Using Learning Design

for Innovative eTeaching

James Dalziel

Professor of Learning Technology &

Director, Macquarie E-Learning Centre Of Excellence (MELCOE)

Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

james@melcoe.mq.edu.au

www.melcoe.mq.edu.au

Presentation for ALTC National Teaching Fellowship

Recorded Version of Mid 2012 National Workshops

Overview

• Part 1: What is Learning Design?

• **Part 2: LAMS case study

• Part 3: Current Issues in Learning Design

Acknowledgement: ALTC National Teaching Fellowship

Support for this activity has been provided by the Australian Government Office for

Learning and Teaching. The views expressed in this activity do not necessarily reflect the

views of the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching.

Vittorio Sciosia CC http://www.flickr.com/photos/7504140@N04/472279792/

Some LAMS history

• In 2001, we had a vision of a new approach to e-learning

technology where educators could create “sequences” of activities

for students to work through step by step

– Using a range of content and collaboration tools

• Most importantly, the created sequences would be shareable, so if

one educator creates a great sequence of activities, this can be

used (and adapted) by other educators

– Hoped to create a community of educators sharing good ideas

– Through educator-led innovation and sharing, we’d develop a library

of great “teaching ideas”

– The ultimate goals was not a new e-learning system, but a new

approach to sharing

Some LAMS history

• We created “LAMS” (Learning Activity Management system) to

realise this vision

– Together with the online LAMS community for sharing

– LAMS is freely available as open source software

• LAMS can be used on its own, or integrated with other systems,

such as LMSs like Moodle and Blackboard

• LAMS is now used by thousands of educators in 80+ countries and

translated into 32 languages

– LAMS community has 7700 members and 1050 shared sequences as

at mid 2012

Predict – Observe – Explain: Content example

Predict – Observe – Explain: Content example

Predict – Observe – Explain: Preview (student view) of Content Example

Predict – Observe – Explain: Template

Open in LessonLAMS: Sign up (or Login)

LessonLAMS showing copy of Template in your account

LessonLAMS – Simple Editor for content editing, including advice

LessonLAMS – Full Author: Change anything about template

LessonLAMS.com – Teacher Monitoring Interface

Sequence URL & code for student self-registration: Add to any web page

LAMS Community – Repository Summary

Predict – Observe – Explain Template

Using Predict – Observe – Explain template for other topics

LAMS Resources

• To try out LAMS, visit

http://www.lessonlams.com/

• For general information (and links to other sites), see

http://www.lamsfoundation.org/

• For teacher user guides & animated walkthroughs, see

http://wiki.lamsfoundation.org/display/lamsdocs/Home

• For all technical details, see

http://wiki.lamsfoundation.org/display/lams/Home