Tenegen P3 Capdm

Ken Currie

CAPDM Limited

Edinburgh, UK

P3 – CAPDM Ltd.

TEGENGEN Start-up MeetingGödöllö

13th November 2008

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Introduction

• We are experts in XML, semantic mark-up, information architectures & management, and e-publishing.

• CAPDM helps education providers develop global businesses in education. This means:

– Custom programme and blended product design.– Single source publishing and knowledge management.– Delivery worldwide in all media (including accessible formats) and any VLE.

• We work across the entire flexible learning spectrum:

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Named after a Model

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Customer Case: EBS eMBA

Edinburgh Business School eMBA programme

– Europe’s largest distance learning MBA programme. – The world's most international MBA programme by volume. – 10,000 successful MBA graduates from 150 countries. – Twice awarded the Queen's Award for Export Achievement. – Over 50% of Fortune 100 companies have students on this

MBA.– 4,400 study hours; English, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic. – 800 different deliverables for 37 released courses in print and

online.– 20 million words of English; 8,000 multi-lingual vector diagrams

and sundry other media objects.– 12 year unbroken record of coordinated XML single source

publishing and update management.

– Has earned over £120 million– Now on its third VLE – but not a single character has had to

change to accommodate these moves!

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Domains of Content

• Integrate all kinds of content into a managed domain– Each bit of content can know about any other

• produce highly linked & integrated outputs• Include diagrams & other media objects

– Integrate the processes and systems– Include processes for designing, authoring,

producing, validating, updating, access & delivery• Content creation, updating & management on

an institutional footing– Single source publishing = ‘gold’ masters

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Learning Environments

• Rich content development with an information architecture offers an agnostic approach to VLEs– Deliver into any VLE

• VLEs are transient technologies: content is high-value and of long lifetime– Deliver into the VLE (or VLEs)– Do not develop within, or for, the VLE– Develop learning content to match the need, not the

technology– Many universities are now on their 2nd or 3rd generation VLE

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Changing publishing workflows:XML based publishing

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Digital Repositories

• “The ‘e-Government Agenda’ in the UK, the DFES e-Learning strategy and the wider European Union context seeks to embrace and maximise consistent creation and delivery, use and reuse …”Source: JISC

• This requires standards for interoperability and a semantically rich mark-up – XML + DTD(s) – Designs, formal structures, consistent outputs, etc.

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Semantic mark-up in XML

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The EBS domain is based on an information architecture

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Beliefs

• Also cynical about e-learning• Big believer in good pedagogical designs

and good content• A computer scientist for 35 years but

never influenced by the technology– ‘Fitness for purpose’

• Web 2.0? Some doubts• Semantic Web? To be exploited (SLE)

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Programme design - onion

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Learning Objectives

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Example content synergy:Interactivity spectrum

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It’s an age thing!

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Emacs -> XML

• “Change by increment”– Emacs has worked for me in the past– Will XML work for the future?

• My _emacs file:– ; Author: Ken Currie (efrkwc@efrd4c1); Created: Tue Mar 10 10:23:53 1987; Updated: Tue Nov 7 16:28:14 1989

;; Scroll line to top of window(defun scroll-line-to-top-of-window () …

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Vannevar Bush: Memex 1945

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1. Static HTML with hyperlinks

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2. Static HTML with local interaction

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3. Working with the text

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4. Digital workbook integration

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5. Reusable learning objects

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6. Integration with competency frameworks

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In fact, a complete Managed Learning Environment

JISC derived diagram illustrating 3 core components to a

managed learning environment

Integrated production, delivery and administration components make for a Managed Learning Environment, better quality, and more efficient operations

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