Developing and Learning with Distributed Internet-based Performance Support Environment for Individualized Learning – DIPSEIL

This demonstration presents DIPSEIL Environment – its methodology, functionality, workflow model and its interface in an example. We start with the description of developed Learning Objects for Internet-based Performance Support Systems with Educational Elements – IPSS_EE_LOs. Then we present how IPSS_EE_LOs can be created and used in DIPSEIL for the development of “Telecommunication Systems” course. 1 Learning Objects for Internet-based Performance Support Systems with Educational Elements – IPSS_EE_LOs Internet-based Performance Support System with Educational Elements IPSS_EE, as a typical performance support system, is an integrated electronic environment, which is available via Internet and is structured to provide individualized online access to the full range of information, guidance, advice, data, images, tools and software to permit the user to perform a task with a minimum of support and intervention by others. IPSS_EE differs from common IPSS in two characteristics: − IPSS_EE Tasks for performance aim preliminary speified learning outcomes; − they differ in target groups the IPSS learners (IPSS are training systems oriented to professionals) already know something about how the field works and how some of the tools might be used. In the “traditional” educational systems usually the expository deductive instructional strategy is used: content presentation, examples, sometimes exercises and, rarely task for performance. In these systems the conception of Learning Objects (LO) is common traditional – LO model “presentation, practice, feedback” is a tool in helping deliver information to students. That is, the learning object presents the information, provides the student with an infinite amount of 1 Acknowledgement The authors would like to acknowledge to the European Union Socrates the support in the Project 225692-CP-12005-1-BG-MINERVA-M “DIPSEIL – Distributed Internet-based Performance Support Environment for Individualized Learning” ∗ One of the most popular definitions of Learning Object is outlined by Dr. David Wiley, “any entity, digital or non-digital, which can be used, re-used or referenced during technology supported learning are learning objects.” (LTSC of IMS: Wiley, Connecting LO’s p4) ha l-0 02 57 15 0, v er si on 1 18 F eb 2 00 8 Author manuscript, published in "Conference ICL2007, September 26 -28, 2007, Villach : Austria (2007)"