EduTek n Social Media Advisor

Curated Content on Educational Technology and Social Media Marketing

My curated content on Educational Technology and Social Media Marketing can be accessed by clicking the following links.

• Educational Technology
• Social Media Marketing

My Webslides on eLearning and other Topics

I had already mentioned in one of my earlier blog posts titled ‘Convert RSS Feeds and Bookmarks to Webslides’ about bookmarking and creating Webslides using Diigo.

Here are some of the webslides I’ve created on following topics.

·         eLearning

·         Higher Education

·         Learning and Technology

·         Social Media Marketing

 

Do keep visiting and viewing the webslides as I shall be updating them.

Future of eLearning Content

Now that spec 1.00 is ready for Tin Can API, as I had said
earlier in my blog posts,(titled New eLearning Specification, ADL & AICC Collaborate to Merge Tin Can & CMI-5) not merely LMS developers but Content  Developers /Information Developers,
Instructional Designers have to take note of this arrival and design the course
in such a way that highly engaging, immersive learning environment is offered
to learners as the new standard enables you to capture learning activities
beyond LMS.

Hence content, highly relevant to context must be developed.

The following slideshow by Rustici Software suggests
various ways of realizing this.

Tin Can NY EdTech 2/26/13 - Megan Bowe from Rustici Software

ADL & AICC Collaborate to Merge Tin Can & CMI-5

I had already mentioned about Tin Can, the new eLearning specification in my earlier blog posts titled

• ·         New eLearning Specification
• ·         Impact of New eLearning Specification

In this blog post, we shall find that it has been chosen to merge with AICC’s CMI-5  ( CMI-5 is the next generation eLearning interoperability specification being developed to replace existing AICC & SCORM specifications)

Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) and Aviation Industry Computer-Based-Training Committee (AICC) have decided to merge ADL’s Tin Can efforts with AICC’s CMI-5 (Computer Managed Instruction) efforts.

Tin Can is initial phase of the research efforts of ADL known as Training and Learning Architecture (TLA).

According to ADL, ‘The TLA will provide learners with richer and more innovative learning experiences. TLA component capabilities will include experience tracking, content brokering, content “understanding,” learner profiles, and competency networks. ‘

‘One of the principal goals for the Experience API is to capture detailed data from simulations. AICC and ADL will work together to develop robust extensions of the Experience API to capture and record flight simulation data that is crucial to effectively train the aviation and military communities’

Therefore instead of creating a separate specification, AICC will leverage the Experience API as the run-time communication protocol for it’s the next generation of CMI systems.

The learning community can thus focus on one standard that will enable it to record both formal and informal learning activities that take place anywhere (online /offline).

 

 

Convert RSS Feeds and Bookmarks to Webslides

Diigo now enables you to convert your RSS feeds and Bookmarks to webslides that can be embedded on any web page.

The following video suggests how it can be done.

 

Do share the URL of the webslides you’ve created.

My Recent Scoops on Educational Technology and Social Media Marketing

 

The recent scoops I have curated on the topics ‘Educational Technology’ and ‘Social Media Marketing’ can be viewed below:

 

 

 

 

You can also view them by clicking the following hyperlinks:

EduTek

SMMarketing

Timeline of my Awards

Hi All,

I thought I’ll start this year’s blogging by sharing the ‘Timeline of my Awards’ that is given below.

   

I know there is still a long way to go and I wish you all a great year 2013 ahead!

Best Citizens of India Award

Hi, I am glad to share with you that I have been conferred with ‘Best Citizens of India Award’ for 2012 by The International Publishing House, the world’s most leading biographical specialists.

Impact of New eLearning Specification

I had already mentioned about the new eLearning Specification, Tin Can API / Experience API in my blog post titled ‘New eLearning Specification’

The new eLearning specification is here to stay.

What does it do?

The new specification enables you to record and access all learning activities that take place within and beyond LMS. The following figures illustrate the above phenomenon. 

Source : http://bit.ly/TSdiMd

Source: http://bit.ly/UySvfd

Hence eLearning vendors, Instructional Designers and people who demand eLearning programs such as Universities and Corporate Sectors have to take notice of this new standard so that all learning activities are recorded and accessed.

I normally play multi-role activities as far as ELearning projects are concerned.  Apart from advising /consulting, I also act as ID, SME if the content falls under the expertise of my domain areas, coordinate with clients, motivate the team and finally review the content.  Till now I had not taken special notice of SCORM, as its boundary is restricted to LMS that is already taken care of by LMS and Authoring and Interactive Tool Vendors.

But now you cannot remain so.

Since Tin Can API lets you access all learning activities including and beyond LMS, one has to design the course so that relevant learning experiences take place beyond LMS.

When the result of these learning activities is captured, we will be having access to vast data leading to educational and learning analytics.

The educational analytics will let the Institutions identify which courses /training programs are popular and why? The learning analytics will let you identify how different learners prefer the various activities of the course, which activities enhance the retention and improve the performance.

Hence while offering instruction, one can even try to design them according to learners’ preference, so that ultimate goal of education, making the learner perform to his maximum capabilities through activities that are interesting and interactive are realized.

Hence I feel, even people who offer MOOCs (Massive Open Online Programs) have to take notice of this new standard so that learner’s experience can be captured and their effectiveness tested.

 

My thoughts on Integrated System of Universities

The idea proposed in the 6th week of the course ‘CFHE12’, where Universities and Corporate Sectors collaborate and offer courses is an excellent one.

I had already mentioned this during one of my workshops titled ‘Workshop on Curriculum Designing and Evaluation for Autonomous Colleges’ that some of the courses be designed by consulting industry experts.

As the output from the Universities goes to industries /corporate sectors, it is better if we incorporate the ‘Integrated System of Hr.Education’ as follows:

• While designing Curriculum: Industry / Corporate Sector / Independent Experts must be consulted so that students can be absorbed by Corporate Sector. For e.g. while designing the courses for B.Ed /M.Ed the usage of Educational Technology in offering online / social media learning can be explored. The basics of Instructional Designing can be taught so that students learn to apply the learning theories while designing various courses for online education.

• While teaching: Experts from Industry / Corporate Sector can be brought in so that latest happenings related to the subject can be taught. For e.g. while teaching ‘Marketing’ in Management Courses, the entire gamut of Digital /Social Media Marketing can be taught by concerned experts in the field.

• Learning of course can happen in blended mode where individual attention to deserving candidates can be provided by instructor.

• Finally assessment must be so designed to test the proper understanding of concepts along with encouragement for students to utilize the higher order cognitive skills. This can also be achieved by the combined effort of academics and industry experts.

Finally the data from various sources can be analyzed so that the best possible way of instruction can be offered. With the entry of Tin Can, considered as the latest standard of SCORM, learning anywhere can be captured and recorded in LRS (Learning Record Store) and hence information from learning analytics and education analytics can be  utilized effectively to suggest the best possible design for instruction with the combined effort of Academics and Corporate /Industry experts.

I request the Academics / Experts to share your thoughts on this so that the readers of this blog post can be benefitted.