This additional information is defined as a set of metadata generally following the ieee lom specification. Learning objects and the practical issues that have emerged so far in this domain. Implementing learning object metadata for mobile devices. It will describe the cancore learning object metadata application profile as an. A survey was conducted that examined a stratified sample of 470 metadata records and surrogates used for the description of learning objects in the jorum repository. Norm friesen cancore initiative athabasca university canadas open university. For this standard, a learning object is defined as any entity digital or nondigital that may be used for learning, education or training.
Many of them have left chineselanguage records that are valuable for the study of chinese immigrant history. Developing a learning object metadata application profile based on. For this standard, a metadata instance for a learning object describes relevant characteristics of the learning object to which it applies. Agentmatcher search in weighted, treestructured learning object metadata h. Portals for online objects for learning griff richards, rory mcgreal, marek hatala, and norm friesen abstract learning objects are the digital files that are used to construct elearning experi. Portals for online objects in learning pool is a consortium project of the telelearning nce to build a learning object repository scalable to the national level. In addition, the team of professionals, academics, librarians and other researchers worked.
It specifies a conceptual data schema that defines the structure of a metadata instance for a learning object. Dcc digital curation manual instalment on learning object metadata lom. The importance of metadata is rationalized and the cancore metadata application profile for implementing learning object metadata is described. The appendix also shows the fields selected by learning and teaching scotland in its learning objects project and by cancore. The ieee learning object metadata lom standard specifies the syntax and.
The primary aim of this chapter is to introduce the concept of learning object metadata and to explore its potential for the curation of digital objects used in the context of teaching and learning. Learning object metadata is a data model, usually encoded in xml, used to describe a learning object and similar digital resources used to support learning. Discusses reusable digital learning resources or objects in distance education and training. Learning object repository technologies for telelearning. Ieee draft standard for learning object metadata pdf. It will describe the cancore learning object metadata application profile as an important first step in addressing these issues in the context of the discovery, reuse and management of learning resources or objects. Iso metadata for learning resources, cancore report, html. Documents campus alberta repository of educational.
This includes 1 creating learning object metadata application profiles. With enhancements to the profile and to the lom, providing for location and time, as well as other contextual information, mobile devices can be used effectively as. Tools that support the creation of highquality learning object metadata are indispensable to the successful implementation of the ieee lom standard. About the authors norm friesen is an information architect at athabasca university and has been working in the area of webbased learning since 1996. Online education using learning objects 2nd edition. The chapter will focus specifically on the ieee learning object metadata standard.
Any digital resource that can be reused for the purposes of teaching and learning. Metadata is an integral part of the next generation of the world wide web, the semantic web blhl01, and elearning is a major. Ensuring ease of discovery of learning objects the cancore version 2. Learning objects represent a means of rendering learning content interoperable on a wide range of devices in different formats using xml for. The evolution of learning object repository technologies. The ieee learning object metadata lom standard specifies the syntax and semantics of learning object metadata, defined as the attributes required to fullyadequately describe a learning object. The learning objects or the relating metadata records are often stored in lors. Manual annotation is a time consuming and expensive process.
Pool pond and splash a distributed architecture for a peertopeer network of learning object repositories, and cancore, a practical metadata protocol for cataloguing learning objects. The cancore metadata application profile was selected for examination to determine its applicability. Cancore is a metadata profile for implementing the ieee lom, thus advancing the use of learning objects. Purpose the purpose of this panel is to create a dialog with four major themes affecting learning objects. The canadian edusource project to create a national network of interoperable learning object repositories is also portrayed. The ims learning resource metadata xml binding specification is replaced by the ieee std 1484. Understanding the potential of ubiquitous computing. The effects of discipline on the application of learning. Metadata application profile for agricultural learning res. Redirected from learning object metadata jump to navigation jump to search ieee 1484.
Funded in part by the canarie learning program, pool contributes to the development of two focal technologies. Yang national research council and university of new brunswick learning objects summit fredericton, nb, canada, march 2930, 2004. Learning objects granularity long enough to cover the topic and short enough to be concise useful and reusable digital components that. Cyrus chan and ht siu itsc interface and graphic designers. He is currently completing his phd in educational technologies at the university of alberta. Request pdf implementing learning object metadata for mobile devices using cancore pedagogical and other types of metadata are important in the implementation of learning systems for use by. Panel discussion learning object definitions, metadata. Lorna campbell, learning object metadata page 2 legal notices the digital curation manual is licensed under a creative commons attribution noncommercial sharealike 2.
Developing learning objects systems through implementation of learning object metadata standard zoran zdravev,msc, assistant solza grceva, phd, docent zoran. Learning object metadata lom is a metadata standard to describe educational resources. Developing learning objects systems through implementation. These fall into two categories, those for which ieee. Learning object a reusable, mediaindependent chunk of information used as a modular building block for elearning content. While these are new technologies, they are designed to coexist and. Learning object metadata academic dictionaries and. Hybrid system for generating learning object metadata olivier motelet nelson a. The discussion is informed by examples from two national education and training communities australia and canada. For semantic annotation of elearning objects, ieee learning object metadata lom is adopted as the metadata ontology. Cancore is a set of guidelines for the implementation of the ieee lom metadata standard.
Learning object metadata lom standard were examined to determine. Object metadata is an internationally recognised open. A new learning object repository for language learning. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of this vision, focusing specifically on issues of semantics. Engineers learning object metadata elements for the description of learning objects in the jorum learning object repository. People of chinese origin have lived in british columbia, canada, since the beginning of nonaboriginal settlement. The cancore learning object metadata application profile takes as its starting point the explicit recognition of the human intervention and interpretation that separates raw data management from the information or knowledge that can actually be about something. Learning objects are defined here as any entity, digital or nondigital, which can be used, re. Metadata for learning objects the vision of reusable digital learning resources or objects, made accessible through coordinated. Cancore is based on and fully compatible with the ieee learning object metadata standard and the ims learning resource metadata specification. If the topic of a learning material is identified and annotated with the learning content, it helps in retrieving learning materials according to the learners interested topic. Learning object metadata edinburgh research archive the. The ims learning resource metadata best practices and information guide 1. The cancore initiative is currently funded by the elearning marketplace strategy group of industry canadas elearning directorate and supported by teleuniversite and athabasca university.
Repositories enable users to locate, evaluate and manage learning objects through. Metadata, scorm metadata, cancore and ieee learning object metadata. A comparative study of learning object metadata, learning. Agentmatcher search in weighted, treestructured learning. Learning objects are the digital files that are used to construct elearning experiences, and repositories provide mechanisms to encourage their discovery, exchange, and reuse. Cancore provides detailed guidance for the interpretation and implementation of each data. Learning resource metadata specification ims global. Abstract the observation the nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose fromtanenbaum, 1981, p. Acknowledgements cuhk learning objects repository is funded by ugc under the supervision of the ilolls project team principal investigator.
An expedition from archival collection to online collaboration by shu liu1 abstract. Learning object metadata is a data model, usually encoded in xml, used to describe a. The purpose of learning object metadata is to support the reusability of learning objects, to aid discoverability, and to facilitate their interoperability, usually in the context of online learning management systems lms. Learning objects are most effective when organized by a metadata classification system and stored in a data repository such as a learning content management system lcms. Cancore enhances the ability of educators, researchers and students in canada and around the world to search and locate material from online collections of educational resources. Learning object metadata and endorsed early drafts of the data. Focuses on the pivotal role of metadata and issues relating to classification, description, and meaning, specifically issues of semantics. Different lors address different needs and, therefore, have. Adlib follows the cancore learning resource metadata application profilecancore, a set of guidelines for the uniform description of digital educational resources in. Vocabularies many of the metadata fields are of type vocabulary.