Towards a holistic model for quality of learning object repositories

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 953-976
Author(s):  
Christian Vidal-Castro ◽  
Alejandra Andrea Segura Navarrete ◽  
Victor Menendez-Dominguez ◽  
Claudia Martinez-Araneda
Keyword(s):  
Learning Objects ◽  
Learning Object ◽  
Quality Level ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
Holistic Model ◽  
Metadata Standard ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Learning Object Metadata ◽  
Quality Of Learning

Purpose This paper aims to address the need to ensure the quality of metadata records describing learning resources. We propose improvements to a metadata-quality model, specifically for the compliance sub-feature of the functionality feature. Compliance is defined as adherence level of the learning object metadata content to the metadata standard used for its specification. The paper proposes metrics to assess the compliance, which are applied to a set of learning objects, showing their applicability and usefulness in activities related to resources management. Design/methodology/approach The methodology considers a first stage of metrics refinement to obtain the indicator of the sub-feature compliance. The next stage is the proposal evaluation, where it is determined if metrics can be used as a conformity indicator of learning object metadata with a standard (metadata compliance). The usefulness of this indicator in the information retrieval area is approached through an assessment of learning objects where the quality level of its metadata and the ranking in which they are retrieved by a repository are correlated. Findings This study confirmed that the best results for metrics of standardization, completeness, congruence, coherence, correctness and understandability, which determine the compliance indicator, were obtained for learning objects whose metadata were better labelled. Moreover, it was found that the learning objects with the highest level of compliance indicator have better positions in the ranking when a repository retrieves them through an exact search based on metadata. Research limitations/implications In this study, only a sub-feature of the quality model is detailed, specifically the compliance of learning object standard. Another limitation was the size of the learning objects set used in the experiment. Practical implications This proposal is independent from any metadata standard and can be applied to improve processes associated with the management of learning objects in a repository-like retrieval and recommendation. Originality/value The originality and value of this proposal are related to quality of learning object metadata considered from a holistic point of view through six metrics. These metrics quantify both technical and pedagogical aspects through automatic evaluation and supported by experts. In addition, the applicability of the indicator in recovery systems is shown, by example to be incorporated as an additional criterion in the learning object ranking.

Creating High Quality Learning Object Metadata Based on Web 2.0 Concepts

2010 ◽  
pp. 32-46
Author(s):  
Daniel Dahl ◽  
Gottfried Vossen
Keyword(s):  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Learning Object ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Metadata Standard ◽  
Electronic Learning ◽  
Learning Object Metadata ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
E Learning

When introducing the metadata standard LOM, objectives such as the ability to find or to reuse learning objects were followed. These objectives are actually achieved in LOM to a limited degree only, despite the designation as de-facto standard for description of electronic learning content. Based on the complexity of the standard, a high theoretical potential faces rejection in practice. One reason for this is that the process of metadata generation—for example, who creates which metadata attributes—is not defined in detail yet. This paper illustrates an approach which guarantees a high quantity as well as a high quality of learning object metadata records, bringing together known ways of metadata creation and the new paradigm of users describing content as implemented in recent Web 2.0 applications. In the context of a concrete e-learning platform, we exemplarily illustrate who creates which metadata records of LOM in which way at what time. Finally, we show why this approach of creating metadata matters as we measure our metadata quality and compare it with other’s findings.

scholarly journals Mokymosi objektų metaduomenų analizė: valdomų žodynų reikšmės

2009 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 95-100
Author(s):  
Svetlana Kubilinskienė ◽  
Inga Žilinskienė
Keyword(s):  
Learning Objects ◽  
Controlled Vocabulary ◽  
The Other ◽  
Learning Object ◽  
Object Type ◽  
Controlled Vocabularies ◽  
Metadata Standard ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Learning Object Metadata ◽  
Search Systems

Pagrindinis straipsnio tikslas yra išanalizuoti mokymosi objektų (MO) metaduomenų standarto LOM (angl. Learning Object Metadata) edukacinės dalies 5.2 elementą (MO tipą) nagrinėjant stambiausius Europos mokslo ir technologijų projektus bei LOM standarto taikymo modelių valdomų žodynų reikšmes. Remdamosi MO metaduomenų standarto taikymo modelio elementų tobulinimo principais ir atliktos analizės rezultatais autorės siūlo originalų patobulintą ir praplėstą MO tipo valdomą žodyną, kuris remiasi LOM standarto ir kitais valdomais žodynais. Valdomo žodyno reikšmių tikslumas ir vienareikšmiškumas leistų naudotojams tiksliai rasti jiems tinkamus MO pagal jų tipą MO paieškos sistemose.Research of Learning Object Metadata: Values of the Controlled VocabularySvetlana Kubilinskienė, Inga Žilinskienė SummaryThe main aim of the article is to analyse the element 5.2 of the education part of the learning object metadata standard (LOM). The values of the controlled vocabularies of the largest European scientifi c and technological projects and LOM standard’s application profi les are analysed in the article. The authors propose the original improved and extended controlled vocabulary of the learning object type which is based on LOM standard and the other standards’ controlled vocabularies. These proposals are based on the scientifi c principles of improvement of the learning object metadata application profi les and the research results. The proposed accurate and unambiguous values of the controlled vocabulary give the users the possibility to precisely search and fi nd suitable learning objects in the search systems in conformity with their types.

Enabling construction project managers through a management game

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arash Fahmi Hassan ◽  
Farzad Haghighi-Rad ◽  
Amir-Reza Abtahi
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Quality Analysis ◽  
Simulation Game ◽  
Quality Level ◽  
Construction Project Management ◽  
Management Game ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Management Knowledge

Purpose This paper aims to design and develop a management game in the field of construction project management so that by playing the game, the required level of knowledge, skills, capabilities and overall project management competencies in individuals will be promoted. Also, player’s competencies can be measured. Design/methodology/approach This study, in terms of application, is applied research. The construction project management simulation game (CPMSG) was played by 18 university students. To evaluate the level of the players’ project management knowledge and quality of the game, questionnaires were used. Findings The game improves the players’ project management knowledge by 158%, and the educational program that was formulated in the game has also achieved the first three levels of bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives. In the field of game quality, analysis of players’ results of responses and scores show that the game has a good quality level. Originality/value The CPMS game provides a useful tool for project management training, especially in the field of construction projects. It helps in addition to improving the quality of teaching theoretical topics, making students acquainted with the risks and uncertainties of such projects, and provides a simulated experience. In the field of common behavior analysis and player’s selection, the results indicated that the majority of groups used high-quality materials during the games to perform activities related to the appearance of the building (such as finishing and building facade activities) and used medium quality materials in implementing infrastructural activities such as brickwork and floor construction that are not visible in the appearance of work.

Consumer perception vs sensory assessment of the quality of clothes of selected brands available on the Polish market

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata Salerno-Kochan ◽  
Paweł Turek
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Sensory Quality ◽  
Brand Names ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Quality Level ◽  
Sensory Assessment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Consumer Assessment

PurposeThe aim of the study reported in this article was to establish whether the quality of clothes of a given brand is perceived and assessed by consumers at the same level. An additional purpose was to identify the features that characterize the quality of popular, among Polish young female consumers, clothing brands and to classify them according to their quality level (perceived and assessed).Design/methodology/approachThe article presents two approaches to consumer assessment of the quality of clothes: the survey method, in which the product quality was determined by 320 Polish female young respondents (19–25) based on their own previous experiences and impressions related to a particular clothing brand, and a direct assessment of shirts of selected brands using a sensory quality assessment method, a five-point hedonic scale with the verbal anchor (115 evaluators).FindingsThe research has revealed a significant difference between the perception of selected quality features of brands and the consumer assessment of the products. The perception maps developed based on the PROFIT analysis (PROperty FITting) as well as on cluster analysis provided interesting information about the situation of selected brands and their features in comparison with others and allowed to identify strong and weak features characterizing a given category.Research limitations/implicationsThis study has several limitations. First and foremost, the research results cannot be generalized to all consumers because they encompass the results from one national context and one population of respondents (young females). It should also be noted that the conducted research comprises only the most popular clothing brands available on the Polish market, in particular, the fast fashion segment brands. Furthermore, it would be advisable to carry out a sensory assessment of the quality of other clothing items offered under the brand names investigated.Practical implicationsThis research could be a valuable source of information for clothing company managers, thanks to which they could better manage their brand and its position on the market. When undertaking marketing activities consisting of building positive perceptions about the product, it is important to make sure that the product offers an attractive sensory experience. When real quality deviates from consumer perceptions about the quality, managers should take corrective actions to restore and even improve the brand image in the eyes of the consumer, as well as to ensure the brand and the products offered under it a stable position on the market.Originality/valueBy comparing two approaches to consumer quality assessment, discrepancies between declared and real (sensory) quality of clothes have been identified and the distinctive features that differentiate selected brands regarding their quality level have been indicated.

Application of Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis and Optimisation Methods in Evaluation of Quality of Learning Objects

2013 ◽  
pp. 136-150
Author(s):  
Eugenijus Kurilovas ◽  
Irina Vinogradova ◽  
Silvija Serikoviene
Keyword(s):  
Decision Analysis ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Scientific Models ◽  
Expert Evaluation ◽  
Quality Of Learning ◽  
Technological Quality ◽  
Optimisation Methods ◽  
Quality Optimisation

This paper analyses and presents the new scientific models and methods for the expert evaluation of quality of learning objects (LOs) paying special attention to LOs reusability level. Currently all existing approaches in the area are quite subjective and depend only on the experience of the decision-makers. The authors analyse several scientific methods and principles to minimise the subjectivity level in the expert evaluation of LOs quality. They are: (a) the principles of multi-criteria decision analysis for identification of quality criteria, (b) technological quality criteria classification principle, (c) fuzzy group decision making theory to obtain evaluation measures, (d) normalisation of the weights of criteria, and (e) scalarisation method for LOs quality optimisation. The authors demonstrate that the complex application of these approaches could significantly improve the quality of the expert evaluation of LOs and noticeably reduce the level of the expert evaluation subjectivity. The paper also presents the example of practical application of these approaches for evaluation of LOs for Mathematics subject.

Adaptation of Descriptive Metadata for Managing Educational Resources in the GREDOS Repository

2018 ◽  
pp. 2063-2085
Author(s):  
Erla M. Morales Morgado ◽  
Rosalynn A. Campos Ortuño ◽  
Ling Ling Yang ◽  
Tránsito Ferreras-Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Learning Object ◽  
Institutional Repository ◽  
Dublin Core ◽  
Digital Repositories ◽  
Learning Object Metadata ◽  
Metadata Mapping

In this chapter the authors describe a Project entitled “Divulgación de Recursos Educativos Digitales (DIRED)” (Divulgation of Digital Educational Resources) addressed to promoting specific educational resources and mobile apps for educational proposals in order to manage them through the institutional repository of the Salamanca University (GREDOS). The authors present a proposal for describing learning objects based on pedagogical information, digital competences and learning styles. The authors also suggest educational information for classifying useful mobile apps. To achieve their suitable access and recovery, the authors focus on the use of Learning Object specific metadata in digital repositories such as LOM (Learning Object Metadata). The authors study the metadata mapping necessary to adapt from LOM to Qualified Dublin Core, because this is the standard used in the GREDOS repository built with a DSpace platform. Finally, the authors present their implementation of Learning Object Description in the GREDOS repository.

scholarly journals A Semantic Distances-Based Approach for a Deeply Indexing of Learning Objects

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (06) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamal El Guemmat ◽  
Sara Ouahabi
Keyword(s):  
Search Engines ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Learning Object ◽  
Automatic Indexing ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Learning Object Metadata ◽  
Depth Extraction ◽  
Semantic Distances ◽  
Linguistic Structures

Educational search engines are important for users to find learning objects (LO). However, these engines have not reached maturity in terms of searching, they suffer from several worries like the deep extraction of notions which diminishes their performance. The purpose of this paper is to propose a new approach that allows depth extraction of LO’s notions to increase the relevance level of educational search engines. The proposed approach focuses on semi-automatic indexing of textual LO and more precisely the deeper relations of sentences that flesh out explanations. It based on linguistic structures and semantic distances between specific and generic notions according to OntOAlgO ontology. The notions obtained will be improved by learning object metadata (LOM) and will be represented semantically in final index. The tests performed on algorithmic LO, proving the usefulness of our approach to educational search engines. It increases the degree of precision and recall of notions extracted from LO.

Service quality of student services and student satisfaction: the mediating effect of cross-functional collaboration

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 1197-1215
Author(s):  
Anwar Khamis Alsheyadi ◽  
Jawaher Albalushi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Quality Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Effect Model

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to examine the interaction of tangibles, reliability, assurance, responsiveness and empathy dimensions of the service quality (SERVQUAL) and student satisfaction (SS), and second, to explore the mediating role of cross-functional collaboration (CFC) on these relationships.Design/methodology/approachThe structural equation modelling was used to examine the direct and mediated effect models using data collected through a survey of 352 students from 18 higher education institutes (HEIs) in Oman.FindingsThe statistical analysis confirms our main hypotheses. First, the centrality of tangibles, reliability, assurance, responsiveness and empathy dimensions of the service quality was established in the direct effect model, while the importance of tangibles and responsiveness was not confirmed in the mediated effect model. Second, it approved the partial mediation effect of CFC on the five dimensions of SERVQUAL and satisfaction.Research limitations/implicationsService quality, level of CFC and relative SS in higher education could be subjected to contextual verification and evaluation of these internal and external contextual factors should be considered.Practical implicationsSeveral implications are highlighted for the effective development of the service quality of student affairs departments (SADs), the development of CFC for effective management, development and deployment of various student affairs initiatives.Originality/valueThis paper satisfies the need to validate the SERVQUAL model in different contexts such as SADs, and the need to investigate the possible mediating effect of other factors on SERVQUAL dimensions and satisfaction to show how the latter can be achieved.

Federated semantic search using terminological thesauri for learning object discovery

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 795-808 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Koutsomitropoulos ◽  
Georgia Solomou ◽  
Katerina Kalou
Keyword(s):  
Query Expansion ◽  
Information Gain ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Access Point ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Learning Object ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
Federated Search ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Search Mechanism

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework and system to address the inability to discover new and authentic learning material and the lack of a single access point for search and browsing of remote learning object repositories (LORs). Design/methodology/approach The authors develop a framework for keyword-based query expansion using SKOS domain terminologies and implement a federated search mechanism integrating various disparate LORs within a learning management system (LMS). Findings The authors show that the expanded query achieves improved information gain and it is applied for federated information access, by simultaneously searching within a number of repositories. Results can be seamlessly aggregated back within the LMS and the course context. Practical implications It is possible to retrieve additional learning objects (LOs) and achieve a corresponding increase in recall, while maintaining precision. SKOS expansion behaves well in a scholarly setting, which, combined with federated search, can contribute toward LOs’ discovery at a balanced cost. The system can be easily integrated with other platforms as well, building on open standards and RESTful communication. Originality/value To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first time SKOS-based query expansion is applied in a federated setting, and for the discovery and alignment of learning objects residing within LORs. The results show that this approach can achieve considerable information gain and that it is possible to strike a balance between search effectiveness, query drift and performance.

scholarly journals Application of learning scenarios quality evaluation methods

2011 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugenijus Kurilovas ◽  
Inga Žilinskienė
Keyword(s):  
Quality Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Methods ◽  
Multiple Criteria ◽  
Multiple Criteria Analysis ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Quality Of Learning ◽  
Learning Scenarios

The paper is aimed to analyse the problems of evaluation of quality of learning scenarios. Multiple criteria analysis principles are applied to form learning scenarios quality model. Several alternativesof learning scenarios that are widely used in Europe are analysed in the paper. These alternatives are evaluated with the help of the created quality model and application of triangular and trapezoidalfuzzy numbers methods. Research results show that both these methods are applicable in practice while evaluating quality of learning scenarios alternatives, and their application shows in principlesimilar results while comparing different alternatives of learning scenarios. 

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