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Peer reviewedCarey, Tom; Swallow, Jonathan; Oldfield, William – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2002
Discusses learning objects that encompass a learning activity so they are more than just a digital resource. Reports on a feasibility study for metadata to record process-oriented information about instructional approaches for learning objects, through a set of Educational Rationale tags which would allow authors to describe their design intent.…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Feasibility Studies, Instructional Design, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedNesbit, John; Belfer, Karen; Vargo, John – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2002
Discusses the properties that distinguish learning object from other forms of educational software, including global accessibility, metadata standards, finer granularity and reusability, and their implications for evaluation. Proposes a convergent participation model for learning object evaluation and reviews other evaluation models that have been…
Descriptors: Courseware, Educational Resources, Evaluation Methods, Global Approach
Peer reviewedMahon, Barry; Siegel, Elliot; Molholm, Kurt N.; Anderson, William L.; Elliott, Roger; Hodge, Gail M.; Hunter, Karen; Steenbakkers, Johan F.; Paskin, Norman; Heterick, Bruce; Woodyard, Deborah; Morris, Sally; Smith, Bernard – Information Services & Use, 2002
This special issue is a compilation of documents from the seminar organized by ICSTI (International Council for Scientific and Technical Information), ICSU (International Council for Science), and CODATA (ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology). Focuses on preserving and archiving digital scientific data and discusses electronic…
Descriptors: Archives, International Programs, Metadata, Scientific and Technical Information
Peer reviewedSuleman, Hussein; Fox, Edward – Journal of Library Administration, 2001
Explains the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) which was developed to solve problems of digital library interoperability on the World Wide Web. Topics include metadata; HTTP; XML; Dublin Core; the OAI Metadata Harvesting Protocol; data providers; service providers; reference linking; library policies; shared semantics; and name authority systems.…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Library Policy, Metadata, Semantics
Peer reviewedHagedorn, Kat – Library Hi Tech, 2003
Describes the development of the OAIster system (Open Archives Initiative, University of Michigan, Digital Library Production Service) to harvest, store, transform digital object metadata into Digital Library eXtension Service (DLXS) Bibliographic Class format, build indexes and make the metadata searchable through an interface using the XPAT…
Descriptors: Archives, Electronic Libraries, Harvesting, Information Services
Peer reviewedArmstrong, C. J. – Online & CD-ROM Review, 1997
Discusses PICS (Platform for Internet Content Selection), the Centre for Information Quality Management (CIQM), and metadata. Highlights include filtering networked information; the quality of information; and standardizing search engines. (LRW)
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Internet, Metadata, Online Searching
Adams, Katherine – Online, 2002
Explains the concept of a semantic Web where software agents perform jobs for end-users by using hierarchies, metadata, and structured vocabularies. Discusses taxonomies; defining ontologies and taxonomies; standardized language and conceptual relationships; different points of emphasis; and topic maps as new Web infrastructure. (LRW)
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Software, Metadata, Semantics
Shackelford, Bill – T+D, 2002
Discusses the Shareable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM), which integrates electronic learning standards to provide a common ground for course development. Describes the Advanced Distributed Learning Co-Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin- Madison campus. (JOW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Metadata, Models
Daly, Janet – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 2000
Provides an overview of a planned session to describe the work of the World Wide Web Consortium, including technical specifications for HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), XML (Extensible Markup Language), CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), and over 20 other Web standards that address graphics, multimedia, privacy, metadata, and other technologies. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Consortia, Metadata, Privacy
Peer reviewedKim, Hyun-Hee; Choi, Chang-Seok – Electronic Library, 2000
Shows how XML is applied to digital library systems. Compares major features of XML with those of HTML and describes an experimental XML-based metadata retrieval system, which is based on the Dublin Core and is designed as a subsystem of the Korean Virtual Library and Information System (VINIS). (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval
Rappoport, Avi – Online, 2000
Discusses the search option on Web sites and explains how to develop a search engine. Highlights include search options, including Boolean operators, graphical interface, and language; platform and server compatibility; indexing; metadata; XML; customization options; installation and configuration; evaluation; usability; and cost. (LRW)
Descriptors: Costs, Evaluation Methods, Indexing, Information Retrieval
Peer reviewedGlogoff, Stuart J.; Forger, Garry J. – Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 2001
Discusses metadata standards that help manage and locate Web-based educational resources, based on experiences at the University of Arizona. Highlights include GEM (Gateway to Educational Materials); Dublin Core protocol; national and international efforts; and MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching). (LRW)
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, International Programs, Metadata, Standards
Direct linkChristie, Michael – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2005
According to Manovich (2001), the database and the narrative are natural enemies, each competing for the same territory of human culture. Aboriginal knowledge traditions depend upon narrative through storytelling and other shared performances. The database objectifies and commodifies distillations of such performances and absorbs them into data…
Descriptors: Metadata, Databases, Foreign Countries, Epistemology
Pegler, Chris – Open Learning, 2005
This paper draws on the presentation of three online pilot "series" of learning objects aimed at offering university staff convenient updating opportunities around issues connected with e-learning. The "Hot Topics" format presented short themed sets (series) of learning objects to a wide-range of staff, encouraging sampling strategies to support…
Descriptors: Staff Development, Professional Development, Open Universities, Metadata
King, Douglas – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2008
In the last issue, this journal asked a question on many librarians' minds, and it was pleased with the depth and variety of responses. As suggested by this journal editorial board member Oliver Pesch, readers were asked, "Many libraries have gone to federated searching to win users back from Google. Is it working?" Respondents approached the…
Descriptors: Internet, Web Sites, Computer Software, Synthesis
