Towards an Integrated Learning Design Environment

Editorial: The art and science of learning design

“…By contrast, most of the learning and teaching support systems used by institutions do not afford explicit representation of learning designs, and most learning design tools do not offer a streamlined process of deploying their outputs to learning and teaching environments. Prieto et al (2011Prieto et al ( , 2012 highlight this challenge and offer GLUE!-PS as a solution, which is now part of an effort towards integrating existing learning design representations and tools (Hernández-Leo et al 2013). We see this integrative approach as a promising direction, which will have a significant impact in the future.…”

A Review, Timeline, and Categorization of Learning Design Tools

“…Learning Design (LD) is a research field that is concerned with the educational processes of planning, sequencing and managing learning activities, supporting teachers in delivering and sharing teaching ideas to improve learning of students [1]. In LD, the emphasis is on the pedagogical intent, following high-level design principles positioned in the framework of socio-cultural educational research.…”

“…Moreover, our literature search identified twenty-nine digital learning design tools: the Integrated Learning Design Environment (ILDE) [1], The Learning Designer [3], CADMOS [4], Reload [5], LD Tool [2], HKU Learning Design Studio [6], LAMS [7], GLUE!PS [8], LdShake [9], ScenEdit [10], CeLS [11], DialogPLUS [12], WebCollage [13], MOT+ [14], exeLearning [15], coppercore [15], GLOMaker [16], Pedagogic Pattern Collector [17], ReCourse [5], CompendiumLD [18], Pedagogical Plan Manager [19], PHOEBE [20], OpenGLM [21], LAMS Activity Planner [22], OpenScenario [23], HEART [24], Cloudworks [25], Map My Programme [26], and LAMS v2 [7].…”

ILDE: Community Environment for Conceptualizing, Authoring and Deploying Learning Activities

“…The ultimate METIS goal is to foster the adoption of learning design practices and tools in real educational practice, without disrupting the current technology-enhanced learning ecosystem, mainly dominated by Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) and Web 2.0 tools. Thus, METIS's main intended outcomes are: an Integrated Learning Design Environment (ILDE) that enables teachers to choose among multiple learning design authoring tools, (co-)produce, explore, share, evaluate and implement [3] learning designs in mainstream VLEs (e.g., Moodle); and, a set of professional development (PD) actions (e.g., workshops) customized for different educational levels. Such PD actions are aimed at training educators in the use of learning design practices supported by the ILDE, and are also proposed as an instrument to eventually become part of the training programmes of educational institutions.…”