Decoupling Navigation from Course Structure

• Decoupling Navigation requirements

  • MicroModules

    • tags: discipline, skill or difficulty

    • timescale: recommending no more than 20-30 minutes of material

    • content: summary, video, practical work, self-corrected exercises, guidance, discussion forums, etc.

    • quiz: should always end with an automatically corrected quiz

  • Additional content

    • added along with MicroModules

    • assessments to assess and adapt: chapters, notes, exams, milestones, etc

    • skill recognition and rewards: certificates, badges, percentage of completion, etc.

  • Pathways

    • composition: assembly of MicroModules + Additional content

    • skills matrix: skills metrics associated with each MicroModule

    • milestones: continual evaluation of learner's progress via self-contained evaluations (within MicroModules) or individual assessments (as additional content)

  • MicroModule repository and catalog

• Knewton's base-level Decoupling Navigation requirements

  • Personalized Next button

  • User identity could be "a data profile that spans multiple adaptive providers, aggregating proficiency, geographical location, profession, and modality preferences"

  • Content identifier should be globally unique

  • Versioning content depending on nature of change