Streamline
Overview
The project will develop and evaluate tools to integrate the necessary repository-related functions of creating metadata for resources, resource discovery and sharing into common proprietary work tools, such as Microsoft Office, and their open source equivalents, such as Open Office. The project will focus on the learning and teaching resources, in order to make the scope of the project manageable, but will develop generic tools which are applicable to other asset management areas. We will explore the development of customised tools to support individualised work flows.
Aims and objectives
The objectives of the project are that teaching staff should experience:
- Greater accessibility of learning object repositories
- More effective and efficient use of repositories
- Streamlined processes for cataloguing and discovering learning objects and for personal management and sharing of resources
This should lead to an institutional change in emphasis from individual course materials to reusable learning objects with metadata and ultimately a more innovative learning environment for students (with access to greater range of materials).
Project methodology
The project will take an iterative and participatory approach to the development of e-administration tools, working with a number of distinct user groups including teachers and researchers in technology, health, sport and music in HE as well as teachers in FE.
Our initial analysis and development cycle will focus on the workflow associated with video/audio learning objects. At Leeds Metropolitan University we have a pan-University pilot project in which 30 staff groupings will be developing video/audio based learning objects/podcasts which will be shared through an institutional repository. This provides an ideal initial test bed to explore cross disciplinary workflows associated with learning objects.
Anticipated outputs and outcomes
- Tangible project deliverables include:
- Scenarios of development and use of learning objects
- Scenarios of use of learning object repositories
- Domain model(s) for learning object repository use
- Process models for learning object repository use
- Service Usage Models for services related to metadata creation, resource discovery and resource management
- Software prototypes to support metadata creation, resource discovery and resource management
- Documentation and tutorials to allow use of software by third parties
- Evaluation instrument for remote evaluation of tools and services
- Two workshops for evaluation of tools and dissemination
- Reports for JISC (2 per year + final report)
- Papers as appropriate in conferences and journals
- Website with project information and deliverables
Lead institution
Project partners