Converting Content to Reusable Learning Objects Adaptable to User Preferences and Infrastructure
Abstract: e-SCHEMA, generating e-MINDMAPS, does not guarantee the reusability of the learning content, nor the interopera-bility of the MINDMAP course modules. A new solution based on the “conceptual model of content object” was developed by decomposing the learning content into small chunks, placed in a hierarchic structure of units and blocks. The raw content components, being the atomic learning objects (ALO), were linked to them. All the content components have been put in the database. We developed a system assembling the source content components into a learning object (LO), taking into account the requirements set by the international standards. An object-class diagram and system architecture and a first prototype was developed. As a result, the learning content is becoming re-usable. First, based on the same source content the user can make a selection of blocks, second more LOs are using the same content in another layout fitting the users preference, and the third option is similar to the second but fitting the device of the user.
Presider: Pawan Jain, Fort Hays State University