OASIF ("Outil d'Aide à la Scénarisation pour l'Ingénierie de la FOAD" or Scripting assistance tool for open distance learning engineering)

Project leaders  : TELECOM ParisTech, TELECOM & Management SudParis, CNERTA

The OASIF tool results from the DIF (Innovative training system) research-experimentation project launched in 1999 (see section on Research & Experimentation Innovative training system). Its current usages have been assessed, providing feedback to the research project.

Brevet : IDDN.FR.001.110045000.S.P.2009.000.20000

Objective

OASIF is a support tool for the "design - organization" of open distance-learning systems, with two strong features:

•  It focuses on the learner's activities, taking into account his space/time requirements. 
•  It promotes collaboration between players in this type of learning program (professors, technical and administrative managers, experts, support staff, etc.).

Prospects

This tool, initially designed in 2001, is a concrete application of the département Innovation Pédagogique de TELECOM ParisTech initiative to "Design and specify a chain of tools dedicated to open distance-learning system engineering (DFOAD)".

Based on an analysis of existing usages, a new version of the OASIF tool has been worked on, in collaboration with TELECOM & Management SudParis et le CNERTA (Centre Nationale d'Etude et de Ressources en Technologies Avancées or National Center for Advanced Technology Studies and Resources ) in order to offer a version (in freeware form) focusing on collaboration and decision-making support in early 2006.
Lastly, the OASIF tool has been reconstructed, in order to be linked with several open distance-learning program platforms, including the AMARANTE platform.

For further information

Consult sites :

 http://www.ip.enst.fr/zoom/zoom.htm 

http://www.amarante.eu.org/