[Fwd: Re: [seul-edu] XML Usage]

[Doug Loss <drloss@suscom.net>]

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To: seul-edu@seul.org
From: Gerald Logan <glogan@mail.telusplanet.net>
Subject: Re: [seul-edu] XML Usage

I am currently working on a learning objects/repository project that 
is using XML as the tagging schema.  We are looking at using CanCore 
http://www.cancore.ca/  as a tagging schema, there is a lot of talk 
about going to full IMS and working towards being SCORM compliant. 
This is all a little theoretical at this point as we have only tagged 
a few items and they are not in a repository.  The first two 
initiatives reside on a web site. The first being a Reference Center 
made up of some commercial sites we have licensed for all publicly 
funded schools in the Province of Alberta.  The second resource is a 
set of lessons for Grade 6 students.  You can check it out at 
http://www.learnalberta.ca.

The next initiative that we will be rolling out is a video streaming 
pilot, this is where we will use the XML.  There will be information 
published about this later next year.

The tools that we are looking at are ALOHA as the tagging tool.  It 
is being developed in a research facility at the University of 
Calgary called the Learning Commons.  they are involved in a BELLE 
project which you can find our more about at 
http://www.netera.ca/belle/

They have a learning objects repository called CAREO 
http://136.159.110.71/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Careo which you might like 
to check out as well.

>elawson wrote:
>
>>  Do any of the list members use homebrew or commercial products that use XML?
>>  Is there a draft XML Schema for use in a K12 setting for administrative
>>  tasks?
>
>Interesting you should ask!  Look on our projects page
><http://www.seul.org/projects.html> for EduML.  Bruno Vernier did a 
>good deal of
>work on this a while ago, but I'm not sure of it's status at the moment.  The
>last thing I remember hearing was some thoughts abouteither making 
>it compatible
>with, or developing a translator to, the SIF format that most of the 
>commercial
>educational software vendors were pushing.  Bruno, what can you tell us
>vis-a-vis EduML?
>
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