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Introduction
TILE advances e-learning functionality for all learners by making broadband e-learning inclusive of people with disabilities. The emergence of networked learning over broadband offers us the opportunity to create learning environments that transform in response to the needs of the individual learner. At the technical level this goal requires authoring tools, browsers, learning object repositories, metadata and markup schemes that support this transformation. At the pedagogical level this endeavour requires a fresh perspective on the goals and processes of teaching and learning.
TILE establishes a Learning Object Repository (LOR) service that delivers accessible and personalized learning objects. It builds upon the work of the Barrierfree project which created an environment that supported the creation and delivery of interactive, accessible and personalized educational videos. This functionality is extended to other media types used in e-learning (hypertext, various xml formats, animation, simulations, Java and others) and to additional learner-centric transformations and adaptations. Content is structured using a learning design model to maintain the coherency of the learning experience while supporting the deconstruction and re-purposing of learning content and facilitating the collaborative and cumulative authoring of assembly objects. Both the authoring tool and repository interface present this learning design framework, making it possible for the average educator to markup and metatag learning content as a byproduct of structuring a learning plan.
TILE is hardware independent, compliant with interoperability specifications (including IMS and CanCore) and fully accessible to people with disabilities. A common Query Protocol will be developed with the cooperation of other Canadian and International LORs to allow communication among LOR systems.