Valley State College
Prototype Course Swap launched this summer
Contact Ruth to discuss Swapping Ideas
[email protected]
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