Using the Learning Designer to develop a conceptual framework for linking learning design tools and systems

Abstract

This paper outlines a pedagogical rationale for a new range of analytic features within learning platforms such as LAMS and Moodle, based on the Learning Designer tool. The new tool could bring new elements into contemporary learning platforms, such as the pedagogical approach, type of thinking engaged, and the optimal allocation of learner and teacher time. The opportunity to express learning designs in these terms would encourage teacher-designers to focus on the pedagogically pertinent aspects of their learning designs and increase the level of analytic support available to them. The approach proposes a common conceptual framework for learning design, complementing the common technical specification pioneered by IMS LD, and would enable a different type of interoperability between learning platforms.