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Phil has captured my sentiments exactly. Here's my list of unwanted elements... interactivity level - I don't think you can qualify this, as it is likely to vary from learner to learner, and is too subjective anyhow semantic density - who is going to say their learning materials are not very useful anyhow? intended enduser role - I'm not clear on the vocabulary provided for this one. In many cases the teacher is the author, and I could argue that resources are equally used by teachers and learners > 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: 22 January 2002 14:42 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: survey - the number of elements > > Hello All, > I meant to follow up on this last week but didn't have time, so apologies > for > the delayed reply. > > I think that it is important we find out some information on what isn't > being > used and why, as Juanita suggests. But it is also quite difficult: a > simple > list of all the elements in IMS (with a tick box next to each and space > for a > line of explanation) would run to several pages. I shall, however include > a > question asking whether the respondent could provide us with a mapping of > their > element set to IMS, which would allow us to extract this information. > > We could focus our attention on a few elements and ask whether they are > being > used. I think this would complement Aida's suggestion of asking for an > estimate > of how many are used and which group they come from. > > So a quick question: are there any elements in IMS that you suspect are > not > being widely used? > I'll lead with semantic density. > > I look forward to hearing any other suggestions. > > Regards, Phil. > > Dawn Holland wrote: > > > > 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 > > Metadata Project Officer (Maternity Cover) > > The Jennie Lee Library > > The Open University > > Walton Hall > > Milton Keynes > > MK7 6AA > > > > -- > 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/