Comments on: Open Educational Resources, metadata, and self-description http://blogs.cetis.org.uk/johnr/2008/12/08/open-educational-resources-metadata-and-self-description/ Cetis Blogs Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:47:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.22 By: Testing Caprét http://blogs.cetis.org.uk/johnr/2008/12/08/open-educational-resources-metadata-and-self-description/#comment-39 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:07:13 +0000 http://blogs.cetis.org.uk/johnr/2008/12/08/open-educational-resources-metadata-and-self-description/#comment-39 […] the title, author, date etc. Putting this information into the resource isn’t rocket science, it’s just good practice. To convert this information into metadata it needs to be encoded in such a way that a machine can […]

]]> By: Lorna’s JISC CETIS blog » OER 2 Technical Requirements http://blogs.cetis.org.uk/johnr/2008/12/08/open-educational-resources-metadata-and-self-description/#comment-38 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:24:25 +0000 http://blogs.cetis.org.uk/johnr/2008/12/08/open-educational-resources-metadata-and-self-description/#comment-38 […] It’s also useful for projects to be aware that once OERs are released they can easily become separated from their metadata descriptions, if this information is recorded in an associated file. Consequently projects are encouraged to consider embedding relevant descriptive information within the open educational resource where practicable. For further discussion of this approach see Open Educational resources, metadata and self description. […]

]]> By: John’s JISC CETIS blog » Managing OERs: the problem of version control? http://blogs.cetis.org.uk/johnr/2008/12/08/open-educational-resources-metadata-and-self-description/#comment-37 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:33:42 +0000 http://blogs.cetis.org.uk/johnr/2008/12/08/open-educational-resources-metadata-and-self-description/#comment-37 […] but also to note the resource provider. I’ve talked previously about this idea of that resources should be self-descriptive. There may be limit cases in which there is a compelling case to try to remove every trace of a […]

]]> By: Phil’s JISC CETIS blog» Blog Archive » UKOER 2nd Tuesday on Metadata http://blogs.cetis.org.uk/johnr/2008/12/08/open-educational-resources-metadata-and-self-description/#comment-36 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:34:24 +0000 http://blogs.cetis.org.uk/johnr/2008/12/08/open-educational-resources-metadata-and-self-description/#comment-36 […] Preparation required: the rough outline below includes some information and indicative questions for participants to be thinking about. Useful reading: OER Programme Technical Requirements; Metadata Guidelines for the OER Programme; Open Educational Resources, metadata, and self-description. […]

]]> By: Lorna’s JISC CETIS blog » Blog Archive http://blogs.cetis.org.uk/johnr/2008/12/08/open-educational-resources-metadata-and-self-description/#comment-35 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:51:10 +0000 http://blogs.cetis.org.uk/johnr/2008/12/08/open-educational-resources-metadata-and-self-description/#comment-35 […] to share resources. My colleague John Robertson has already written an excellent blog post on open educational resources, metadata and self description which I highly […]

]]> By: Sheila http://blogs.cetis.org.uk/johnr/2008/12/08/open-educational-resources-metadata-and-self-description/#comment-34 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:18:21 +0000 http://blogs.cetis.org.uk/johnr/2008/12/08/open-educational-resources-metadata-and-self-description/#comment-34 Hi John

Totally agree with Phil. Thanks for great post.

Sheila

]]> By: philb http://blogs.cetis.org.uk/johnr/2008/12/08/open-educational-resources-metadata-and-self-description/#comment-33 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:31:54 +0000 http://blogs.cetis.org.uk/johnr/2008/12/08/open-educational-resources-metadata-and-self-description/#comment-33 Excellent points John, I couldn’t agree more. You’ve put your finger on something that had been niggling me at the CETIS conference OER session: that a lot of the information people were suggesting should be provided as metadata, e.g. author, should be there *anyway*, whether you have metadata or not. So the question needs to be: if they’re there anyway, do you need them in the metadata? Thanks, this clarifies things a lot.

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