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