Presented at OpenLearn 2007, http://kn.open.ac.uk/public/workspace.cfm?wpid=7979

1. Open metadata
for open educational resources
in an open infrastructure
Erik Duval, Stefaan Ternier, Martin Wolpers, Jehad Najjar, Bram
Vandeputte, Katrien Verbert, Joris Klerkx, Michael Meire, Xavier Ochoa
K.U.Leuven & ARIADNE
http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd
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2. slogan warning!
2 http://www.kinkyangel.co.uk/

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4. http://www.slideshare.net/erik.duval
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5. open = removing barriers

6. your barriers?
?
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7. • legal
• am not allowed to use or change it
• findability
• don’t know it exists & can’t find it (back)
• can’t keep up
• too much hassle, not part of my workflow
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8. legal?
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9. legal?
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10. im p le
S
legal?
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11. im p le
S g h
e n ou
Go od
legal?
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12. im p le
S g h
e n o u
Go od
legal? t)
co ur
o rk s ( in
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13. or should we be more agressive assertive?
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14. findability?
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15. findability?
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16. http://www.ariadne-eu.org/
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17. Searchability
http://globe-info.org/
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18. open metadata
& open services
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19. open metadata
& open services
• LOM, DC, MPEG, METS,VCARD, ...: yes, thanks!
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20. open metadata
& open services
• LOM, DC, MPEG, METS,VCARD, ...: yes, thanks!
• and youtube, slideshare, ...
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21. open metadata
& open services
• LOM, DC, MPEG, METS,VCARD, ...: yes, thanks!
• and youtube, slideshare, ...
• SQI, SRW, PLQL, CQL, OAI-PMH, ...: yes, thanks!
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22. open metadata
& open services
• LOM, DC, MPEG, METS,VCARD, ...: yes, thanks!
• and youtube, slideshare, ...
• SQI, SRW, PLQL, CQL, OAI-PMH, ...: yes, thanks!
• and mashups, small pieces loosely joined ...
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23. http://www.mace-project.eu/

24. http://www.mace-project.eu/

27. http://info.melt-project.eu/
OAI - SQI
Creative Commons
folksonomies
€3.6M
37,593 resources and 97,200 assets
EUN, ARIADNE
Ministries: Austria, Catalonia, Hungary, Iceland, Estonia,
Finland, Ireland, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
Commercial: UK, Germany, Iceland
Danube University Krems (evaluation)
Europese Hogeschool Brussel (school pilots)
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28. can’t keep up, too much hassle
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29. 19
http://blip.tv/

30. 19
http://blip.tv/

31. 19
http://blip.tv/

32. 19
http://blip.tv/

33. 19
http://blip.tv/

34. 19
http://blip.tv/

35. snowflake for learning?
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37. teachers
you used
last year
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38. teachers
new since
last year
you used
last year
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39. teachers
other
teachers
like you...
new since
last year
you used
last year
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40. teachers
used in
this
context
other
teachers
like you...
new since
last year
you used
last year
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41. teachers
also used
by...
used in
this
context
other
teachers
like you...
new since
last year
you used
last year
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42. teachers learners
also used
by...
used in
this
context
other
teachers
like you...
new since
last year
your peers
you used
have done
last year this
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43. teachers learners
also used
by...
used in
this
context
other
teachers
like you...
new since they
last year asked ...
your peers
you used
have done
last year this
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44. teachers learners
also used
by...
used in
this
context
other who is
teachers doing this
like you... now?
new since they
last year asked ...
your peers
you used
have done
last year this
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45. teachers learners
also used
by...
used in
learn
this
together?
context
other who is
teachers doing this
like you... now?
new since they
last year asked ...
your peers
you used
have done
last year this
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46. teachers learners
also used thumbs
by... up/down?
used in
learn
this
together?
context
other who is
teachers doing this
like you... now?
new since they
last year asked ...
your peers
you used
have done
last year this
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47. snowflake learning
requires
open learning infrastructure
for scale
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48. Open feedback
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49. Open feedback
Attention metadata
http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.be/empirical/
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50. Open feedback
Attention metadata
http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.be/empirical/
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51. Open feedback
Attention metadata
http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.be/empirical/
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52. 1.Property
2.Mobility
3.Economy
4.Transparency
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53. 1.Property
2.Mobility
3.Economy
4.Transparency
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54. 1.Property
2.Mobility
3.Economy
4.Transparency
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55. How about you?
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56. How about you?
• many facets to open
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57. How about you?
• many facets to open
• “snowflake effect”
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58. How about you?
• many facets to open
• “snowflake effect”
• fight not invented here
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59. How about you?
• many facets to open
• “snowflake effect”
• fight not invented here
• interconnect for scale
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60. How about you?
• many facets to open
• “snowflake effect”
• fight not invented here
• interconnect for scale
• join ARIADNE & Globe !
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61. Questions?
http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/wordpress/eduval/
http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd
Thanks!
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