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Using Basic Metadata to Organize Content
E-Learning Content Development
Presented by:
Mark A. VanHeckeScience Educator and Training ProfessionalEast China, [email protected]
Objectives:
Describe the uses of metadata in course planning and deployment
Organize and tag digital content in common applications (MS Word and PowerPoint) using metadata
WHAT IS METADATA?Using Metadata to Organize Content
WHAT IS METADATA?Metadata is a term that is commonly used to refer to a coding statement (tag) that is used to describe some aspect of a web page’s contents
Metadata does not affect how a page is displayed-but provides information about the page such as who created it, what the page is about and how often it is updated.
WHAT IS METADATA?In organizing your content for online learning, you can use metadata to:
• Help you and your students find, access and determine the relevance of digital content
• Identify what is included in content subunits
• Help your students determine prerequisites for learning the assigned content unit if they are having difficulty
WHAT IS METADATA?In organizing your content for online learning, you can use metadata to:
• Preview what they should learn next if they have mastered the assigned content unit
• Identify related content subunits or data the assigned content unit is related to
• Identify other courses the content may be used in
HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR CONTENTUsing Metadata to Organize Content
ORGANIZING YOUR CONTENT
Organizing your content for e-learning can be enhanced using simple key terms as metatags.
Mindmapping is one of the ways in which you can identify simple key terms and concepts that can be used to organize content and learning activities
MINDMAPPING
In mindmapping, you identify a broad concept such as ‘Topographic Maps’ and go on to identify subtopics associated with this broad concept as shown in the next slide
BROAD CONCEPT
TOPOGRAPHICMAPS
CONTOUR LINES
ELEVATION
GEOGRAPHICCOORDINATES
CONTOUR LINES
PUBLIC LEGAL LAND SURVEY
MENTALSECTORS
HUMANFEATURES
BATHYMETRICFEATURES
These are several sub-topics that can be elicited from the broad topic of ‘Topographic Maps’
TOPOGRAPHICMAPS
PUBLIC LEGAL LAND SURVEY
MENTALSECTORS
HUMANFEATURES
BATHYMETRICFEATURES
NORTHWESTORDINANCE
TOWNSHIPS
LEGAL LAND’DESCRI
PTION
These in turn are subtopics that can be derived from the subtopic ‘Public Legal Land Survey’
PUBLIC LEGAL LAND SURVEY
NORTHWESTORDINANCE
TOWNSHIPS
LEGAL LAND’DESCRI
PTION
SECTIONS
ACRES
SQUAREMILES
These in turn are subtopics derived from the subtopic of Townships
TAGGING YOUR CONTENTUsing Metadata to Organize Content
ADDING METADATA TO MS WORD FILES
Select a Word file by clicking once. The bottom of the screen will display information about the file
ADDING METADATA TO MS WORD FILES
You can include a descriptive title that describes what the file is about
ADDING METADATA TO MS WORD FILES
You can include key words that can be used as metatags to identify the file here
ADDING METADATA TO MS WORD FILES
Key in the word you wish to use as a tag here. Then Click the Save button to the right
ADDING METADATA TO MS WORD FILES
You can add other key words here. Just remember to Click Save when you are done
ADDING METADATA TO MS WORD FILES
The last tag I added here was ‘township sections’
ADDING METADATA TO MS WORD FILES
If you search for ‘maps’ in your library of content files, the file you tagged appears at the top
ADDING METADATA TO MS POWERPOINT FILES
This PowerPoint file includes content related to the organization of PLLS Township Sections
ADDING METADATA TO MS POWERPOINT FILES
Revision of the Title from Slide1 to 2015 Road Scholars Event Overview
ADDING METADATA TO MS POWERPOINT FILES
Added the tags ‘contour lines, township sections, elevation and township
ADDING METADATA TO MS POWERPOINT FILES
Key in ‘Township’ in the Search Bar
ADDING METADATA TO MS POWERPOINT FILES
Key in ‘Township’ in the Search Bar
The PowerPoint that was tagged appears at the top of the Search Results
REUSABLE CONTENTUsing Metadata to Organize Content
REUSABLE CONTENT
Suppose your school/district uses a common Share Drive to organize its academic content.
REUSABLE CONTENT
Another teacher in your school is teaching a geography lesson about land use patterns and is looking for content related to the creation of Townships in the Midwest.
REUSABLE CONTENT
Key in ‘Township’ in the Search Bar
A simple school or district share drive organization
REUSABLE CONTENT
Key in ‘Township’ in the Search Bar
Key in ‘Township’ in the Search Bar and both the PowerPoint and Activity Sheet are in the Search Results
SUMMARYUsing Metadata to Organize Content
SUMMARY
Use metatags to organize your unit content into interchangeable learning objects that can be used in other units or by other teachers in a network.
Metatags can be added to many different kinds of files in personal computers, portable hard drives or on school/district share drives.
Thank you! Please visit my website www.vanheckescience.com for more teaching and content strategies