Practical and Pedagogical Issues for Teacher Adoption
of IMS Learning Design Standards in Moodle LMS
Anders Berggren1, Daniel Burgos2, Josep M. Fontana3, Don Hinkelman4,
Vu Hung5, Anthony Hursh6, Ger Tielemans7
Moodle Community Learning Design Book Study Group
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1IKT-Pedagogen E-learning Consultancy Sweden |
2Educational Technology Expertise Centre - OTEC UNFOLD Project Open University Valkenburgerweg, 177 6419 DL Heerlen The Netherlands |
3Facultat
de Traducció i Interpretació La Rambla 30-32 Spain |
4University
of Melbourne |
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5ICT Center for Education Ministry of Education and Training 30/18 Ta Quang Buu - Hanoi Vietnam |
6Department of Educational Psychology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1310 S. Sixth Street, Champaign Illinois 61820 United States of America |
7Het Stedelijk Lyceum Twente University/ELAN Mariëndaal 55 7544 NG Enschede The Netherlands |
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Commentary on: Learning Design: A handbook on modelling and delivering networked education and training. (Koper & Tattersall, 2005)
Abstract: Integrating the specifications and tools for IMS-Learning Design (IMS, 2003) into Moodle (Moodle, 2003), an open-source Learning Management System (LMS), is not just a technological question, but also relates to practical, pedagogical, and philosophical issues. This study documents the discussions and experiments of a team of teachers active in the Moodle community who are concerned with the development of international standards in future versions of Moodle. In the course (Moodle, 2005a) of studying the book, Learning Design (Koper & Tattersall, 2005), participants analysed the implications of integrating the LD specification into Moodle and the operation of various LD tools (CopperCore, Reload) and related tools (LAMS) within the Moodle environment. These differences were then summarized into general implications for future versions of both Moodle and Learning Design. This study concludes that continued, open dialogue between teachers and developers of both LD and Moodle is necessary to achieve transparent integration.
Keywords: Moodle, IMS Learning Design, Integration, Specification, Learning Management System, Open Source
