Hello
I think Aida' s suggestions for more precise information on which IMS
elements are being used or not is a good idea.
However I have a vague recollection from the CETIS meeting in November (and
please correct me if I am wrong!) that going further and actually collecting
the individual elements not being used was suggested.
For example, if the survey showed that x% of respondents didn't use the
Educational Element "semantic density", this information could then be
passed to IMS as evidence to suggest alternations or changes to the overall
schema.
What does anyone else think?
Dawn
Dawn Holland
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The Jennie Lee Library
The Open University
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-----Original Message-----
From: Aida Slavic [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 16 January 2002 11:36
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Subject: survey - the number of elements
Good point! nobody actually uses all, although the whole schema is
declared to
be used - according to our experience most of learning reasources
had 10-15
But stating 'which' is maybe too hard.
Two suggestions
1) How many IMS descriptive elements do you most often use to
describe your
resources?
a) all
b) more than a half
c) half
d) between 15-20
e) less than 15
Comment _________________________
2) If you don't use all the elements from which group of IMS
elements, apart
from general and educational, your most often used elements come?
(choose one
or more)
a) lifecycle
b) metametadata
c) technical
d) rights
e) relation
f) annotation
d)classification
Comment ____________________________
aida
Juanita Foster-Jones wrote:
> Having just read this I would like to suggest an additional
question.
>
> What elements don't you use and why?
> I think this could help identify which areas of IMS cause
implementors
> probs.
>
> > Juanita Foster-Jones, BA(Hons)
> Multimedia Services Development Officer/ DiVA Project Officer
> The Interactive Open Learning Centre & Media Archive
> The Open University Library
> Walton Hall
> Milton Keynes
> MK7 6AA
>
> Tel: 01908 655702
> Fax: 01908 653571
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Phil Barker [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: 09 January 2002 15:48
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: IMS Metadata Use Survey
> >
> > Hello CETIS Metadata Interest Group,
> > I hope you all had a good break. One piece of work which I
didn't
> > quite manage to get out to you before the holidays was the
summary of
> > our discussions about a survey of who is using IMS metadata,
why, and
> > how. Here it is now.
> >
> > Any comments would be welcome. In particular:
> > -Have I forgotten/misinterpreted anything from he discussions
> > -Can anyone think of anything else we should ask about
> >
> > Bets wishes, Phil.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Phil Barker Learning Technology
Advisor
> > ICBL, Department of Computing and Electrical Engineering
> > Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS
> > Tel: 0131 451 3278 Fax: 0131 451 3327
> > Web: http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/~philb/ << File:
IMS_use_survey.rtf >>
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Aida Slavic
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