METADATA FOR DESCRIBING EDUCATIONAL COMPETENCIES: THE UOC CASE

Ana-Elena Guerrero, Julià Minguillón

2006

Abstract

In this paper we describe a proposal for standardizing the concept of competency in a repository of learning objects, by means of an extension of the LOM and the IMS-LD standards, and the use of ontologies for ensuring consistency is also outlined. Following the recommendations from the Bologna Process, we identify the competencies required and developed by means of the current learning resources and formative and evaluation activities in a virtual e-learning environment and, using the most important taxonomies defined for such purposes in the literature, we identify the necessary metadata to describe the competencies related to such learning resources and activities. We discuss the process of shifting from content based metadata to competency based metadata, and we present an example of improving the description of learning resources by adding metadata for describing competencies, using a real case at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Guerrero A. and Minguillón J. (2006). METADATA FOR DESCRIBING EDUCATIONAL COMPETENCIES: THE UOC CASE . In Proceedings of WEBIST 2006 - Second International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: WEBIST, ISBN 978-972-8865-47-4, pages 275-280. DOI: 10.5220/0001243902750280

in Bibtex Style

@conference{webist06,
author={Ana-Elena Guerrero and Julià Minguillón},
title={METADATA FOR DESCRIBING EDUCATIONAL COMPETENCIES: THE UOC CASE},
booktitle={Proceedings of WEBIST 2006 - Second International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: WEBIST,},
year={2006},
pages={275-280},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001243902750280},
isbn={978-972-8865-47-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of WEBIST 2006 - Second International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: WEBIST,
TI - METADATA FOR DESCRIBING EDUCATIONAL COMPETENCIES: THE UOC CASE
SN - 978-972-8865-47-4
AU - Guerrero A.
AU - Minguillón J.
PY - 2006
SP - 275
EP - 280
DO - 10.5220/0001243902750280