PROJECT OSCAR++ www.oscar.iitb.ac.in PRSG Meeting October 3, 2012 MHRD-NMEICT IIT Bombay PI: Sridhar Iyer Co-PI: Sahana Murthy 1
Main Aim of Project Develop animations and simulations (Learning Objects [1]) for college level science/ engineering courses. All Learning Objects (LOs) and Instructional Design Documents (IDDs) uploaded at: www.oscar.iitb.ac.in A Learning Object is an independent structural experience that contains an objective, a learning activity and an assessment [1]. [1] L'Allier, James J. (1997) Frame of Reference: NETg's Map to the Products, Their Structure and Core Beliefs. 2
OSCAR LO There are various definitions of Learning Object (LO). An OSCAR LO contains an animation or simulation having the following properties: – Learning Objectives – Interactivity: Ranging from basic (pace control and navigation control) to advanced (multiple variable manipulation) – Text: Explanation of the concept and Glossary of terms – Self-Assessment: Questions and feedback on responses – Audio narration and transcripts (as per user’s choice) – Playing time (time to simply click through the LO): Ranging from 5 minutes to 15 minutes. – Learning time (time to work through the LO activities): 3 Ranging from 20 minutes to 60 minutes.
History Previous work • Creation of School-level LOs: – Sponsored by OSSRC – PRSG member Dr. M. Sasikumar is aware of this work • Creation of Fun-with-Science videos for mobiles: – Sponsored by TICET – PRSG member Mr. Sushil Prakash is aware of this work Current work • Creation of Graduate-level LOs: – Sponsored by MHRD-NMEICT – Pilot phase from 2009 to 2010; Main phase from 2010 till date. See link below for more details of the history: http://oscar.iitb.ac.in/historydetails.do 4
Project Summary 5
DPR and Reports The IDDs and LOs are uploaded at: oscar.iitb.ac.in The NMEICT project documents are uploaded at: www.it.iitb.ac.in/oscar/reports.html This site has the following: • Pilot Report • Main Phase DPR (after revision based on reviewer comments) • Intermediate Reports sent to MHRD so far • ID Templates and other documents generated • Report and presentation for this PRSG meeting • Video presentations for PRSG members attending remotely 6
Screenshot of OSCAR site 7
Screenshot of NMEICT reports site 8
Main phase DPR (after revision based on reviewer comments) Deliverables (approved and sanctioned): • 300 Instructional Design (ID) Documents to be created • 300 OSCAR Learning Objects to be developed • 12 workshops to be conducted – 4 ID, 8 Blender • 600 people to be trained • Research papers and reports on evaluation and quality assessment of e-learning content Budget – Budget requested: Rs. 3,74,00,000 – Budget sanctioned: Rs. 3,00,00,000 – Funds received: Rs. 1,50,00,000 (50% of amt sanctioned) Recd. Rs 90,00,000 in Feb. 2011, Rs. 60,00,000 in Jan. 2012 9
Activities completed Main phase objectives completed till September 2012 • 92 Learning Objects developed and uploaded (to date), 100 under development, 55 to be developed . • 247 Instructional Design Documents (IDD) developed • 11 workshops conducted - 4 instructional design workshops and 7 Blender training-cum-awareness workshops • 263 people trained in Instructional Design Workshops • 196 people trained for Basics of Blender • 779 people participated in Blender awareness workshops • 5 research papers in international and national conferences (Appendix A) • Pilot phase (till Feb. 2010) objectives completed (Appendix B) 10
Budget Summary Budget Amount Remarks (Rupees) Budget requested 3,74,00,000 Amount Sanctioned 3,00,00,000 Rs. 90,00,000 (1 st installment) Funds Received 1,50,00,000 Rs. 60,00,000 (2 nd installment) Payments (A) 1,06,98,903 IDD creation, LO development, workshops, manpower Blocked (B) 13,56,311 Pending payments, manpower Commitments (C) 19,00,000 Pending LO development, manpower, travel Net Expenditure 1,39,55,214 Till January 2013 (A + B +C) Balance 10,44,786 Note: Utilization certificate is attached with the report (Appendix G) 11
LO Development Process 12
Process Background A typical LO creation process involves interaction between: • SME – Subject Matter Expert – provides the raw content • ID – Instruction Designer – takes the raw content, incorporates pedagogy and multimedia design principles, and creates the detailed storyboard for the LO (which we call IDD) • GD - Graphic designer – incorporates visual design principles in the IDD so that the corresponding LO has high usability • Animator – takes the IDD and programs the LO A significant amount of face-to-face interaction is required, which makes it difficult to scale (rapidly create large number of LOs). In the pilot phase, we experimented with various LO creation processes and came up with one that minimizes the SME time involvement as well as interaction between ID and Animator, and 13 allows scaling at low cost. See pilot phase report for details.
Domain Owner Model of LO Development Index: PROCESS : SME: Subject Matter Expert VC: Visual Communication LO: Learning Object (e.g. animation, simulation) Propose Concept concept IDD writer Proposer Write = PG = SME IDD Develop Graphic student Faculty story Designer Developer Develop (SME) Review = Vendor/ board LO proposal In-house Reviewer = Review Faculty + Reviewer IDD Reviewer Review OSCAR ID Review = SME = OSCAR Stage 1 team LO Design Faculty VC Expert Upload LO on Stage 2 website Stage 3 DOMAIN OWNERS Stage 4 • Faculty from IITB, IITM, BITS-Pilani • Subject Matter Experts (SME) • Role: Propose Concept, guide IDD 14 creation, Review
Stage 1 steps 1. Conduct 2-hour workshops to find faculty interested in using LOs for their courses. Propose Concept concept 2. Train participating faculty to identify ideas Proposer = SME that are suitable for LO creation, using a Faculty Review concept proposal form. proposal 3. Review the concept proposal. 4. Convince some of the faculty to become Stage 1 domain owners (SME for a set of related topics). 5. Assist the SME to identify a suitable ID writer for their domain. 15
Stage 2 steps 1. Create an ID writing template suitable for the chosen domain. IDD writer 2. Conduct 2-day workshops to train ID Write = PG IDD writers (and SME). student (SME) 3. For each concept, ID writer to create IDD. Reviewer = Review Faculty + 4. Review each IDD from perspective of IDD OSCAR ID concept correctness; done by SME. team 5. Review each IDD from perspective of Stage 2 pedagogy and visual communication; done by OSCAR ID team. 6. Iterate 3-5 till done for all IDDs. Each 16 review step has appropriate checklists.
Stage 3 steps 1. For a set of IDDs, create a tender for inviting bids from LO creation companies, and identify a suitable vendor. This step is omitted for IDDs for which the LOs are created in-house by oscar animator team. Develop Graphic story Designer 2. Create visual communication guidelines (Graphic, board Animation, Multimedia and Interaction design) for Graphic Designer (GD - may be in-house or at the Reviewer Review = OSCAR vendor’s end). Design VC Expert 3. For each IDD, GD writer to create a storyboard to be used for programming the LO. Stage 3 4. Review each storyboard from perspective of visual communication; done by oscar GD team. 5. Iterate 3-4 till all storyboards are done. 17
Stage 4 steps 1. For each storyboard, develop the LO. This is done by the vendor, as per the tender. For topics not in the tender, this is done by oscar animator team. Developer Develop 2. Review each LO from the GD perspective = Vendor/ LO (done by oscar team) and from the In-house Reviewer concept perspective (done by SME). As a Review = SME LO result, each LO undergoes 2-3 revisions Faculty till it is signed off. Upload LO on website 3. Upload LO onto the OSCAR repository. Stage 4 4. Iterate 2-3 till all LOs are done. 18
Deliverables 19
Instructional Design • 2-day workshops to train participants in basics of ID • Discussion and activities to learn principles of ID • Worksheets to practice application of ID principles • Group activities to apply pedagogical principles for LO design - choosing appropriate topic for visualization - deciding visuals and animation - incorporating appropriate interactivity - writing self-assessment questions and feedback • Template to create ID document for OSCAR LO For details of conduction of ID workshops, and ID Document templates, see Section IV in the PRSG Report 20
Learning Objects gloss LO FEATURES LO DOMAIN CLASSIFICATION -ary Domains LOs IDDs 48 98 Bioscience self Electrical Engg. 32 32 assess- 03 17 Chemistry ment Physics - 21 inter- 03 12 Computer Sci. activity Earth Sci. 02 27 LO INTERACTIVITY LEVEL 01 24 Material Sci. CLASSIFICATION - 13 Chemical Engg. LO Type Count Example Mech. Engg. 01 01 Basic 107 (43%) Functions of DNA 01 01 Civil Engg. Intermediate 102 (41%) Ensemble Averaging Environ. Sci. 01 01 Advanced 38 (16%) 2R Manipulator 92 247 Total For details of LO pedagogical features and classification, see movie LO_features_classification.avi . 21
OSCAR Repository www.oscar.iitb.ac.in 22
Screenshot of LO description page 23
Screenshot of LO downloads 24
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