Hi Folks
Just to drop in on this thread late before I go and make my tea:
The discussion about LOM Core in a way shows what a success it has been - no
really :-). And what I am continually struck by is the diverse types of
'user' that are represented (developers, discoverers, teachers, librarian
types, admin types etc) all having a different angle as Gerry rightly
remarks.
For a repository I think it makes sense to ask for the full monty in
metadata as the stuff is murder to put right afterwards (as the HLSI folks
found) - assuming the metadata is 'right' in the first place. I remember
being at the EC SIG where the HLSI people (I hope I have got this right by
the way, and am not slandering you!) were recounting how they had to redo
the metadata all over because the first batch done by the subject
specialists was not accurate enough and how much that exercise had cost
them. At the same SIG a person from a commercial supplier said "Is that all
it cost?" I remember being very struck by this remark and the cultural
difference this revealed.
To put this crudely if we are producing learning objects of value (and
elearning content is dear to produce) then it is a bit daft to skimp on the
metadata to find and maintain the objects - a kind of penny wise pound
foolish mentality. But perhaps this is because of the current 'political
economy' of learning technology - a bit odd and unbalanced?
I like making content but entering metadata is a real drag to be honest, but
it needs to be done - making it mandatory is one way of making sure it is
done. Making it easy (and yes I do want it easy!) would mean that it is
costed more realistically and that cataloguers (working to a profile of the
LOM or whatever) do the work with the specialists and that it is not
squeezed in on the side. For me this is one of the things the debate shows
up, and we need to remember this is all still pretty new in our systems - I
am still persuading people of the basic benefits of sharing and reuse!
So I guess I come down on the side of some mandatory elements (and the LOM
will do for now)- filled in by someone else!
cheers
John
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