Content Management for E-Learning

From the shift to learner-centered education to the sharing of online resources among colleges and universities, virtual learning has brought sweeping change to the educational experience. New information and communication technologies are bringing fresh challenges in terms of organizing and delivering content-particularly with the advent of Web 2.0 and the ability of learners to author their own content. Accordingly, many educators, departments, and institutions are unsure how best to commit the large amounts of money, time, and resources that go into such an upgrade. Content Management for E-Learning offers thorough coverage of the conceptual, technical, pedagogical, and budgetary issues for readers first grappling with the new concepts of information competence as well as those at schools already involved in new technologies and seeking improvements to their current systems. Chapters provide a theoretical and practical framework for effectively providing access to resources, matching content management to knowledge management, and more, including these key features: . An overview of the widely-used Learning Content Management System. . Case studies in content management projects. . A peer evaluation model for open educational resources. . Technical standards and specifications for content management. . An administrative model for implementing e-learning. . Copyright and intellectual property issues involved in producing e-content.

Content Management for E-Learning is an up-to-the-minute blueprint and idea book for producers and consumers of learning content (eg. Students, teachers, lecturers and librarians), for educational institutions and eLearning centres and for those tracking the redefining of teaching and learning or contributing to this process.

Zusammenfassung

The increasing growth in the use of e-learning environments, in which education is delivered and supported through information and communication technologies, has brought new challenges to academic institutions. From all the current definitions of e-learning, it can be seen that learning contents are one of the key issues for a successful e-learning experience. Therefore, there is a real need for academic staff, managers and librarians to re-think the whole process of delivering courses, information resources and information services.

The book focuses on defining content management and its relationship with knowledge management, providing perspectives on how the semantic web could complement content management, how to deal with copyright restrictions, and how to describe information competencies and skills required and acquired by teachers and students in virtual environments. Offered is a design project for managing digital content for classical and distance education institutions, covering all the aspects related to the content lifecycle, integrating it into the learning process. Practical aspects such as standards for content e-learning management, a review of existing experiences of learning repositories, and a survey of available platforms for delivering courses and providing access to information resources is also covered. Lastly, the book addresses the three main factors which make it crucial in the current context: first, the web 2.0 paradigm, which breaks the content producer-consumer barrier; second, the open content movement for educational purposes, which changes the knowledge management transference model; and third, the new European Higher Education Area, where the concept of content needs to be rethought.

Inhalt

Introduction.- PART I: Conceptual framework.- 1. Theoretical perspectives on content management.- 2. From content management to e-learning content repositories.- 3. Learning Objects, Content Management and E-learning.- 4. Relationship between Pedagogical Design and Content Management in eLearning.- 5. Information related competences for teachers and students in e-learning environments.- 6. Copyright issues in e-learning.- PART II: Case studies and practical issues.- 7. Developing content management projects.- 8. Survey on learning content management systems.- 9. e-Learning standards for content management.- 10. Quality issues and strategies for evaluation.- 11. Open Educational Resources: Motivations, Logistics and Sustainability.- CONCLUSIONS: Content management and e-learning: a strategic management perspective.