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| James Dalziel E-learning Centre of Excellence Macquarie University |
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| Intended audience | This half day workshop is open to all conference attendees. It will provide a simple, non-technical introduction to the concept of Learning Design and the Learning Activity Management System (LAMS) software system. Attendees should have general familiarity with current developments in e-learning and using a web browser, but are not required to have any specialist knowledge. |
| Facilitator | James Dalziel, BA (Hons), PhD, Grad Cert Higher Education is Professor of Learning Technology and Director, Macquarie E-learning Centre of Excellence (MELCOE). James has led the development of the Learning Activity Management System, now based at the Macquarie E-learning Centre of Excellence (MELCOE). James is involved in the implementation of IMS Learning Design through his role in the Valkenburg EML/Learning Design implementation group, and his involvement in IMS. James is regular speaker at e-learning conferences, and is able to translate difficult concepts (such as e-learning standards) into easily understood everyday language. |
| Details of activities | This workshop will introduce participants to the concept of Learning Design. It will describe key concepts in Learning Design, and compare these with other models of e-learning, including the relationship of the IMS Learning Design specification to other e-learning standards/specifications, and to the work of related projects such as the UK Open University SoURCE project, and the AUTC Learning Design project.
The Learning Activity Management System (LAMS) is one of the world's first implementations of the Learning Design approach, and the system will be discussed and demonstrated as part of this workshop. The current state of LAMS as an IMS Learning Design "inspired" system (rather than a reference implementation) will be discussed. The workshop will provide opportunities for authoring and running LAMS sequences with participants to provide experience in creating, adapting and running Learning Designs. This will include opportunities for participants to create their own designs, and then to run these with other workshop participants. This workshop provides an ideal context for demonstrating the collaborative, multi-learner nature of LAMS sequences. During the process of building and testing sequences, issues such as pedagogical structures, synchronous/asynchronous activities, and lab/distance environments will be considered in terms of both LAMS construction and more general pedagogical and theoretical principles. In particular, participants will be encouraged to reflect on the ways that their concepts of teaching are affected by the LAMS framework, and examples of experiences from pilot studies with teachers will be presented to illustrate the ways in which LAMS has a deep impact on users beyond simple technical construction skills. Student experiences from pilot studies will also be reviewed and discussed.
Participants in this workshop will be offered access to a free LAMS account for limited personal use for a period of up to two months after this workshop to assist them in continuing to develop sequences based on their experiences in this session, and in sharing/running sequences with other workshop participants. Further details of this offer will be discussed at the workshop. |
| References | Dalziel, J. (2003). Implementing learning design: The learning activity management system (LAMS). In Interact, Integrate, Impact. (pp.593-596). Proceedings ASCILITE 2003, Adelaide, 7-10 December.
http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/adelaide03/docs/pdf/593.pdf
LAMS: Learning Activity Management System. http://www.lamsinternational.com/ LAMS: Learning Activity Management System. Frequently asked questions. [view for updates relevant to this workshop] http://www.lamsinternational.com/faq/index.html |