What is IEEE Learning Object Metadata / IMS Learning Resource Metadata?
Link: What is IEEE Learning Object Metadata (pdf). A CETIS briefing paper on the IEEE 1484.12.1 – 2002 Standard for Learning Object Metadata, a standard for the description of “learning objects”. IEEE...
View ArticleWhat is the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
Link: What is the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting? (html). A CETIS Briefing Paper on the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH), which offers a simple technical option...
View ArticleWhat is IMS VDEX?
Link What is IMS VDEX? (html) A CETIS Briefing on the IMS specification for Vocabulary Definition and Exchange, which allows the exchange and expression of simple machine-readable lists of human...
View ArticleLearning Material Application Profile Scoping Study – final report
Link; Learning Material Application Profile scoping study – final report (pdf). This report details the findings of a scoping study carried out for the JISC to investigate a potential metadata...
View ArticleMetadata for Learning Materials: An Overview of Existing Standards and...
Link: From Journal website (subscription required; Authors’ final version (open access) Summary: This paper provides an overview of specifications and standards for metadata relating to learning...
View ArticleThe roles of libraries and information professionals in Open Educational...
Link: The roles of libraries and information professionals in Open Educational Resources (OER) initiatives (pdf) Link: Executive Summary (pdf) Executive Summary This report contains the findings of a...
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Into the wild – Technology for open educational resources
Reflections on three years of the UK OER Programmes. Between 2009 and 2012 the Higher Education Funding Council funded a series of programmes to encourage higher education institutions in the UK to...
View ArticleNew approaches to describing and discovering open educational resources
Link: New Approaches to Describing and Discovering Open Educational Resources (OER13 Conference paper)(PDF) Link: New Approaches to Describing and Discovering Open Educational Resources (OER13...
View ArticleThe Learning Registry: social networking for open educational resources?
The Learning Registry: social networking for open educational resources? (OER13 Conference paper) (PDF)The Learning Registry: social networking for open educational resources? (OER13 Conference paper)...
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Activity Data and Paradata
Link: Activity Data and Paradata (pdf) Link: Activity Data and Paradata (MS Word .docx) This briefing introduces a range of approaches and specifications for recording and exchanging data generated by...
View ArticleLearning Resource Metadata Initiative: using schema.org to describe open...
Link: Learning Resource Metadata Initiative: using schema.org to describe open educational resources (PDF). Abstract This paper, presented at the Open CourseWare Consortium Global Conference in...
View ArticleWhat is Schema.org?
Link: What is schema.org (PDF) Schema.org is a joint initiative of the search engines Google, Bing, Yahoo and Yandex aimed at making it easier to index web pages in such a way that facilitates the...
View ArticleLRMI Implementation: Overview Issues and Experiences
Link: Implementation: Overview issues and experiences (PDF) Link: LRMI Implementation: Overview issues and experiences (MS Word .docx) Abstract This paper presents a summary and synthesis of ten...
View ArticleWhat is IEEE Learning Object Metadata / IMS Learning Resource Metadata?
Link: What is IEEE Learning Object Metadata (pdf). A CETIS briefing paper on the IEEE 1484.12.1 – 2002 Standard for Learning Object Metadata, a standard for the description of “learning objects”. IEEE...
View ArticleWhat is the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
Link: What is the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting? (html). A CETIS Briefing Paper on the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH), which offers a simple technical option...
View ArticleWhat is IMS VDEX?
Link What is IMS VDEX? (html) A CETIS Briefing on the IMS specification for Vocabulary Definition and Exchange, which allows the exchange and expression of simple machine-readable lists of human...
View ArticleLearning Material Application Profile Scoping Study – final report
Link; Learning Material Application Profile scoping study – final report (pdf). This report details the findings of a scoping study carried out for the JISC to investigate a potential metadata...
View ArticleMetadata for Learning Materials: An Overview of Existing Standards and...
Link: From Journal website (subscription required; Authors’ final version (open access) Summary: This paper provides an overview of specifications and standards for metadata relating to learning...
View ArticleThe roles of libraries and information professionals in Open Educational...
Link: The roles of libraries and information professionals in Open Educational Resources (OER) initiatives (pdf) Link: Executive Summary (pdf) Executive Summary This report contains the findings of a...
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Into the wild – Technology for open educational resources
Reflections on three years of the UK OER Programmes. Between 2009 and 2012 the Higher Education Funding Council funded a series of programmes to encourage higher education institutions in the UK to...
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