Index: openacs-4/packages/imsld/www/doc/xmlfiles/imsld-short-intro.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/imsld/www/doc/xmlfiles/imsld-short-intro.xml,v diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2 --- openacs-4/packages/imsld/www/doc/xmlfiles/imsld-short-intro.xml 27 Jun 2005 11:34:37 -0000 1.1 +++ openacs-4/packages/imsld/www/doc/xmlfiles/imsld-short-intro.xml 30 Jun 2005 10:31:51 -0000 1.2 @@ -2,28 +2,28 @@
- Very Short Introduction to IMS LD + Before Starting: IMS Learning Design
- IMS Learning Design (very short introduction) + IMS Learning Design (short introduction) - IMS Learning Design (from now on referred as IMS LD) is a + IMS Learning Design (from now on referred as IMS-LD) is a specification done by the IMS Global Learning Consortium. It is an XML-based description for e-learning. It provides a global framework for including the description of different pedagogical and methodological - learning models. Therefore IMS LD is independent from a concrete pedagogy + learning models. Therefore IMS-LD is independent from a concrete pedagogy or methodology. - The XML file that is compliant with IMS LD specifies a set of + The XML file that is compliant with IMS-LD specifies a set of learning activities (which are usually related to a set of resources and services) and who and when can do these activities and with which conditions. Therefore, it establishes a sequencing of activities for each - role. IMS LD is in principle independent from IMS Content Packaging (IMS CP), so it can be used without IMS CP. - Nevertheless, the most common case is to insert the IMS LD file inside the + Nevertheless, the most common case is to insert the IMS-LD file inside the organizations element of an IMS CP and the result is called "unit of - learning". A unit of learning, as defined in the IMS LD specification, is + learning". A unit of learning, as defined in the IMS-LD specification, is an abstract term used to refer to any delimited piece of education or training, such as a course, a module, a lesson, etc. In this specification, the terms unit of learning and course are used to represent @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ learning design is a description of a learning method used to achieve certain goals (learning objectives), and a unit of learning is the result of packaging a learning design (for example using IMS CP). There are some - other terms introduced by IMS LD that need to be defined, which are + other terms introduced by IMS-LD that need to be defined, which are briefly explained bellow: @@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ professors, teaching assisstants, tutors, etc. .LRN. in fact, has defined predefined roles, so the sutdent role will be linked to the Learner one and the proffessor, teaching assisstant, etc. can be - mapped to the IMS LD corresponding ones. When there is no an exact + mapped to the IMS-LD corresponding ones. When there is no an exact correspondence, then we will create new .LRN subgroups that match with - the IMS LD roles. + the IMS-LD roles. @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Play A play has a set of acts. Each act is not executed until the previous one has been executed. Therefore, it can be viewed as a sequence of acts. A play finishes - when all its acts has finished + when all its acts has finished @@ -136,13 +136,13 @@ personalization facilities in the learning design. By these way, for example is possible to take decissions taken into account the user profile, assessments done by the student, selections of the students - during the course, etc. + during the course, etc. Notification. Allows to send messages between roles or to assign new learning or support activities - to roles based on certain events. When integrating IMS LD with .LRN, + to roles based on certain events. When integrating IMS-LD with .LRN, we take advantage of this capability in order to send messages between the system's components. This can only be done if .LRN is fully aware of the learner status inside the course. @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
Levels A, B and C - There are tree levels of complaint in the IMS LD + There are tree levels of complaint in the IMS-LD specification: @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ - There is a There is a IMS Learning Design XML Binding document, where you can find detailed information about how each one of the elements described above is mapped