Multimedia authoring tools for computer assisted teaching & learning A concept of a possible project
Key factors The concept is based on a triangle of mutually related models • Pedagogical model -- objectives • Informational model – content • Instrumental model -- technologies
Pedagogical approach •Student’s activity – One gets opportunities for individual and/or group activities in a framework of school studies •Co-operation – Learning activities should be implemented in co-operation between a teacher and students’ team •Teacher’s mission – A teacher has a leading role similar to orchestra conductor’s one. Every student plays own role as a part of a common pedagogical symphony
Environment WWW Nets Mass-media M-A-L Publishers Media-objects Editions
Access to information resources • Open informational environment • Professionally designed and published materials • Learning media objects (E-libraries) – based on school curricula and filled by experts, – equally accessible for every participant of educational process, – open for adding new objects under professional supervising
Environment Professional competencies: Subject, pedagogy, research methods, design, technologies, etc. Expert community
Instrumental aspect • Common modus operandi – A teacher and students use the same methods and common toolkit for developing e-materials. – Common modus operandi guarantees that authoring activity started by one of educational process participants might be continued or edited by another student or other member of a school community • ICT-based tools give an opportunity to modify and enrich traditional pedagogical techniques and improve them towards innovative practices
Hierarchy of e-materials Professional tools Professional courseware developers Teaching methods experts, Authoring tools teachers, trainers Any tools Students
Actions with media objects • Texts: to colour, to hide, to insert, to authorize, to compare, to link with another objects • Images: to zoom, to crop, to mask, to draw, to hide, to label, to compare to link with another objects • Sounds, videos: to set markers, to play clips between preset markers, to include to a playlist for a consecutive performance, to explore in a combination with another medias
Structure of components E-library Media objects Albums ‘Alb’ files Multimedia objects Editors (originals&modified) ‘Edu’ files (e-materials) Assembler ‘Tsk’ files (tasks)
Tasks Expert Tutor Tasks All tools & actions Authoring tools .tsk files Student Tasks Permitted tools Task player & actions .tsk files
Reports Tutor Reports All tools & actions Authoring tools .tsk files Student Reports Permitted tools Task player & actions .tsk files
Traditional model Educational editions Assessment procedures Teacher Students
New look Ready made courseware + authoring tools + media library E-materials Assessment procedures E-materials Portfolio Teacher Students
Experts Development Design and and pedagogical content support Media objects Ready made Media library e-materials E-materials Teacher Students Authoring tools Authoring tools Assessment procedures Interactive teaching and learning
Files including objects Files oriented Files oriented tools tools Objects (MS Office) (MS Office)
Objects Indexes & transformations DB oriented tools DB oriented tools Objects
Objects & commands Indexes & parameters Clients Clients
Internet Subject Oriented Database Courseware Objects & metadata Communications, support f i Authoring toolkit Tools E-library Teachers’ l (for tutors, e- materials Local Software e teachers, etc.) replica tools s f i l Computer assisted Courseware, e-materials e studies tasks for students s
Internet Interactive board School server Teacher’s workstation Classroom management E-materials Media objects Student’s workstation Student’s workstation Authoring toolkit
Teacher’s workstation Student’s workstation Commands Educational software Files exchange Classroom management Voice communications Teacher’s application Student’s terminal Chat Files exchange Local network MS Windows MS Windows
Classroom environment • Teacher’s and students’ work places are equipped with computers linked to a local network. • An access to information resources and displays (interactive board, screen, etc.) is provided to every workstation. • All teachers and students get an access to common set of authoring tools supporting various techniques of active working with miltimedia learning objects.
Internet Updates Downloads School cluster’s Packages E-library Moderator Локальный сервер School #1 School’s replica #1 School #2 School’s replica #2 Коллекция ЦОР Инфотека School collections School cluster of media objects Программные School #N School’s replica #N инструменты
Key components of suggested software solutions • A set of subject oriented e-libraries -common for the cluster • Classroom management software • Authoring toolkit for teachers and students
Cluster t Concept n e solution m S p e o r g f o a t n w t a o M a t y r e p e s School #1 Software School #2 E-library Media Project Authoring School cluster objects School #N
Training and retraining Subject competencies + Subject competencies ICT competencies Subject competencies Special ICT training programs
Training and retraining ICT competencies Subject competencies + + Subject competencies ICT competencies + Subject competencies ICT competencies ICT training modules in a framework of subject retraining
Training and retraining Subject competencies + ICT in subject teaching Interactive learning Subject competencies + + environment ICT in subject teaching Subject competencies + ICT in subject teaching
E-library Subject Courseware Web-site Internet Oriented Database Electronic learning support materials objects metadata updates f i Authoring toolkit Tools E-library Electronic l (for tutors, materials Local Software e teachers, etc.) replica tools s f i l Computer assisted Courseware, e-materials e studies tasks for students s
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