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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies, 2001. Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Madison, WI
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1013-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2001.943948
