trust 2 nd year site visit, march 19 th, 2007 disseminating learning materials: trust academy online...

TRUST 2nd Year Site Visit, March 19th, 2007

Disseminating Learning Materials:TRUST Academy Online (TAO)

Larry Howard

ISIS, Vanderbilt University


Introducing the TAO Portal

Online access to TRUST learning materials– Emerging– Exemplary– Cross/Inter-disciplinary

Modular units for– Classroom learning– Online learning

Scaffolds– Descriptive profiles with metadata– Supplemental resources– Reference resources

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TAO Courseware Matrix

Browsing Organized by category Condensed view

– Module abstract– Summarized metadata

classification



TAO Profiles

Module descriptions for portal visitors

Metadata classification

Companion resources Web-based rich

editing by TRUST educators



Searching

Web search engines index profiles– Profile descriptions

provide domain terms– Profile metadata

provide education terms

TAO supports– Live search– Metadata-based

search and retrieval



Support for TAO Educators

Online guide to using the TAO Portal– Concepts– Technology descriptions– Demonstration

resources

Technical assistance– Support staff at ISIS



Early TAO Usage Statistics

Peak Visits– ~30 visits/day

(February 2007)

Peak Hits– >18K (January 2007)

Peak Downloads– 1.6 GB (January 2007)

Future drivers– Web search engines– Content extensions



TAO Developments/Future Plans

Courseware Collections– TRUST– Partners– Community– Enable TAO to serve as dissemination vehicle for

broader TRUST/IA communities– Cooperative courseware development

Content and Scaffolding– More interactive resources like RBAC module– Profile and metadata tailoring– Tracking and follow-up


trust 2 nd year site visit, march 19 th, 2007 disseminating learning materials: trust academy online...

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