This keynote focused on IMS LTI, the challenges people face and the reason LTI can solve some of these issues. This was presented as keynote at the imoot 2012 .

1. “Breaking Down the Barriers to Learning
Technology”
iMoot 2012
Gavin Henrick
Learning Technology Services

2. A TRIP DOWN MEMORY

3. Global Landscape
MoodleMoot New Zealand 2011
Gavin Henrick

4. Previously
• Moodle as standalone LMS/CMS/VLE every
feature in it
• Moodle managed accounts
• Moodle managed enrolments
• Moodle managed course structures
• Moodle reporting
• Moodle hosted files & videos

5. Now
• Moodle as one piece of a greater Learning
Environment
• Common Sign-on and Single Sign-on
• Integrated enrolment & course structure
• Enhanced reporting
• External Video, File and Document
Repositories

6. A new picture
• Course Management - Moodle
• ePortfolio – Mahara / Google Docs
• Curriculum Management – ELIS
• File Management – Alfresco / Equella
• OER repositories – YouTube / Flickr / MOOCH /
DSpace
• Video Hosting – Kaltura / Equella
• Reporting – JasperSoft / BI add-ons / ELIS
• Anti-Plagiarism - Crot / Turnitin

7. Driving forces
• One organisation approach
• One system cant do it all
• Increasing diversity in customer needs
• More corporate and government users
• Acceptance

8. The challenge
• Each system needs to create LMS specific
integrations
• Always updating/recoding that integration
with each release
• On-going debugging / patching
• Multiple user interfaces to the same system

9. BACK TO THE
FUTURE…

12. The challenge
• Each system needs to create LMS specific
integrations
• Always updating/recoding that integration
with each release
• On-going debugging / patching
• Multiple user interfaces to the same system

13. So what is IMS LTI?
• Standard way of integrating learning
applications with learning platforms
• Applications – Tool Provider
• Platforms(vle) – Tool Consumers
• Consumer & Provider exchange data to
facilitate the seamless experience

14. Why?
“Allow the seamless connection of web-based,
externally hosted applications and content, or
Tools to platforms that present them to users”

16. Who?
Some Tools Some Consumers
• ChemVantage • Moodle
• Campus Pack • Desire2Learn
• Noteflight • Blackboard
• Scorm.com • Canvas
• Wordpress • Sakai
• Mediawiki
• Moodle
• Sakai

17. DEMO TIME

18. Some articles
• Video Demo of LTI in action
http://www.somerandomthoughts.com/blog/2012/04/11/ireland-and-uk-mood
• LTI Provider Plugin for Moodle 2
http://www.somerandomthoughts.com/blog/2012/01/08/review-lti-provider-fo
• External Tool in Moodle 2 (LTI Consumer)
http://www.somerandomthoughts.com/blog/2011/11/28/moodle-2-supports-c

19. Credits
Forest Lane http://www.flickr.com/photos/wheatfields/2177908136/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Landscape http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoovroo/
Car http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdhancock/6883176106/sizes/l/in/photostream/
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20. Contact Info
Gavin Henrick
gavin@lts.ie
http://www.lts.ie
http://www.somerandomthoughts.com
http://twitter.com/ghenrick
http://www.slideshare.net/ghenrick/
http://ie.linkedin.com/in/gavinhenrick