Digital learning object repositories by H. Frank Cervone

I told you this article was coming from SCORM readings...This type of repository is very different in the problems that confront development..

So you have a repository with re-usable learning objects...love it...from an instructional p.o.v.

Article argues that all across the board including, IT staff, instructional designers and many others to be successful .

Many skillsets are needed that usually do not reside in traditional digital repositories  i.e. simple versioning of objects will not work...other issues include object creations must meet multiple context  minimizing reinvention of duplication but, customization is a requirement.

Organization is another issue that requires intuitive discovery approach such as, keywords, subject and many other format considerations.

Free from copyright and governed by Creative Commons license..(I have blogged about this)

Many issues confronting this type of repository have plagued libraries for many years..long term storage and use of learning objects are unique and lend to slower development of solutions.  The momentum needed is difficult to find in smaller institutions but, with larger organizations implementing inter-institutional repositories could be best approach.  I hope this article gives you some idea of the scope of the problem. 
  

The One Minute SCORM Overview for Anyone

I was so looking forward to reading the two articles on SCORM...currently I am participating in a instructional assistantship...which requires us to create re-usable digital learning content....so on to the article

I knew very little about the concept..SCORM

What is SCORM?

Shareable Content Object Reference Model..just a way to build training content so others can use it....yeah..versions of SCORM governs 2 things "packaging content" & "exchanging data at run-time."

Why use it?

Basically, widely adopted period...works well at huge organizations.

What's a SCO?
Shareable Content Object is the smallest piece of grain as it relates to content that is "reusable and independent"...shows some separation from other items.

What Version?
Any ..guess what? interoperable system..yeah...

Are you Content or LMS vendor?
Depends..if you play content you are a content ...if you you import someone else's you are LMS...very flexible for users.

What SCORM is not.
Just online training and only btw single user and system..no offline training or group training.

That's It...led to reading an article on Digital learning object repositories.  that will be my next blog...check it out.


H. Frank Cervone, (2012) "Digital learning object repositories", OCLC Systems & Services, Vol. 28 Is: 1, pp.14 - 16

H. Frank Cervone, (2012) "Digital learning object repositories", OCLC Systems & Services, Vol. 28 Iss: 1, pp.14 - 16 - See more at: http://www.emeraldinsight.com.libdata.lib.ua.edu/journals.htm?issn=1065-075x&volume=28&issue=1&articleid=17014948&show=html#sthash.7tZiteP1.dpuf

H. Frank Cervone, (2012) "Digital learning object repositories", OCLC Systems & Services, Vol. 28 Iss: 1, pp.14 - 16 - See more at: http://www.emeraldinsight.com.libdata.lib.ua.edu/journals.htm?issn=1065-075x&volume=28&issue=1&articleid=17014948&show=html#sthash.7tZiteP1.dpuf

Welcome Europeana Professional

Welcome!!!

I have to admit I was interested from the get go...I have spent several years in the UK station with the military...so hats off to our fore fathers....Multi-lanuage site wahoo....

Who we are---search portal and API (application Programming Interface) and Linked open data (we have talked about this in class).  Network of experts in a open forum consisting of members from various technical, legal and strategic wits.

What we do---simply put aggregate, facilitate, distribute, and engage

Also, other information provided on their website includes website for projects, portal search engine and some other interesting collections and community contributed content.

I think this site is worth exploring...check it out!!!

DPLA Policy on Metadata Part II

DPLA

DPLA has undertaken the task of developing a policy  to make available to all free databases of metadata.  They have a commitment to ensure unencumbered access within the copyright law.

The policy also explains their definition of content, metadata and preview...so check that out 

So here we go 

1. Majority metadata not subject to copyright restriction.They believe majority of metadata not subject to copyrights.
2. DPLA partners share this commitment and vision.  Plus, have partners agree to dedicate metadata to public domain.
3. No rights over anybody and give it to public domain
4. Free I said free!!!!! and unencumbered (luv that word)..harvest/collect/modify and use and reuse.

So that's the basic concept!!! 

DPLA Best Practices Part I

  We all need a best practice so let's look briefly at DPLA with good reason.

Metadata made available is done under Creative Commons Zero (CCO) Public Domain Dedication 

Which means you can use the metadata

So here are the Guidelines

1. Give credit --others need to be able to reuse data---remember interoperability
2. Data can and does change-not static,keep a hyper-link to know updates
3. Don't mislead or misrepresent-need I say more
4. At your own risk-"as is" metadata offered and conform to local laws

So that is it in a nut shell...check the policy for more specific information ....

11 Things to Know About Semantic Web--ReadWrite

What you need to  know and probably already do..maybe...

1. no apology necessary for calling it Web 3.0 ..of course web doesn't upgrade like that..but there are phases..think co-lab and databases.
2. Allows structure on the "fly" adding as needed but this will take some time for this transition because the entrenchment of some tools within the structured system and semantic web will start slow decline of relational database tech.
3. Consulting fees for those with big headaches..with things like RDF or tuples.
4. Success will be judged under different categories..inherently intergrated.
5. No need for app to apply all about platforms and servers or enterprises.
6. Apps will be consumer or enterprise driven
7. Google may get a run for their money or at least slow down "stream roller" effect ..structure less important as underlying content will be structured.
8. Don't know how it is going to look and just know what it won't look like.
9. Pragmatic will be replaced by semantic platforms
10. Tagging we know but micro-formats will provide the structure we need
11. leverage of the community will happen under the semantic web..techniques from social networking will be used..we know its coming..just provide structure!!!

Flickr Image Tagging: Patterns Made Visible by Joan Beaudoin

Folksonomies!

We all tag so let's agree probably difficult find a pattern but our author has a plan...
 Two interconnected ideas in play
First look for underlying patterns or similarities..next  effectiveness of image tagging..which means a tag could cross intersections  to be anything...sounds very difficult when one thing fits into many.

Model evaluation
The evaluate and develop categories...ok can't agree on that ...could get a majority but not all to agree..but those open to interpretation caused problems..modification of categories of tags would improve the model's performance  ..user to choose best fit

Tag categories--how often used
Proofed preferences in tag categories used...yes, i would agree place name should be #1...that's how I usually id my own images no surprise..use of compound categories when the user decides a single tag will not serve their purpose.  Usage on some tag categories was nominal ..some showed significant usage such as, event tag...at a much lower usage were tags humor, poetic, number and emotion..

Problem of meaning
 We as librarians know this issue well..."in other cases the unknown tags illustrate how important contextual knowledge is to the categorization of the tags"..in addition foreign languages pose difficulty too.

Our individual differences
Various tags experienced highly individualized use.  Use of time tag  showed most variation among users that were studied..but since most image have a date stamp this might be redundant.

Flickr developments
  each improvement offers users a more vibrate tagging process...opportunity to strengthen natural language and greater accuracy in retrieval.

US
 Progress in image retrieval
clarify how personalized can be
tagging is here to stay so get with it...