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Supporting Usability and Reusability Based on eLearning Standards
The IMS-QTI, and other related specifications have
been developed to support the creation of reusable and
pedagogically neutral assessment scenarios and
content, as stated by the IMS Global Learning
Consortium. In this paper we discuss how current
specifications both constrain the design of assessment
scenarios, and limit content reusability. We also
suggest some solutions to overcome these limitations.
The paper is based on our experience developing and
testing an IMS QTI Lite compliant assessment
authoring tool, QAed. It supports teacher centering,
which is quite neglected when designing such tools. In
the paper we also discuss how to make compatible
standards support and user centering in eLearning
applications and provide some recommendations for
the design of the user interfaces
Assigning Creative Commons Licenses to Research Metadata: Issues and Cases
This paper discusses the problem of lack of clear licensing and transparency
of usage terms and conditions for research metadata. Making research data
connected, discoverable and reusable are the key enablers of the new data
revolution in research. We discuss how the lack of transparency hinders
discovery of research data and make it disconnected from the publication and
other trusted research outcomes. In addition, we discuss the application of
Creative Commons licenses for research metadata, and provide some examples of
the applicability of this approach to internationally known data
infrastructures.Comment: 9 pages. Submitted to the 29th International Conference on Legal
Knowledge and Information Systems (JURIX 2016), Nice (France) 14-16 December
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1st INCF Workshop on Global Portal Services for Neuroscience
The goal of this meeting was to map out existing portal services for neuroscience, identify their features and future plans, and outline opportunities for synergistic developments. The workshop discussed alternative formats of future global and integrated portal services
Interoperability in the OpenDreamKit Project: The Math-in-the-Middle Approach
OpenDreamKit --- "Open Digital Research Environment Toolkit for the
Advancement of Mathematics" --- is an H2020 EU Research Infrastructure project
that aims at supporting, over the period 2015--2019, the ecosystem of
open-source mathematical software systems. From that, OpenDreamKit will deliver
a flexible toolkit enabling research groups to set up Virtual Research
Environments, customised to meet the varied needs of research projects in pure
mathematics and applications.
An important step in the OpenDreamKit endeavor is to foster the
interoperability between a variety of systems, ranging from computer algebra
systems over mathematical databases to front-ends. This is the mission of the
integration work package (WP6). We report on experiments and future plans with
the \emph{Math-in-the-Middle} approach. This information architecture consists
in a central mathematical ontology that documents the domain and fixes a joint
vocabulary, combined with specifications of the functionalities of the various
systems. Interaction between systems can then be enriched by pivoting off this
information architecture.Comment: 15 pages, 7 figure
1st INCF Workshop on Sustainability of Neuroscience Databases
The goal of the workshop was to discuss issues related to the sustainability of neuroscience databases, identify problems and propose solutions, and formulate recommendations to the INCF. The report summarizes the discussions of invited participants from the neuroinformatics community as well as from other disciplines where sustainability issues have already been approached. The recommendations for the INCF involve rating, ranking, and supporting database sustainability
EML and LMS related standard
IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. (IMS) is developing and promoting open specifications for facilitating online distributed learning activities such as locating and using educational content, tracking learner progress, reporting learner performance, and exchanging student records between administrative systems.
The IMS project defines the following separate specifications.
· Learning Resource Meta-data (p. 9). This is a specification of meta-data used to identify “learning resources”.
· Content packaging (p. 13). A specification of how to assemble and distribute content in “packages”.
· Resource identifiers (p. 17). This defines persistent, location independent resource identifiers.
· Question & Test Interoperability (QTI) (p. 19). This defines the structure of questions and tests, and the grouping of these.
· Enterprise (p. 33). This defines the way information on the learning 'enterprise' (instructional processes) is shared.
· Learner information packaging (p. 37). This specifies how to record and share information on the learner.
· Reusable Competency Definitions (p. 40). An information model for describing, referencing and exchanging definitions of competencies, primarily in the context of online and distributed learning.
· Simple Sequencing (p. 42). This defines how to associate sequencing information with content packs (p. 13) and its default behaviour.
Each specification has (or will have) at least three main parts:
· Information model — an abstract description of the area modelled
· Binding — binding to a particular language. For all specifications XML is the language of choice
· Best practice — explanation of how to apply the model
The Neuroscience Information Framework: A Data and Knowledge Environment for Neuroscience
With support from the Institutes and Centers forming the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research, we have designed and implemented a new initiative for integrating access to and use of Web-based neuroscience resources: the Neuroscience Information Framework. The Framework arises from the expressed need of the neuroscience community for neuroinformatic tools and resources to aid scientific inquiry, builds upon prior development of neuroinformatics by the Human Brain Project and others, and directly derives from the Society for Neuroscience’s Neuroscience Database Gateway. Partnered with the Society, its Neuroinformatics Committee, and volunteer consultant-collaborators, our multi-site consortium has developed: (1) a comprehensive, dynamic, inventory of Web-accessible neuroscience resources, (2) an extended and integrated terminology describing resources and contents, and (3) a framework accepting and aiding concept-based queries. Evolving instantiations of the Framework may be viewed at http://nif.nih.gov, http://neurogateway.org, and other sites as they come on line
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