1. Toward the Cloud - Teaching and Learning
Software Using Standards
Dr. Charles Severance
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Michigan School of Information
www.dr-chuck.com
http://www.slideshare.net/csev

2. Case Study: Amanda Severance
• Senior in Special Education
• Technology in the Classroom
Curse
• Eleven different accounts
• Setup required technical support
2:35

3. Case Study: Amanda Severance
• Senior in Special Education
• Technology in the Classroom
Curse
• Eleven different accounts
• Setup required technical support
2:35

4. LEARNING
TOOL OR
CONTENT
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauradye/4917754427/

5. A Bit of Personal History...

6. 1995 http://www.vimeo.com/4275919

8. Sync-O-Matic
www.syncomat.com
1997

9. Title: Using Asynchronous, Web-based,
Video to Humanize Distance Education
1998

10. 1999 http://www-personal.umich.edu/~csev/csev/projects/cb2k/index.htm

11. 2001 http://bit.ly/gGQ1e7

12. 2003

13. 2003

14. 2004

15. Dr. Chuck Travel 2004-2006

16. 2006

17. 2006

18. 2006

19. Cat Herding
2007
Ant Farm

20. Self-Service Exit Interview
Bring enterprise-level open source LMS into the Market
Collect bright worldwide developer community and achieve
sufficient adoption for sustainability
Enable the rapid creation of new tools
2007
Create a "Learning Tool App Store"
Empower teachers to write, share and use lots of tools

21. Self-Service Exit Interview
Bring enterprise-level open source LMS into the Market
Collect bright worldwide developer community and achieve
sufficient adoption for sustainability
Enable the rapid creation of new tools
2007
Create a "Learning Tool App Store"
Empower teachers to write, share and use lots of tools

22. Self-Service Exit Interview
Bring enterprise-level open source LMS into the Market
Collect bright worldwide developer community and achieve
sufficient adoption for sustainability
Enable the rapid creation of new tools
2007
Create a "Learning Tool App Store"
Empower teachers to write, share and use lots of tools

23. Self-Service Exit Interview
Bring enterprise-level open source LMS into the Market
Collect bright worldwide developer community and achieve
sufficient adoption for sustainability
X Enable the rapid creation of new tools
2007
Create a "Learning Tool App Store"
Empower teachers to write, share and use lots of tools

24. Self-Service Exit Interview
Bring enterprise-level open source LMS into the Market
Collect bright worldwide developer community and achieve
sufficient adoption for sustainability
X Enable the rapid creation of new tools
2007
X Create a "Learning Tool App Store"
Empower teachers to write, share and use lots of tools

25. Self-Service Exit Interview
Bring enterprise-level open source LMS into the Market
Collect bright worldwide developer community and achieve
sufficient adoption for sustainability
X Enable the rapid creation of new tools
2007
X Create a "Learning Tool App Store"
X Empower teachers to write, share and use lots of tools

26. 2007-2008

27. Teach
Relax
Reflect
Recharge
2007-2008

28. 2007

30. Tools
Commercial Interoperability
Common Publishers
Cartridge
LMS
Open Source
Standards
2008
www.imsglobal.org

32. The end of the LMS
as we know it....

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42. Early Work on
Standards
• IMS Learning Tools Interoperability
• Lots of convincing and cajoling (and beer)
• Sakai, Blackboard, Moodle, ...
2009 http://www.vimeo.com/7825070 1:47

43. 2010

44. 2010

45. Joseph Berkovitz
<info@noteflight.com>
www.noteflight.com
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46. Joseph Berkovitz
<info@noteflight.com>
www.noteflight.com
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47. Joseph Berkovitz
<info@noteflight.com>
www.noteflight.com
4:38 http://videos.noteflight.com/MoodleBasicLTI.mov

48. Enagaging open source, creating
standards, engaging propretary vendors,
evangelizing ideas, doing demos, all are
important activities...

49. Enagaging open source, creating
standards, engaging propretary vendors,
evangelizing ideas, doing demos, all are
important activities...
my long-term goal is to empower
teachers and learners as to how they
select, use and expand, technology to
help themselves teach and learn...

51. 2004
1995 2008
2011
1997

53. App Store for Learning Applications

54. Thank You
Dr. Charles Severance
University of Michigan School of Information
www.dr-chuck.com