Phillip's Publications

Staff name : 	BEAUVOIR, PHILLIP. Staff identifier : Research groups : A - Learning Technology Group

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RELOAD IMS Content Packaging and Metadata Editor Location : http://www.reload.ac.uk Volume No : Pagination : Year : ISBN/ISSN : URL : http://www.bolton.ac.uk/IEC/Educational%20Software/RELOAD%20Content%20Packagin.aspx DOI : Co-authors : Olivier, B., Liber, O., Cherian, R., Sharples, P. Type : 	Software Output number : 	1 Abstract : RELOAD IMS Content Package and Metadata Editor. IMS Global Learning seeks to resolve barriers to publication and sharing of reusable learning objects by proposing interoperability specifications. These XML documents are too complex for teachers and learning technologists to edit directly. RELOAD enables non-experts to use IMS specifications to create learning objects by facilitating creation of (a) well formed XML, and (b) coherent IMS structures. It is widely accepted as the reference editor for the specifications it supports, and has played a leading role in facilitating their adoption and thereby the production of interoperable eLearning materials. Effectiveness and quality were established through consultation with users from Special Interest Groups run by the national JISC CETIS. RELOAD has been adopted and built on by other projects including IBM, VDEX, HarvestRoad, ADL, and TELCERT. RELOAD was funded by JISC in 2002. Research group : 	Learning Technology Group Field of enquiry : 	Educational software, learning objects Audience/significance : 	Learning content developers, system developers Theory/method : 	software design

RELOAD IMS Learning Design Editor Location : http://www.reload.ac.uk Volume No : Pagination : Year : ISBN/ISSN : URL : http://www.bolton.ac.uk/IEC/Educational%20Software/RELOAD%20Learning%20Design%20Editor.aspx DOI : Co-authors : Olivier, B., Liber, O., Sharples, P., Griffiths, D. Type : 	Software Output number : 	2 Abstract : Courses built in one Virtual Learning Environment (e.g. Blackboard or Moodle) cannot normally be run in a different system, preventing sharing and reducing institutional flexibility. Only learning objects can be exchanged, not activities. IMS Global Learning developed the IMS-LD (Learning Design) specification to resolve this. IMS-LD is a modelling language and interoperability specification which can be used to represent and implement any learning process, and run it in any compliant system. The specification is extensive and expressed in XML. A grant from JISC funded development of the RELOAD IMS-LD Editor which enables teachers and learning technologists to work with this complex specification, by hiding the syntax and handling dependencies. It was the first IMS-LD editor, and is recognised as the reference implementation. It has been used, adopted and extended by many JISC projects, and the European projects UNFOLD, Collage, ProLearn, OpenDock and Planet DR. Research group : 	Learning Technology Group Field of enquiry : 	Educational software, learning activity design Audience/significance : 	Learning designers, system developers Theory/method : 	Software design

PLEX Personal Learning Environment Prototype Location : http://www.reload.ac.uk Volume No : Pagination : Year : ISBN/ISSN : URL : http://www.bolton.ac.uk/IEC/Educational%20Software/PLEX.aspx DOI : Co-authors : Wilson, S., Liber, O., Johnson, M., Sharples, P. Type : 	Software Output number : 	3 Abstract : PLEX was developed within the Personal Learning Environments Reference Model project, funded by JISC in the eLearning Frameworks and Tools Programme. The project introduced the term “Personal Learning Environment”, now widely used in discussions of eLearning. It elaborated the new concept and a domain model, including definition of conceptual boundaries and specification of functionality. This radically new approach required an innovative exemplar implementation to explore the potential of the reference model, and this was the purpose of PLEX. It constitutes a new type of eLearning application, shifting the locus of control to learners, and away from institutions through a peer-to-peer architecture and the aggregation of services. Users are supported in personal organisation and self-maintenance, and in fulfilling social commitments, including those to courses and teachers. PLEX was adopted as a design input to the TENCompetence IST-IP project, and the Manchester VLE Framework. Research group : 	Learning Technology Group Field of enquiry : 	Educational software, Personal Learning Environments Audience/significance : 	Learning technologists, system developers Theory/method : 	Software design

Ten Competence Personal Competence Manager Location : http://www.tencompetence.org Volume No : Pagination : Year : ISBN/ISSN : URL : http://www.bolton.ac.uk/IEC/Educational%20Software/Personal%20Competence%20Manager.aspx DOI : Co-authors : Koper, R., Lemmers, R. Martens, H., Vogten, H., Wilson, S., Sharples, P., Cherian, R. Type : 	Software Output number : 	4 Research group : 	Learning Technology Group Abstract :TENCompetence is a major European Framework 6 integrated research project (IST Programme), researching and implementing a new technological infrastructure for Life Long Learning. At its core is development of a Personal Competence Manager. This transforms the abstract TENCompetence domain model into a new type of application, enabling learners and teachers to unify their informal and formal competence development activity in all parts of their lives. They can, for example, express their goals, network with others, develop and search for and adapt competence profiles, provide learning activities, and develop their competences. The present version provides an expert view with simpler Web versions under development. Beauvoir was lead developer of the software provided to end users. Technical innovation centres on the combination of public and restricted services in a federated architecture for a Personal Learning Environment. The software has been presented in conference keynotes at EADL and ePortfolio. Field of enquiry : 	Educational software, Personal Learning Environments Audience/significance : 	Learning technologists, system developers Theory/method : 	Software design