A Methodology for Developing Learning Objects for Web Course Delivery

Abstract

This paper presents a methodology for developing learning objects for Web-based courses using the IMS LD (Learning Design) specification. We first investigated the IMS LD specification, determining how to use it with online courses and the student delivery model, and then applied this to a Unit of Learning (UOL) for online computer science courses. We also developed an editor and runtime environment to apply the IMS LD to the UOL. We then explored the prospect for advancement of the basic IMS LD UOL through the use of multiple platform delivery, and discussed how to construct ontology-based software agents to use with the learning objects created with the IMS LD Units of Learning.