Forum .LRN Q&A: Integration of IMS Learning Design with dotLRN, announced in UNFOLD CoP meeting

The work being done about the integration of IMS LD in the Universidad Carlos III was announced in the UNFOLD Communities of Practice meeting in Glasgow [1], where we gave a demo of what we have done, which is the parser for the level A of the spec and the first stage of the player.

The UNFOLD project consists of supporting the adoption of open eLearning standards for
multiple learners and flexible pedagogies, providing public access to public resources about LD, organising face to face meetings and workshops, among other things.

Regards,

Jose Pablo

[1] http://www.unfold-project.net/about_folder/events/cops/glasgowcop/

We have a preview of IMS Learning Design working at:
http://strauss.gast.it.uc3m.es:8020/dotlrn/clubs/test/

As you know [1] this integration consists in importing courses based in IMS-LD standard, making use of the packages in dotLRN such as forums, assessments, etc.

We have developed an IMS-LD importer and player.

This is very similar to LAMS with the difference that instead of using an external system we are developing from scratch a dotLRN package making easier the integration with the rest of dotLRN packages.

We will make a release when we finish polishing some things, anyway, we are working directly in CVS so you can try locally if you want.

Please feel free to try it and send us suggestions and comments.

[1] https://openacs.org/forums/message-view?message_id=301284
http://cvs.openacs.org/cvs/*checkout*/openacs-4/packages/imsld/www/doc/index.html

Very nice. A few thoughts:
- Lors seems broken
- The Learning Units portlet becomes too large when the sequence or the text of the activities is long.
- I wouldn't use a popup window. I recommend using AJAX here. Though right now a standard AJAX package for oacs is missing.

Greetings,
Nima

Thanks for the feedback, Nima.

The LORS(M) packages have to be reviewed since there are some bugs that need to be fixed (we'll try to fix them if we have the time)

The portlet will become something like a javascript tree, that table was done in order to give a live demo in the last UNFOLD CoPs meeting in Berlin.

The popup was the easiest way to implement it. We don't like it either. We plan to do the final UI like the one that is implemented in LORS (but not with frames) but if you have any other idea, please let us know.

BTW, we'll try to use AJAX but our priority is to keep it working with most of the browsers (as you know, many browsers don't support AJAX)

Thanks again and any more feedback is welcome.

Regards