Yes, I understand but there is a working group for learning object
metadata for representing instructional and learning content, so I was
curious as to the similarities or of any collaboration between the your
work with GEM and what SIF is working on.
Norma
-----Original Message-----
From: Jian Qin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 19:28
To: Norma Richardson; [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Need to precisely describe forms of pedagogy
SIF is a protocol type of standards used for communicating school
administrative and service data. It is mainly designed for school
management systems. The learning object metadata has a quite different
purpose--for instructional and learning content. The two sets of
standards may have or build some kind of interface to talk to each
other. The learning object ontology is mainly constructed to serve the
needs for representing instructional and learning content.
Jian
Jian Qin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Information Studies
Syracuse University
4-187 Center for Sci & Tech
Syracuse, NY 13244
(315)443-5642 fax: (315)443-5806
http://www.ist.syr.edu/
>>> Norma Richardson <[log in to unmask]> 05/24/04 03:23PM
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This is very interesting work. How does this "fit" with the work being
done within SIF for K12?
Norma Richardson
VP Education Services
Digital Concepts, Inc.
www.digitalconcepts.com
623-877-0603
-----Original Message-----
From: Jian Qin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 12:04
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Need to precisely describe forms of pedagogy
Recently I have been working on learning object ontology and the new
version incorporated some of the results from the GEM query log mining.
The ontology may be viewed at: http://web.syr.edu/%7Ejqin/LO/LOV2/. It
focuses on representing learning related concepts in learning objects.
The query log mining is still in process, but the findings on
learning-related vocabulary are very interesting and helpful in gaining
insights into what aspects users are looking for in relation to pedagogy
and learning-related attributes.
Jian
Jian Qin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Information Studies
Syracuse University
4-187 Center for Sci & Tech
Syracuse, NY 13244
(315)443-5642 fax: (315)443-5806
http://www.ist.syr.edu/
>>> Stuart Sutton <[log in to unmask]> 05/23/04 06:26PM >>>
To date, the DC-Education Working Group has been successful in getting a
number of new elements and element refinements necessary to the domain
of education and training added to the DCMI namespace (dcterms). Those
include <<audience>>, <<mediator>> and <<conformsTo>>. These new
elements make it possibole for us to more precisely discover educational
resources that meet the needs of specific student/trainee audiences and
that conform to specific academic standards, frameworks, benchmarks
(pick your favorite category name).
It appears to me, however, that even with these substantial gains in the
descriptive power of DCMI in the domain of education and training, we
still cannot make precise statements regarding the pedagogical aspects
of a resource with any degree of precision. In my projects, we are
constantly needing to be able to describe the processes by which
knowledge, attitudes, or skills are deliberately conveyed. Those needs
take the more specific form of needing to describe: (1) teaching methods
that express the ways of presenting instructional materials or
conducting instructional activities supported by a resource; (2)
student/trainee groupings which identify patterns of student interaction
and communications supported by a resource; and (3) assessment
statements that identify the mechanisms by which group and individual
levels of learning are measured by a resource.
I'd be interested in knowing whether others in the Working Group have
similar needs and could benefit from a pedagogy or teaching methods
element (however labeled)?
Stuart
Gateway to Educational Materials
http://eg2.ischool.washington.edu
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