Extracting metadata to enable simple repository deposit

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Extracting metadata to enable simple repository
deposit

• Dawn Wood Janet Finlay
• Leeds Metropolitan University
• d.a.wood_at_leedsmet.ac.uk j.finlay_at_leedsmet.ac.uk
• http//streamlinenews.wordpress.com/

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First What KEYWORDS would you use to for this
image?
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Self-Deposit
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Workflows Recorded Lecture
Course/Module materials
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Workflows Create Podcast
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Workflows General LO creation
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Observations of metadata creation

• When entering metadata for a learning object
  observations show that
• Phrases rather than single words are used
• Repeated content is often used
• Very few keywords are entered if any
• The keywords used were either very specific or
  very generic, rarely a mixture of both
• This creates a problem for searchers of
  information and limits the possibility of the
  learning object being found within a repository

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eCat Metadata templates
Images from eCat training manual by Meg Soosay
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Wimba Create
Images from WimbaCreate training manual by Jill
Talyor
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Assumptions

• Deposit of existing materials
• Just add metadata
• Documentation describes the learning object
• More keywords are better
• This is reliant on good search techniques
• Not starting from a blank slate is easier
• Generate a selection list
• Author still feels in control

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Prototype Start
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Prototype Collections
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Prototype Generating Keywords
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Example Results for Podcasts

• For a Podcast on Accessibility produced by CETL
  ALiC
• One of the authors used the following key words
  and phrases
• HCI
• Accessibility
• User centred design
• Disability
• Remember that different users will find different
  aspects of your interface difficult. For example
  users who are colour blind will not see colours
  as you intend and may not be able to distinguish
  between colours on the screen. You can test how
  your colours will look using an online simulator.
• Extract from script

• accessibility
• blind
• colours
• disability
• example
• information
• interface
• podcasts
• potential
• produced
• reader
• screen
• test
• text
• user
• accessible
• users
• Missing

From 6 to 14
Key Users keywords Similar words
removed Appropriate keywords Extracted words
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Workflow Evaluation
Q8. Keyword Accuracy Q9. Keyword Assistance User Suggested Generated user Generated removed User added Final Number of keywords
SLP01 Null Y 4 1 6 0 14
SLP02 2 N 8 3 0 4 24
SLP03 4 Y 6 0 15 2 8
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Example

• Author Suggested (SLP02)
• MaxMSP, Audio, system, gamer, prototype,
  programming
• Generated (with stop and labelled)
• object, patch, hyperlink, pagref, objects, bang,
  slider, max, number, using, random, sound, wav,
  pitch, tutorial, useful, time, input, message,
  ive
• Final selection
• patch, objects, bang, max, sound, tutorial,
  maxmsp, max5
• Comment
• generated list helped them by providing other
  suggestions I did not consider

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IntraLibrary Upload Metadata
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Future Vision
Generate Metadata
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External Interface
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Thank You. Questions?

• Dawn Wood Janet Finlay
• Leeds Metropolitan University
• d.a.wood_at_leedsmet.ac.uk j.finlay_at_leedsmet.ac.uk
• http//streamlinenews.wordpress.com/

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Resources

• LeedsMet Repository project blog
• http//repositorynews.wordpress.com/
• LeedsMet Open search for Los and Research Papers
• http//repository.leedsmet.ac.uk/main/index.php
• Unicycle JISC OER project
• http//unicycle-leedsmet.ning.com/