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OUNL EML - Overview
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These contents have been obtained from the OUNL EML documents and edited for presentation. Please refer to the OUNL EML site for additional information on terms of use.
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Scope
The OUNL EML is a notational system developed by the Open University of the Netherlands (OUNL) in the late nineties and intended to describe a wide variety of instructional models (e.g., Competency Based Learning, Problem Based Learning). |
Purpose
This EML is used to describe course material in a generalised and abstract form and almost any kind of pedagogical model can be represented. Once described in EML, these models are able to be interpreted (or ‘played’) by an EML-aware software component (or ‘player’), analogous to the way HTML is interpreted by a browser. A prototype EML player has been used at OUNL for the past couple of years and a production quality player is currently undergoing final field trials. |
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The OUNL EML Information Model was developed by analysing a wide range of pedagogical approaches. This specification tries to capture the pedagogical diversity so designs might involve a single user or multiple users; the learning and instructional designers and providers might take a behaviorist, cognitivist, constructivist, or some other approach; they might require learners to work separately or collaboratively, etc.
The rationale of this specification is that regardless of the pedagogy involved, in practice a learning design specification comes down to: a Method prescribing various Activities for learner and staff Roles in a certain order. Each activity refers to a collection of specific objects and services (called the 'Environment') needed to perform the activity. It takes into account issues such as: |
- the roles of staff and learners in the learning process
- the learning objectives and target group
- the prerequisites of the learners
- other learning characteristics (learning styles, preferences, situational circumstances, etc.)
- the domain of learning (e.g. mathematics is different from cultural sciences)
- the context of learning (distance learning, blended learning, support structure available, library, etc.)
- the assessment of learning
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General Information
Title: “Modeling Units of Study from a Pedagogical Perspective: the pedagogical Meta-model behind EML”
Version: 2.00
Release Date: June 2001
Status: Draft
Editor: Rob Koper
The electronic version is available at the learningnetworks web site. There is an XML binding of the EML v1.0 available in the same site.
This document was prepared by Rob Koper for the IMS Learning Design Group. It is a short summary of the work on pedagogical analysis carried out when OUNL EML was being developed.
On February the 10th 2003, the IMS Learning Design v1.0 Final Specification was approved. As a result of the approval, EML will no longer be updated. |
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These contents have been obtained from the OUNL EML documents and edited for presentation. Please refer to the OUNL EML site for additional information on terms of use.
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The OUNL EML proposal was submitted to the IMS Learning Design working group for the development of the IMS Learning Design specification. This IMS specification represents an integration of the OUNL EML work and existing IMS Specifications.
On February the 10th 2003, the IMS Learning Design v1.0 Final Specification was approved. As a result of the approval, EML will no longer be updated.
The major difference between the OUNL EML and IMS LD is the fact that EML offers constructs to model the content used in learning processes, but IMS LD does not address the modelling content. It recommends the use of XHTML for modelling content. |
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After the result of the approval of the Learning Design v1.0, the OUNL decided to stop the development of EML. Now they continue working in the development of IMS LD.
Currently, the OUNL maintains a web site for discussion about the development of learning technologies. They maintain references to IMS LD development and implementations. |
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