Implications of COLIS for Course Development: The need for secondary usage meta-data Presenters: Robyn Philip and James Dalziel 16th ODLAA Conference, Canberra, September 2003 Sustaining Quality Learning Environments

Rationalisation of resources reuse Cost of development Interoperability Standards Nature of the academic work in 21 century –Rate of change –Contractual, fragmented, ‘time poor’ workforce –Professional development needs - technology –Need to search for and locate resources quickly Current trends impacting on course development

What does this mean in practice? Searching multiple databases and repositories Evaluation of resources Need for context specific and culturally appropriate resources Customisation and adaptation Copyright issues Integration with learning management system

University Partners Industry Participants Associates Sponsors COLIS Demonstrator

Directories Content Management Library E-Services E-Reserve E-Journals Learning Object Management Integration Learning Management Digital Rights Management COLIS Integration Service Chunks

Interaction of IT Systems & Repositories Continuation of COLIS 2003 – IIS&R Project 1.Educational research Macquarie/OTEN, Murdoch, Monash, Tasmania, WestOne/Curtin, CETIS (UK) 2.Substitution by vendors Microsoft, Oracle, Sun, myintranet, Ebullient, intrallect, ExLibris, Concord, Blackboard, Harvest Road, WebCT, Endeavour

What does this mean for the ‘Arranger’? Search and retrieval of licensed learning objects Granularity - size & complexity Cycle of reuse - not ‘silos’ Currier & Campbell (2002) – DNER&LO study

What will facilitate process? Systems that meet needs –Comparable to or better than current resource gathering Ease of reuse - relative advantage –Compatible, trialable, observable (Rogers 1983) Documentation of content and practice Change management –Program or operating milieu (Scott 1999) –Mechanisms and rewards - strategic level –Reflective practice - embedded

What will facilitate process - standards? The value of current meta-data –User needs for secondary usage meta-data The impact of Learning Design –Need new kinds of meta-data –Changes the role of content meta-data

URLS Interaction of IT Systems and Repositories (IIS&R, 2003) COLIS background information (2002) Merlot database (peer reviewed) EDNA (Education Network Australia) Metadata standards Metadata Debate, AEShareNet & Macquarie University, March 2003 ‘To meta-tag or not to meta-tag? A skeptical view’ (ppt) Adjunct Professor James Dalziel

Implications of COLIS for Course Development: The need for secondary usage meta-data Presenters: Robyn Philip and James Dalziel 16th ODLAA Conference, Canberra, September 2003 Sustaining Quality Learning Environments