evangelia mitsopoulou luke woodham chara balasubramaniam describing diverse resources in medical...
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Evangelia Mitsopoulou
Luke Woodham
Chara Balasubramaniam
Describing Diverse Resources in Medical Education
Using Metadata within the mEducator Project
Using Resources
Learning Content Management System
Web 2.0 ToolsSpecialist resources
Academic Institution
Sharing Resources
mEducator
• 3 year EU funded project• 14 partners from across Europe
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
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
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
The Collaborative/Methodology Process
• Regular on-line meetings
• Regular face-to-face meetings
• Collaborative documents e.g. spreadsheets, wikis
– 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
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
Existing Standards Analysis
Existing Standards
IEEE LOM
Healthcare LOM
FOAF
Okkamid
DublinCore
AttentionXML
Proposed Metadata Fields
TitleResourceURLResource URNResourceLanguageMetadataLanguageResourceAuthorKeywordsCreationDateContentDescriptionTechnical DescriptionLearningResourceTypeDisciplineDiscipline Specialty
Repurposing Metadata
Pedagogical Metadata
Resource1
Resource2
Resource3
Course A
Course B
Resource4
Resource5
Resource2
•Educational Context
•Teaching Instructions
•Educational Objectives
•Learning Outcomes
•Assessment Methods
•Educational Prerequisites
Pedagogical Metadata Example
<med:Educational>
<LearningReasourceType>virtual patient</LearningReasourceType>
<EducationalContext>This author of this VP intended its use to be as a formative linear assessment Virtual Patient</EducationalContext>
<TeachingInstructions>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</TeachingInstructions>
<EducationalObjectives>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</EducationalObjectives>
<AssessementMethods>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</AssessementMethods>
<EducationalPrerequisites>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</EducationalPrerequisites>
<EducationalLevel>Preclinical Medical Student</EducationalLevel>
</med:Educational>
Additional critical information
• IPR issues– License Type– Date Granted– Requesting Entity
• Companion Resource
Further extensions/Open Issues
• Attention Metadata
– Capture user tagging
• Unique identification of the Author of the
resource
– FOAF profile
• Quality stamp
Metadata Scheme Structure Overview
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, [email protected]
Healthcare LOM analysis