Dear all,<\/p>\n
We would like to invite you – all members of the W3C OpenEd Community Group – to participate in a COST Action Proposal on Linked Data in Education\/Learning, i.e on a topic of particular relevance for this group. While COST networks are open to all individuals\/organisations working in the area, we would see this as a particular opportunity, to support the activities of this W3C community group with some (limited)\u00a0funds, for instance, to organise joint events or support research visits and exchanges.<\/p>\n
This action proposal is led by one of our group members, Mari Carmen Su\u00e1rez-Figueroa, and targets\u00a0the current call (deadline is 24th March; see here<\/a>). The main goal of this type\u00a0of project is to create a long-term network on a focused topic. The\u00a0provisional title is \u201cEducational Linked Data for all (EduLD4All)\u201d and\u00a0the main objectives are summarized in the text copied below.\u00a0Proposals for COST actions are reasonably lightweight, so you should not expect this to require major efforts on your part.<\/p>\n If successful, this action could become a good umbrella to facilitate group-related activities, collaborations and related initiatives.<\/p>\n We would\u00a0be glad about seeing many members of this group participating.\u00a0If you decide to be on board, Mari-Carmen will share the proposal document and would be looking forward to your feedback and comments. In order to avoid spamming the list, please feel free to contact Mari Carmen<\/a> directly, rather than responding to this list.<\/p>\n Looking forward to receive your response.<\/p>\n Mari Carmen Su\u00e1rez-Figueroa, Stefan Dietze, Mathieu d\u2019Aquin<\/p>\n ProposalSummary<\/strong><\/p>\n Educational Linked Data (EduLD) are becoming more and more useful for\u00a0different levels and stakeholders in the educational community\u00a0(teachers, students, families, and \u00a0management personnel) and for\u00a0different purposes (e.g., to help teachers to find and create\u00a0educational materials, to assist students and families in their\u00a0educational decisions throughout their life, to improve management\u00a0systems used in educative organizations). However, for such usages to\u00a0reach their potential impact, a coordinate initiative is needed to\u00a0ensure high quality data is available that covers the wide range of\u00a0relevant area, and that applications are developed that demonstrates\u00a0their benefits. This action will promote educational linked data\u00a0creation and usage across the EU through the so-called EduLD Feedback Loop:<\/p>\n 1. Evidence Stage – to gather requirements and critical aspects for\u00a0educational linked data: which data are useful to have in the LD cloud?\u00a0and which key applications would we need to use such data? The idea here is to involve different educational communities (universities, schools, colleges, educational companies, etc.) and different user and skill levels in educational organizations (teachers, technical people,\u00a0management people, students, etc.)<\/p>\n 2. Connection Stage – to obtain the current picture of existing datasets and applications and how they are related each other. The main objective here is to have a map\/observatory that helps us to analyze the gap: what is missing with respect to the requirements gathered<\/p>\n 3. Relevance Stage – to create a collection of datasets and applications that covers at some point the identified gap. The idea here is to prioritize the requirements and the gaps and to focus on a limited set of needs. in the previous stage and to build a map between datasets and applications (existing ones or news in both cases)<\/p>\n 4. Outcome Stage – to propose and observe the use of both datasets and\u00a0applications in diverse educational communities and by different levels\u00a0in such communities<\/p>\n 5. Testimonial Stage – to collect evidences of the efficacy and\u00a0effectiveness of using Linked Data datasets and applications for\u00a0different aims (to improve educational skills of students and\u00a0professional skills of teachers, to help people to take right decisions\u00a0in their educational life, etc.). These findings will be gather by means of practical evaluation (using questionnaires). The findings are\u00a0measured and the feedback loop can start again.<\/p>\n In summary, the objective of this action is to gather a community around educational linked data, including education, linked data and technology enhance learning practitioner to effectively implement the EduLD feedback loop across dozens of organisations and initiatives in Europe.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear all, We would like to invite you – all members of the W3C OpenEd Community Group – to participate in a COST Action Proposal on Linked Data in Education\/Learning, i.e on a topic of particular relevance for this group. … Continue reading