CETIS Briefing Paper 2013:B01.

Activity Data and Paradata

Illustration of activity data and paradata

Link: Activity Data and Paradata (pdf) Link: Activity Data and Paradata (MS Word .docx)

This briefing introduces a range of approaches and specifications for recording and exchanging data generated by the interactions of users with resources.

Such data is a form of Activity Data, which can be defined as [...]

CETIS Other Publication 2013:X03.

The Learning Registry: social networking for open educational resources?

The Learning Registry: social networking for open educational resources? (OER13 Conference paper) (PDF)The Learning Registry: social networking for open educational resources? (OER13 Conference paper) (MS Word .doc)

This paper reflects on Cetis’ involvement with the Learning Registry and Jisc’s Learning Registry Node Experiment at Mimas (The JLeRN Experiment), and their application [...]

CETIS Other Publication 2013:X02.

New approaches to describing and discovering open educational resources

Link: New Approaches to Describing and Discovering Open Educational Resources (OER13 Conference paper)(PDF) Link: New Approaches to Describing and Discovering Open Educational Resources (OER13 Conference paper) (MS Word .doc)

This paper reports and reflects on the innovative technical approaches adopted by UKOER projects to resource description, search engine optimisation and resource [...]

CETIS Other Publication 2012:X01.

Into the wild – Technology for open educational resources

Into the Wild (Cover)

Reflections on three years of the UK OER Programmes.

Between 2009 and 2012 the Higher Education Funding Council funded a series of programmes to encourage higher education institutions in the UK to release existing educational content as Open Educational Resources. The HEFCE funded UK OER Programme was run and managed by the JISC and [...]

CETIS Report 2012:R02.

The roles of libraries and information professionals in Open Educational Resources (OER) initiatives

Link: The roles of libraries and information professionals in Open Educational Resources (OER) initiatives (pdf)

Link: Executive Summary (pdf)

Executive Summary This report contains the findings of a study carried out by the Centre for Academic Practice & [...]

CETIS Journal Paper .

Metadata for Learning Materials: An Overview of Existing Standards and Current Developments.

Link: From Journal website (subscription required; Authors’ final version (open access)

Summary: This paper provides an overview of specifications and standards for metadata relating to learning materials. It is structured to present first the currently established metadata schemas in use today (specifically the IEEE LOM and Dublin Core metadata), then to [...]

CETIS Report 2008:R0.

Learning Material Application Profile Scoping Study – final report

Link; Learning Material Application Profile scoping study – final report (pdf).

This report details the findings of a scoping study carried out for the JISC to investigate a potential metadata application profile for learning materials. The objective of the study was to synthesize and analyse the advice that is currently available to managers [...]

CETIS Briefing Paper 2007:B06.

What is IMS VDEX?

Link What is IMS VDEX? (html) A CETIS Briefing on the IMS specification for Vocabulary Definition and Exchange, which allows the exchange and expression of simple machine-readable lists of human language terms, along with information that may assist a human in understanding the meaning of the various terms.

No longer current.

CETIS Briefing Paper 2007:B04.

What is the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting

Link: What is the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting? (html).

A CETIS Briefing Paper on the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH), which offers a simple technical option for catalogue and repository services to make their metadata available to other services.

CETIS Briefing Paper 2005:B01.

What is IEEE Learning Object Metadata / IMS Learning Resource Metadata?

Link: What is IEEE Learning Object Metadata (pdf).

A CETIS briefing paper on the IEEE 1484.12.1 – 2002 Standard for Learning Object Metadata, a standard for the description of “learning objects”. IEEE 1484.12.1 is the first part of a multipart standard, and describes the LOM data model. The LOM data model specifies which [...]