Learning Object Metadata is... (dead?); Long live Learning Object Metadata!
Is Learning Object Metadata (LOM) experiencing a rebirth? It was, as this item notes, recently reaffirmed as an IEEE standard (mostly, I would say, for lack of a viable alternative). But there's also a spike in searches for it, according to Google, perhaps in relation to a corresponding increase in searches for open educational resources (OERs). Norm Friesen, Weblog, November 9, 2009. [Link] [Tags: Open Educational Resources, Google] [Previous][Next]Comments
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The only test that matters is whether it is useful, as something other than as an academic artefact.
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Re: Learning Object Metadata is... (dead?); Long live Learning Object Metadata!
Google insight results seem to change over the course of the day. This morning I did a screen capture the same results that Stephen (and I) was looking at yesterday morning. That is what you'll now see on the posting.
I would be inclined to explain the uptick in searches for the LOM and Cancore in terms of the beginning of a new school year in the Northern Hemisphere; but the numbers are too small to reliably indicate changes of this kind.
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