The D2LLO Project: A Successful Collaborative Project Using Learning Objects Lorna Wong UWWhitewater

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The D2LLO Project A Successful Collaborative
Project Using Learning ObjectsLorna Wong
UW-WhitewaterNicholle Stone UW- Stout

• Merlot Conference, August 2004

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Who we are ..University of Wisconsin System
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Is made up of

• 26 Institutions
• 13 Four Years Campuses
• 13 Freshman-Sophomore campuses
• and UW Extension
• Common systems
• Enterprise SIS
• Enterprise Library
• Enterprise HR
• Enterprise CMS Desire2Learn (D2L)
• LTDC Learning Technology Development Council
• Instructional Technologists from each campus

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Adopting D2L as our CMS

• UWS adopted Desire2Learn as a system wide Course
  Management System
• There is an immediate need to create training
  material for both faculty students
• This offers an excellent opportunity to
  collaborate and share resources among campuses

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JELLO?
no, D2LLO

• D2LLO stands for D2L Learning Objects
• A project inspired by
• The need for generating commonly used training
  material quickly
• The importance for shareable training material
  with flexible formats
• The enthusiasm of a group of dedicated LTDC folks
  to do a real application in learning objects

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Forming the D2LLO group

• 12 instructional technologists from the campuses
  participated
• The ADL-Colab SCO Days conference in Madison on
  June 2003 provided an opportunity to hone
  technical skills, brainstorm and do group
  planning
• UWS sponsored the group to attend the conference
  and supported the ongoing work

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D2LLO Project Goals

• Create learning objects that cover all major
  areas of D2L for faculty Training
• Keep these learning objects small, granular, and
  standards conformant
• Ensure the LOs can easily be incorporated into
  training material of various formats
• Open these learning objects to all D2L trainers
  at UWS or beyond

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D2LLO Process

• Divide the group into 5 teams, each with a lead
  person
• Each responsible for a functional area faculty
  uses
• Each team maps the tasks needed to
  comprehensively understand the function
• Decide on the granularity of each LO to match a
  task
• Communication during the project
• Email
• Conference calls
• F2F work sessions ( 3 times total)
• Spreadsheet for tracking LO mapping and progress

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Collaborative Design Prototype

• A prototype of a learning object was designed
  created as a group effort
• During our SCO Days face-to-face meeting
• A detailed 32 pages step-by-step documentation on
  creating a LO was developed
• key to consistency in the construction of the LOs
• A common D2L course is used for creation
• Key to ensure common look and feel

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D2LLO Repositories Dissemination

• Use D2L as a central repository for LOs
  documentation
• Created a D2L course site at UWS as a testing
  ground
• A website was designed to organize the LOs for
  easy access and distribution

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Project Timeline

• June 2003 - SCO Days
• F2F team meeting to develop prototype
• June-August 2003 refine prototype and
  documentation
• F2F meeting to work through LO development
  process
• August January LOs created and deposited into
  D2L course site and external website
• January 2004 Retreat to finish production
• March June 2004 - Edit and final polish
• Proofreading and editing to flush out
  inconsistency
• Modification and cleanup

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Using the D2LLO Learning Objects

• Incorporated into various training material
• Directly linked to the D2LLO repository website
• Presented as an organized training resource
  inside D2L
• Embedded into the HELP tool in D2L

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Anatomy of a Learning Object
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Anatomy of a Learning Object - behind the scenes

• Detailed specification sheet
• File naming conventions
• Typeface, sizes, use of styles
• Use of colors, logo
• Consistent wording and level of detail in
  captions
• SCORM conformant

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Tools for Creation

• RoboDemo - (now Macromedia)
• Screen captures, animation export, text/image
  export
• Word - (Microsoft Office)
• Editing text/image document
• Dreamweaver (Macromedia)
• Index file, SCORM runtime wrapper, imsmanifest
• WinZip (or OS provided)
• Packaging for import into D2L

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Using RoboDemo

• Screen capture software
• Screenshots
• Mouse movements and clicks
• Captions
• Flash (.swf) output
• Text/image output (Word)

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Using Dreamweaver MX
Index page
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SCORM Runtime Wrapper(extension)
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IMS Manifest
Edit XML file directly in Dreamweaver
Project documentation guidelines
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Packaging, Importing

• Compressed to Zip format
• Import into D2L, unpackaged as a content topic
  with title
• Use D2L files area as repository

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Tool/File Integration
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Why this Format?

• Flexibility
• Suit multiple learning styles
• Greater accessibility of formats to audience

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Our Challenges

• The steps involved in the creation of each LO are
  rather complex
• Each participant faces an overload of duties,
  including conversion of previous CMS to D2L on
  each campus
• D2L released new version and major patches during
  the year
• Participants need to relearn the platform
• LOs need to be modified

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Accomplishments

• Created 150 LOs on 5 major functional areas for
  faculty training
• Learned new skills on the tools and understanding
  of LO and SCOs
• The LOs was a welcome training supplement within
  the UW campuses and other institutions
• This LO concept is adopted by the vendor as a
  model for building its own learning community
  resources

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Lessons Learned

• The project was too labor intensive for the
  already overloaded instructional technologists
• started with 12 participants, only 6 active
  members left
• Incentive can keep interest
• Stipend help to sustain the group
• Keeping consistency and organization of an
  end-product created by a diverse group of authors
  is not trivial

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D2LLO - Editing Phase

• Single editor (multiple authors)
• Check for consistency
• Styles
• Caption wording

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Next Steps

• Phase 2 learning objects for student tasks
• Updates as new versions are released
• SCORM 2004 Tracking Sequencing
• Updates to documentation as SCORM changes
• How do we deal with the next phase?
• Hire students
• Collaborate with other institutions
• Continue with the SWAT team approach
• How do we evaluate and assess the usage of these
  LOs ?

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The Active People in D2LLO

• Cheryl Diermyer Whitewater
• Pat Fellows UW-Colleges (co-ordinator)
• Cid Freitag Madison
• Molly Immendorf Extension
• Kathy Konicek Madison
• Sherri Post Stout (documentation)
• Nicholle Stone Stout (technical testing)
• Simone Vuong UW-Colleges (editor)
• Lorna Wong Whitewater (coordinator, website
  manager)
• A Collaborative LTDC group at UW System campuses

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More Examples

• How to add a link in the NavBar
• How to Add a Discussion Topic
• Adding Feedback to students in the Dropbox
• Setting up Quiz Layout questions

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Questions?
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Contact us

• Lorna Wong wongl_at_uww.edu
• Nicholle Stone stonen_at_uwstout.edu
• D2LLO website- http//www.uww.edu/d2l/
• This presentation will be available at
• http//ltc.uww.edu/merlot/d2llo.ppt

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