One interesting development in the UKOER programme has been how many projects have chosen to build their own repository/database to manage their content in some form. Normally the phrase ‘we’ve built our own repository’ makes me worry in the same that ‘we’re developing our own standard’ or ‘our own controlled vocabulary’ does. However, these projects have had [...]
In the UKOER programme a number of projects have chosen to use repository software to manage their educational materials. Such software may be commercial, open source, or hosted (often using open source). Alongside research information systems, repositories occupy an increasingly well established position in institutional infrastructure for managing and sharing research materials (including theses, preprints, and metadata about articles). Consequently for many institutions they offer [...]
In the UKOER programme, Web 2.0 tools have been used to manage, promote, and provide better access to open educational resources. This post outlines what tools have been used and briefly notes how they’ve been used. Details about the projects can be found at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/oer and futher technical information can be found http://prod.cetis.ac.uk/query.php?refineterm=theme&refinevalue=UKOER&format=descriptions .
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IMS Content Packaging “describes data structures that can be used to exchange data between systems that wish to import, export, aggregate, and disaggregate packages of content.” http://www.imsglobal.org/content/packaging/ .
There are a number of projects in the programme which have identified themselves as using IMS Content Packaging, they are:
Unicycle
http://unicycle-leedsmet.ning.com/
Open Exeter
http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/oer/
OpenStaffs
http://www.staffs.ac.uk/about_us/projects/openstaffs/index.jsp
OLE Dutch History
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/OER/
FETLAR
http://www.fetlar.bham.ac.uk/
Open Educational Resources Pilot
http://www.engsc.ac.uk/an/oer-project/oer-project.asp
CORE-materials
http://core.materials.ac.uk/
OOER
http://www.medev.ac.uk/oer/
Simulation-OER
http://www.ukcle.ac.uk/simshare/index.html
UK Centre [...]
IMS Question & Test Interoperability Specification http://www.imsglobal.org/question/ is a standard used to support the interoperability and exchange of digital assessment items (questions, answers, and data). Based on the technical conversations we’ve been having with projects, here’s a brief overview of the use of IMS QTI in the UKOER programme based on the data we have.
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