1. Evangelia Mitsopoulou Luke Woodham Chara Balasubramaniam Describing Diverse Resources in Medical Education Using Metadata within the mEducator Project

2. Using Resources Learning Content Management System Web 2.0 Tools Specialist resources Academic Institution

3. Sharing Resources

4. mEducator 3 year EU funded project 14 partners from across Europe

5. Aim: To enable specialized state-of-the-art medical educational content of varying types to be discovered, retrieved, shared and re-used across European higher academic institutions. How: By implementing and evaluating two different solutions A “mashup” platform that aggregates content published in isolated Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS) A federated architecture of LCMSs based on Semantic Web Services for search, interchange and delivery of learning objects The mEducator Project

6. The Problem For a search function to discover resources it needs to know Where to look What to look for Given the diversity of resources, there are few common characteristics that search procedures can reliably look for Need to find some way of enabling resources to be searched and discovered

7. The Solution Need a common method of describing the resources for Search Discovery Metadata Data about data Describes the definition, structure and administration of the contents of a resource, and provides a context to ease future usage A metadata scheme provides a formalised description of the learning resources, and ensures the use of common terms and fields between resources

8. The Collaborative/Methodology Process Regular on-line meetings Regular face-to-face meetings Collaborative documents e.g. spreadsheets, wikisspreadsheets – Iterative approach gathering partners’ feedbacks Metamorphosis Tool for profile testing Feedback from relevant Deliverables of the project Research and Proposals in terms of project’s aim

9. Metadata Scheme Overview Analyse existing standards Relevant fields from existing standards Identify additional pedagogical information Explore requirements for repurposed content Fields to describe repurposing history Fields describing additional pedagogical information Identify any additional critical information Additional fields mEducator Metadata Scheme

10. Existing Standards Analysis Existing Standards IEEE LOM Healthcare LOM FOAF Okkamid DublinCore AttentionXML Proposed Metadata Fields Title ResourceURL Resource URN ResourceLanguage MetadataLanguage ResourceAuthor Keywords CreationDate ContentDescription Technical Description LearningResourceType Discipline Discipline Specialty

11. Repurposing Metadata

12. Pedagogical Metadata Resource1 Resource2 Resource3 Course A Course B Resource4 Resource5 Resource2 Educational Context Teaching Instructions Educational Objectives Learning Outcomes Assessment Methods Educational Prerequisites

13. Pedagogical Metadata Example virtual patient This author of this VP intended its use to be as a formative linear assessment Virtual Patient This formative branched assessment focused VP is best used by students as a revision tool to recap particular learning objectives from a taught session. Or it could be used to supplement a Problem-Based Learning (PBL) session to cover objectives that might not have been covered during the PBL session 1) To investigate recognise and treat myocarditis 2) To interpret an ECG 3) To understand how an echocardiogram can help in diagnosis 4) To list the risk factors for cardiovascular disease 5) To recognise and treat a myocardial infarction 6) To appreciate the risk of cardiomyopathy as a sequela of myocarditis and treat it appropriately This is a branched formative assessment Virtual Patient which is intended to be used as a self-directed learning tool or as a supplement to PBL. This type of VP should take the student approximately 15 minutes to complete In order to play this VP successfully, the student must have a basic understanding in the area of cardiology - particularly the structure and function of the heart and an understanding of cardiovascular risk factors Preclinical Medical Student

14. Additional critical information IPR issues – License Type – Date Granted – Requesting Entity Companion Resource

15. Further extensions/Open Issues Attention Metadata – Capture user tagging Unique identification of the Author of the resource – FOAF profile Quality stamp

16. Metadata Scheme Structure Overview

17. Conclusions Anybody interested in learning more or getting involved in the mEducator community, please get in touch Associate membership is available, and is free to join For more details contact Maria Nikolaidou, mnikol@med.auth.gr

18. Healthcare LOM analysis