Pat
We started with the activity streams model, and then extended it -- so LR
paradata can be mapped to AS, but it will be lossey.
In LR we ask for people to submit one piece of data at a time, but the full
paradata spec does use the packaging model from AS to bundle things. But
none of LR uses that.
LR doesn't have a standard strategy for what to submit -- e.g., each event,
an incremental time summary/aggregate over some period (each week, each
month), a cumulative summary "to date". We wanted the community to be able
to do what they think is best.
- Dan
On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 13:53, Pat Lockley <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> After my last post I went to read the LR "Paradata in 20 seconds"
> google doc. It seems to delineate the LR paradata from
> activitystrea.ms by aggregating the actions together (the examples are
> monthly). Of course we could submit something else, but I don't think
> we have a standard schema / policy for this.
>
> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Scott Wilson
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > On 6 Apr 2012, at 16:56, Pat Lockley wrote:
> >
> >> I think turning the ramanathan or Jeffrey Hill's LRPHP (see github)
> >> into an API would be really simple, but I am unsure of what the best
> >> publishing policy is? If it's metadata packaged up, I would guess we
> >> should delete our metadata package before we add a new one - but that
> >> seems open to conjecture? Also if we submit paradata, is it per act,
> >> or per month, and do we maintain a core paradata package with all the
> >> data in?
> >
> > I've been working on a Java lib for publishing and synching LR paradata,
> specifically ratings (reviews and downloads still to go): for ratings I've
> assumed one paradata record per rating on the assumption that ratings and
> comments go hand in hand so its worth keeping them as individual records
> with actor-measure-subject. However I can also see the case for doing
> summaries (e.g. "in our store this app has an average rating of 3.2 from a
> sample of 43 ratings") so will probably add some support for that too.
> >
> > In any case I have to filter to remove earlier updates, e.g. see:
> >
> >
> http://scottbw.wordpress.com/2012/04/05/spaws-initial-code-hands-on-with-the-learning-registry/
> >
> > Code is at:
> >
> > https://github.com/scottbw/spaws
> >
> > (& in sonatype snapshots repo for all you Maven fans)
> >
> > Putting this lib behind a web API would be pretty easy if you wanted to.
> I guess the main value-added is the de-duplication and filtering.
> >
> > S
> >
> >>
> >> On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Julian Tenney
> >> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>> What would be really helpful for us is a leg-up with the technology
> side of
> >>> things. What we would like to do is add some pages to our example at
> >>> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits/play_560 to ask users to rate the
> >>> resource, maybe comment on it and then push that info into the LR.
> What we
> >>> would really like is some easy method of doing that, I’m thinking
> about some
> >>> simple API call I can make. I have Pat’s ‘post data to the LR’ php
> code, but
> >>> it would be much simpler for me to call a service, and I think for
> others
> >>> too. We could also explore publishing a resource into the LR from
> toolkits,
> >>> again an API to call would make this easy, and would facilitate
> building
> >>> other tools by which data can be added to the node, be them widgets,
> gizmos,
> >>> whatever,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> From: Open Educational Resources [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On
> >>> Behalf Of Sarah Currier
> >>> Sent: 03 April 2012 10:03
> >>> To: [log in to unmask]
> >>> Subject: JISC OER RI projects working with the JLeRN on Learning
> Registry
> >>> stuff
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hello all,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> See below for link to (and text of) JLeRN blog post on OER Rapid
> Innovation
> >>> projects working with JLeRN and/or the Learning Registry.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Had a brief chat with Suzanne Hardy at the end of the Programme
> Meeting last
> >>> week about what might help these projects, and any others interested in
> >>> JLeRN / The Learning Registry.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Can you please shout if (a) you have an OER RI (or any OER) project
> >>> interested in this stuff and I haven’t mentioned you in the blog post,
> and
> >>> (b) if you have an idea of what might be helpful for you to move on
> with
> >>> this aspect of your project.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Suzanne and I were just thinking, maybe a kick-off virtual meeting of
> some
> >>> kind (with CETIS input too).
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>>
> >>> Sarah
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> From: Sarah Currier [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >>> Sent: 03 April 2012 09:55
> >>> To: Sarah Currier
> >>> Subject: Fwd: Some new UK-based JISC projects working with the JLeRN on
> >>> Learning Registry stuff
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >>> From: Sarah Currier <[log in to unmask]>
> >>> Date: 3 April 2012 09:54
> >>> Subject: Some new UK-based JISC projects working with the JLeRN on
> Learning
> >>> Registry stuff
> >>> To: [log in to unmask]
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hello all,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> For those who don't follow the JLeRN blog, thought you might be
> interested
> >>> in these new JISC-funded projects (blog post
> >>> here:
> http://jlernexperiment.wordpress.com/2012/04/03/jlern-and-the-jisc-oer-rapid-innovation-projects/).
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Text of post here:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> JLeRN and the JISC OER Rapid Innovation Strand
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The HE Academy / JISC OER3 Programme‘s new Rapid Innovation strand
> projects
> >>> kicked off last week in London at the Programme Meeting. We are
> thrilled
> >>> that there are four projects within the strand who want to work with
> us on
> >>> Learning Registry related developments.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> With only four months left for JLeRN, we want to make the most of the
> time
> >>> we have, and participating in well-thought-out projects meeting real
> >>> requirements in the OER space seems like a good way to consolidate what
> >>> we’ve learned so far. All of these projects involve folk who supported
> us by
> >>> coming to the Hackday in January and the CETIS Conference Learning
> Registry
> >>> session in February so it’ll be nice to give something back.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The four projects we are working with are as follows (NB: There were a
> few
> >>> other sparks of interest in the OER Rapid Innovation projects’ breakout
> >>> session, so I think we may pick up a few more along the way: don’t be
> shy to
> >>> get in touch if you’d like to work with us):
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Rapid Innovation Dynamic Learning Maps-Learning Registry (RIDLR)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Based at Newcastle University, and led by Simon Cotterill, this
> project will
> >>> build on their Dynamic Learning Maps work, and their FavOERites social
> >>> bookmarking project, to develop “open APIs to harvest and release
> paradata
> >>> on OER from end-users (bookmarks, tags, comments, ratings and reviews
> etc.)
> >>> from the Learning Registry and other sources for specific topics,
> within the
> >>> context of curriculum and personal maps.”
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Sharing Paradata Across Widget Stores (SPAWS)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Based at Bolton University (with partners KMi (Open University); IMC
> AG,
> >>> Saarbruecken; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium) and led by Scott
> >>> Wilson, this project will use the Learning Registry infrastructure to
> share
> >>> paradata in the form of user views, reviews and ratings about
> educational
> >>> widgets across four existing widget stores.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Xerte Experience Now Improved: Targeting HTML5 (XENITH)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Based at Nottingham University (with partners JISC TechDIS, EDINA and
> Mimas
> >>> (us!)), and led by Julian Tenney, this project builds on the Xerte
> Online
> >>> Toolkits, which integrates directly with the Xpert Repository. As an
> adjunct
> >>> to its main development work, it will explore sharing metadata and
> paradata
> >>> about Xerte resources with the Learning Registry.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Track OER: Tracking Open Educational Resources
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Based at the Open University, and led by Patrick McAndrew, this
> project aims
> >>> to “develop software that can help track open educational resources”
> as they
> >>> are used away from their point of origin. JLeRN has already entered
> >>> discussions with them to ensure mutual affordances are identified.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> In addition to these projects, the University of Liverpool will soon be
> >>> working with the JLeRN team to set up their own node. As well as
> assisting
> >>> with meeting Liverpool’s requirements, this will enable JLeRN to
> experiment
> >>> with sharing data between nodes at different locations. Work with
> Jorum will
> >>> continue, and discussions have begun with the JISC Resource Discovery
> >>> Programme to widen the reach of the Learning Registry concept. Watch
> out for
> >>> blog posts on all of these activities!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Cheers all, comments and questions welcome: the blog post has project
> links
> >>> in it.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Sarah
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Sarah Currier | Jorum Technical Coordinator (R&D Projects) | JLeRN
> >>> Experiment Project Lead
> >>>
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