DocumentCode
3387434
Title
Evaluating the Learning Object Metadata for K-12 educational resources
Author
Suthers, Daniel D.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Inf. & Comput. Sci., Hawaii Univ., Honolulu, HI, USA
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Firstpage
371
Lastpage
374
Abstract
The Learning Object Metadata (LOM) is an emerging standard for organizing descriptions of digital or nondigital entities used to support learning. The descriptions include educational, legal, and technical characteristics of these resources. The article describes an application of the LOM to the construction of a database of resources available to public schools in Hawaii and reports on issues encountered, focusing on structural issues such as dependencies between elements. The paper illustrates why the development of metadata formats cannot be divorced from an understanding of educational context
Keywords
database management systems; educational computing; meta data; standards; teaching; Hawaii; LOM; Learning Object Metadata; digital entities; educational context; learning support; metadata formats; nondigital entities; public schools; resource database; technical characteristics; Application software; Collaboration; Databases; Educational institutions; Humans; Internet; Law; Legal factors; Organizing; Standards organizations;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Advanced Learning Technologies, 2001. Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Madison, WI
Print_ISBN
0-7695-1013-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICALT.2001.943948
Filename
943948
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