Composing Your Learning Environment

Warwick Bailey, Director

Icodeon Ltd

Cambridge, UK

Composing Your Learning Environment

Cloud computing based services

Plug-ins to existing VLEs

Widgets, Syndication, Mash-Ups

Composing Your Learning Environment

Cloud computing based services

Plug-ins to existing VLEs

• Using HTTP Get/Post, browser frames/windows

• Using IMS Basic LTI, browser frames/windows

Widgets, Syndication, Mash-Ups

• Using Icodeon Common Cartridge Platform API

Composing Your Learning Environment

Cloud computing based services

Plug-ins to existing VLEs

• Using HTTP Get/Post, browser frames/windows

• Using IMS Basic LTI, browser frames/windows

Widgets, Syndication, Mash-Ups

• Using Icodeon Common Cartridge Platform API

Plug-ins to existing VLEs: Using HTTP Get/Post, browser frames/windows

Main VLE WindowMain VLE Window

Child Window for ToolChild Window for Tool

• VLE and tool/plug-In agree on URL parameters

• VLE launches tool/plug-in with HTTP GET or POST request

HTTP GET or POST

Plug-ins to existing VLEs: Using HTTP Get/Post, browser frames/windows

HTTP GET or POST

Corporate Training, K12 and Higher Education sectors

Plug-ins to existing VLEs: Using HTTP Get/Post, browser frames/windows

Composing Your Learning Environment

Cloud computing based services

Plug-ins to existing VLEs

• Using HTTP Get/Post, browser frames/windows

• Using IMS Basic LTI, browser frames/windows

Widgets, Syndication, Mash-Ups

• Using Icodeon Common Cartridge Platform API

Plug-ins to existing VLEs: Using IMS Basic LTI, browser frames/windows

Main VLE WindowMain VLE Window

Child Window for ToolChild Window for Tool

• VLE and tool/plug-In agree on Basic Learning Tools Interoperability and public/private keys

• VLE launches tool/plug-in with Basic LTI Launch

IMS Basic LTI

European School Net: Learning Resource Exchange

Plug-ins to existing VLEs: Using IMS Basic LTI, browser frames/windows

Plug-ins to existing VLEs: Using IMS Basic LTI, browser frames/windows

IMS Basic LTI

Composing Your Learning Environment

Cloud computing based services

Plug-ins to existing VLEs

• Using HTTP Get/Post, browser frames/windows

• Using IMS Basic LTI, browser frames/windows

Widgets, Syndication

• Using Icodeon Common Cartridge Platform API

Widgets, Syndication: Using Icodeon Common Cartridge Platform API

Browser WindowBrowser Window

Web Page

Single web page built by consuming content from web services

HTTP GET or POST with API Key

Widgets, Syndication: Using Icodeon Common Cartridge Platform API

News feed

Videos

Map Mashup

Embedded QTI Assessment Widget

HTTP GET or POST with API Key

…select, mix, match, mash-up, embed…Common Cartridge resources with blogs, wikis, social networking sites…

Widgets, Syndication: Using Icodeon Common Cartridge Platform API

Widgets, Syndication: Like YouTube

Widgets, Syndication,Mash Ups: Embedding Content

Content in Common Cartridge usually deployed to VLEs.... ... embedded seamlessly into

a “normal” web page

HTTP GET or POST with API Key

Widgets, Syndication: Embedding QTI Assessments in Organic Chemistry

QTI Assessment in Common Cartridge from Pearson Education usually deployed to VLEs....

... embedded seamlessly into a “normal” web page

HTTP GET or POST with API Key

Widgets, Syndication: Embedding Links to Secure eBook Web Applications

Secure launch of an eBook linked into a Common Cartridge from Pearson Education usually deployed to VLEs....

... embedded seamlessly into a “normal” web page

HTTP GET or POST with API Key and IMS Basic LTI

Icodeon Common Cartridge Web Services Platform

Platform URL Language

Platform URL Language enables simple HTTP POST or Get requests to be made to the web services platform:

http://{host}/cartridges/{cartridge}/items/{item}/~first.json

http://{host}/cartridges/{cartridge}/items/{item}/~first.xml

http://{host}/cartridges/{cartridge}/items/{item}/~first/image.gif

Icodeon Common Cartridge Web Services Platform

Apps, Blogs, Wikis, Widgets, Feeds. Mash-Ups…

+ VLE ?

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Composing Your Learning Environment

Warwick Bailey, Director

Icodeon Ltd

Cambridge, UK

Thank you.