Describing online learning content to facilitate resource discovery and sharing:the development of the RU LOM Core

The development of Internet technologies has the ability to provide a new era of easily accessible and personalised learning, facilitated through the flexible deployment of small, reusable pieces of digital learning content over networks. Higher education institutions can share and reuse digital lea...

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Published in:Journal of computer assisted learning 2006-06, Vol.22 (3), p.172-181
Main Authors: Krull, G. E., Mallinson, B. J., Sewry, D. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
application profiles
Biological and medical sciences
Computer Networks
Computer Uses in Education
Content Analysis
Educational psychology
Educational Resources
Electronic Learning
Foreign Countries
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Higher Education
Information Technology
Internet
knowledge based
Metadata
Online Courses
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychopedagogics. Didactics
qualitative
Shared Resources and Services
South Africa
Web Based Instruction
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Summary:The development of Internet technologies has the ability to provide a new era of easily accessible and personalised learning, facilitated through the flexible deployment of small, reusable pieces of digital learning content over networks. Higher education institutions can share and reuse digital learning resources in order to improve their educational offerings. Descriptive language (known as metadata) is required to facilitate the search and retrieval of learning content. Various research offerings have been proposed to promote interoperable educational metadata. However, current metadata standards cannot accommodate the requirements of every community of users. This paper describes the development of an educational metadata application profile for describing learning resources within a South African higher education context.
ISSN:0266-4909
1365-2729
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2729.2006.00167.x