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Jumping into
the e‐Learning world: from
inception to implementation
Carlos Kiyan, MD
SCART
Since
2003,
the
Institute
of
Tropical
Medicine
in
Antwerp
(ITMA)
organises
each
summer
the
Short
Course
on
Antiretroviral
Therapy
(SCART),
a
training
on
antiretroviral
therapy
and
clinical
management
of
HIV
infection
for
more
than
40
physicians
every
year
working
in
resource‐poor
countries
SCART
• During 3 weeks training physicians get updated
in ART administration and in comprehensive care of people with HIV
Demographics of SCART participants (2003‐2005)
Demographics
49
22,4
12,2
2
12,2
32,7
24,5
12,2
2
28,6
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Africa Asia SouthAmerica
NorthAmerica
Europe
Per
cent
age
WorkingOrigin
http://telemedicine.http://telemedicine.itgitg.be.be
To provide continuous medical education in the field of HIV/AIDS for doctors following SCART, it has been set up a discussion forum on a medical web site (http://telemedicine.itg.be), supporting and guiding medical decision making and management of difficult clinical cases
eSCART
• As a result of limitation in ITMA training capacity (time and space) and lack of scholarships only 45 physicians can be admitted to the SCART training every year and therefore many applications have to
be refused• eSCART: the distance learning course content is
structured into 17 different topics, elaborated into the contest of a problem based approach
• Each topic is divided into three levels of difficulty: basic knowledge, medium, and advanced‐continuous
medical education (CME)
Open source listed at UNESCO http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_freesoftware//Software/Courseware_Tools/index.shtml
Selection criteria for Open Source LMSs
• high scores of appreciation• high number of people voting
• support of the SCORM standard
• possible installation in Window Server 2000 or 2003 (using Apache, MySQL, and Php
for
Windows, and not necessarily in LINUX)
Tools comparing Commercial and Open source http://www.edutools.info/index.jsp?pj=1
Tools comparing Commercial and Open source http://www.marshall.edu/it/cit/webct/compare/comparison.html
List LMS*
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_Management_System
Option Buying Commercial Tool Open Source Price High Cost less Support Support from the commercial
companies Support from IT, universities and other organizations using the tool
Help Desk time of response
Quick; you have the control Quick; you have the control
Can be tailored It is related to the kind of changes and budget investment
Help on discussion forum from the organizations supporting the tool development
Support the SCORM 1.2 standard
Microsoft Class Server Blackboard WebCT
Moodle Dokeos ATutor
Support SCORM 1.3 Blackboard WebCT
Moodle
Modifiable to have a more suitable Institutional web interface
Yes Yes
See the contents and track and record the results of the interaction between material and students
Blackboard WebCT Class Server
Moodle Dokeos ATutor
Comparative table
SCORM, for one of the following reasons
PortabilityAbility to deploy content in any SCORM conformant Learning
Management System.
ReusabilityAbility to search and retrieve content objects, including
lessons, modules, exercises, activities, media, etc. and reuse
them.
Data trackingAbility to track data about the learner and the learner’s
experience including scores, time, comments, etc.
SequencingAbility to combine content objects to achieve sequencing or
branching strategies.
Table available at: http://www.adlnet.org/scorm/articles/3.cfm
Where to check SCORM compatibility?
Open UK Support to Moodle
Conclusions
• Moodle
best option– Customizable by programming staff
– Flexible for the instructor and developer – Supported by programmers world‐wide
– Supports SCORM 1.3
Acknowledgments
• Maria Zolfo, Verena
Renggli, Inge
de Waard, Lut Lynen, for their support
• This project is supported by the Belgian Directory General of Development Cooperation
