Dave: Thanks for the info!
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Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 08:49:09 -0800
From: David Porter <[log in to unmask]>
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The Learnster concept is actually being built around OLA's Canadian Learning
Bank, in a kind of Napster meets eBay scenario. We are using "Learnster"
simply as a code for now. We are just starting to lay the foundation for the
concept, but it is powered by the notion of giving learners the ability to
assemble learning objects in ways that meet their needs, and that can be
evaluated against accredited competency standards.
Our motivation actually has less to do with the technology and more to do
with sound adult learning theory. We see the technology as an enabler and
are moving to build learning planning tools, records of learning tools, and
such that can be self-managed over a lifetime. Other enablers are the
metadata standards that out there that can be used to power search and
aggregation of instructional content. Napster demonstrated that when you
have a common file format that interoperates, accessible by consistent and
simple metadata that facilitates search and retrieval, that you can build
community quickly. eBay demonstrates that convivial, human-engineered
systems are the real basis for transaction on the web. Now if we can
localize this even more using P2P concepts, I think it could be powerful.
There is much still to learn, but hey, it's fun!
Saludos.
D.
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