Comments on: Comparing metadata requirements for OERs (part 1)

By: Musings on the developing OER infrastructure « Repository News

Musings on the developing OER infrastructure « Repository News — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:37:46 +0000

[…] and, as discussed on this blog during the project, a lightweight Application Profile in line with CETIS guidelines for the ukoer programme was used to ensure interoperability with Jorum. From an institutional or […]

By: Phil’s JISC CETIS blog» Blog Archive » About metadata & resource description (pt 1)

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:37:24 +0000

[…] our online support session for the UKOER programme, some of which John has summarized (1 2 3), instead of giving participants a definition of what metadata is we gave them a choice and […]

By: Lorna

Lorna — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:50:39 +0000

In response to Andy, I’d be happy to let file size go but I know others feel quite strongly that this is critical info.

By: Andy Lane

Andy Lane — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:23:27 +0000

@JohnR Sorry I seem to have given an internal url not the public one for this http://kn.open.ac.uk/public/document.cfm?docid=9724

By: John’s JISC CETIS blog » Comparing metadata requirements for OERs (part 3)

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:42:49 +0000

[…] first two parts of this foray into metadata requirements for Open Educational Resources examined: 1) how the required information for the UKOER programme compared with the requirements for the Jorum […]

By: Andy Powell

Andy Powell — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:42:25 +0000

Re: educational level – one could limit the available levels to ‘primary’, ‘secondary’, ‘further’, ‘higher’ – oh wait… no… you’re right… best forget it! Too problematic.

On filesize… I’m amazed anyone is even interested in this (however it is generated). I take the point about multiple resources embedded into a single zip – but might be better to encourage a move away from the whole ‘content packages’ thing anyway?

By: JohnR

JohnR — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:38:07 +0000

Andy,

the link seesm to take me to an OU user log-in page – is that the right link?

By: Andy Lane

Andy Lane — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:44:13 +0000

Educational level even within a sector e.g. HE may be very important to learners rather than teachers. Whether covered in metadata in additional information on site it was something we considered from the outset and much of the reasoning for waht we did is covered in:

Lane, A.B. From Pillar to Post: exploring the issues involved in re-purposing distance learning materials for use as Open Educational Resources, 25 pp, 2006, OpenLearn Working Paper No. 1, available from http://kn.open.ac.uk/person.cfm?userid=5861

By: John’s JISC CETIS blog » Comparing metadata requirements (part 2)

John’s JISC CETIS blog » Comparing metadata requirements (part 2) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:47:26 +0000

[…] Comparing metadata requirements (part 1) I examined the required and suggested metadata for Open Educational Resources in the UKOER […]

By: Phil Barker

Phil Barker — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:18:57 +0000

The importance of providing informaiton on educational levels and how difficult it is to do so both depend on the scope of the collection. If you’re collecting resources for everything from kindergarten through to postgraduate / professional development (as I guess ccLearn/DiscoverEd are) then you really need something by way of education level to allow people to filter down to just the primary or just University level. If your collection is focussed on just one sector, e.g. all your material is University level (as is pretty much the case for UKOER) then providing a finer level description becomes more difficult and less useful.