Sounds like a job for a Widget to me ;-)
On 30 Mar 2011, at 19:50, Peter Robinson wrote:
> I've placed an overview with pretty pictures of frontend here ..
>
> http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/OER_Hack_Days_/_Idea4
>
>
> On 30 Mar 2011, at 17:02, Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote:
>
>> This seems like the sort of thing that the Learning Registry might
>> be a good backend for -- pushing URL + a relatively constrained set
>> of metadata into Couch DB.
>>
>> The question is, what does the frontend look like?
>>
>> --g
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Peter Robinson <[log in to unmask]
>>> wrote:
>> Dear Kate,
>>
>> I'd personally like to see if we could investigate further the idea of
>> storing a list or set of things that someone in a subject finds
>> useful. i.e. a playlist of OER stored in a public online space that
>> can be searched against ..
>>
>> I'm using different terms for it
>>
>> * playlist - similar to itunes playlist
>> * learning path
>> * reading list
>> * recommended books list - similar to amazon
>> * shopping trolley
>> * Does flickr have similar concept of a set of user likes
>>
>> I've used the collate and push into delicous as way of describing
>> what I'm after ... but have no idea if this is a goer. I seem to
>> recall that delicious has an API
>>
>> a) pick/create a list of things that are useful - the playlist
>> b) store it somewhere locally ( in Triton we'd want to store in the
>> WordPress database )
>> c) push it into a public directory space in the cloud / web
>> ( delicous / other web2 space?)
>> d) view a list of things that others have ( if you like this
>> resource others have used it in this playlist )
>>
>> We might have some code/examples that has elements of step a) for our
>> Oxford OER work
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> has this already been done ? similar concepts elsewhere ?
>>
>>
>>
>> On 30 Mar 2011, at 12:26, LOMAX, Kate wrote:
>>
>>> We discussed a OER delicious type thing amongst the PORSCHE team as
>>> well and I've been looking into building a skeleton app for this in
>>> Rails (limited skills permitting) - it would be good to hear
>>> whether others think there's some traction to this idea or would
>>> like to collaborate on this. Might save some of the link retweeting
>>> dilemmas mentioned..?
>>>
>>> Kate
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Open Educational Resources on behalf of Patrick Lockley
>>> Sent: Wed 30/03/2011 11:54 AM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: OER and aggregation
>>>
>>> This fits in with the OER delicious idea?
>>>
>>> Or perhaps something like it?
>>>
>>> From: Open Educational Resources [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>> On Behalf Of Amber THOMAS
>>> Sent: 30 March 2011 11:35
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: OER and aggregation
>>>
>>>
>>> Ah, I see! I don't mention any aggregators other than in my opening
>>> para explaining my interest in aggregators! You know I know about
>>> xpert.
>>>
>>> It's not a blog post about the models or usage of particular
>>> aggregators, it's about the models behind them. I'd be very
>>> interested to see how any aggregator would describe itself in the
>>> terms I suggested in the post. I'm also keen to hear of established
>>> ways of describing what aggregators do.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Amber
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Amber Thomas
>>> Programme Manager, Information Environment Team, JISC Innovation
>> Group
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>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Open Educational Resources [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>> On Behalf Of Patrick Lockley
>>> Sent: 30 March 2011 11:18
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: OER and aggregation
>>>
>>> Xpert doesn't get a mention, and we sort of are *the* aggregator I'd
>>> have thought.
>>>
>>> We also support secondary aggregation via API calls across existing
>>> collections (searching one feed), and user-defined collections
>>> (searching multiple feeds).
>>>
>>> And I think 2 of the thematic projects (Oxford and Loughborough) are
>>> both using Xpert powered systems as part of their sites?
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Open Educational Resources [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>> On Behalf Of Amber THOMAS
>>> Sent: 29 March 2011 20:11
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: OER and aggregation
>>>
>>> Xpert is definitely an aggregator!
>>> Why do you ask that?
>>>
>>>
>>> Amber
>>>
>>> Amber Thomas
>>> Programme Manager, Information Environment Team, JISC Innovation
>> Group
>>> JISC Executive, University of Bristol 2nd Floor, Beacon House,
>>> Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1QU
>>> Email: [log in to unmask]
>>> Website: www.jisc.ac.uk<http://www.jisc.ac.uk>
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>>> Mobile: +44(0)7920 534933
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Open Educational Resources [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>> On Behalf Of Patrick Lockley
>>> Sent: 29 March 2011 17:19
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: OER and aggregation
>>>
>>> Is Xpert not an aggregator - or is this the aggregation as curation
>>> argument again?
>>>
>>> From: Open Educational Resources [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>> On Behalf Of Amber THOMAS
>>> Sent: 29 March 2011 13:46
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: OER and aggregation
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> As a contribution to the OER Hackday happening this week, I share my
>>> current thoughts on OER and aggregation
>>> http://infteam.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2011/03/29/oeragg/
>>>
>>>
>>> Amber
>>>
>>>
>>> Amber Thomas
>>> Programme Manager, Information Environment Team, JISC Innovation
>> Group
>>> JISC Executive, University of Bristol 2nd Floor, Beacon House,
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>>>>>
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