2004 NMC Summer Conference, Vancouver, BC
Alan Levine
Instructional Technologist
Maricopa Community Colleges
abstract...
The Maricopa Learning eXchange has almost 2 years of experience in building a collection of not only reusable "objects", but also "reusable ideas" and we've learned an important lesson: Building it is easy, filling it is something else. We will share the challenges and strategies used to not only build the collection, but to also expand its usage. In addition, we will share some newly developed features of interest and discuss how others might approach creating similar collections (and the rumored "open-source MLX").
presentation
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topics
- The Teaser- openMLX demo (down the page...)
- What is the MLX?
- Not just a "repository"
- The warehouse, package metaphors [MLX] [What is a Package?]
- Mysteries Revealed! Inside the Maricopa Learning eXchange (NMC Spring 2004 Online Conferemce
- RSS Syndication and Learning Objects - dynamic generated "subsets" of MLX content used in external contexts [MLX Feeds / Syndication] [Feed2JS: Cut and Paste RSS Feeds] [ example]
Syndicating Learning Objects with RSS and Trackback (MERLOT 2003)
Connecting Learning Objects with RSS, Trackback, and Weblogs (NMC Online Conference) - How Used - faculty video interviews [Learning Objects: Believe It or Not!] (EDUCAUSE NLII Focus Session, 2003)
- What is New? Packing Slip redesign [example]
- Loading Dock (package creation screens) [demo] (login required)
- Personal Syndication [web link example] [JavaScript feed display]
- College Syndication [Phoenix College's Teaching and Learning Resources] randomly selected MLX packages contributed from their college.
- Special Collections - URL for dynamic list of groups of packages, with syndication [MLX Special Collections[
- Packages in Multiple Collections
- Example Uses [Civic Engagement Dialogue Day] [Service Learning Projects]
- Building / Incentives
Building an Innovation Collection (with a bit of Competition and Bribery) (League for Innovation, 2003)- Great "Package Race" Incentives [The Race] [Spring 2004 Results]
- Issues: focus on competition? questions of quality? rating system or not?
- Discipline groups creating shared resources: [Nutrition Collection]
- openMLX = MLX learning eXchange! [a rough demo]
- Features (everything that is in the original! search, syndication, collections, Feed2JS)
- Categories rather than "Colleges" as organizing unit (local defined)
- Customizable / shift to full CSS design, local header/footers
- How can you use it?
- The million dollar question... When? (and the layers of details discovered...