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Bill KasdorfVP and Principal Consultant, Apex Content Solutions
Discrete EntitiesHow should they be defined, named, and described in educational content?
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AKA chunks.
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Proposed Goals of This Initiative*
Define or adopt a vocabulary (terms and clear definitions)
for all appropriate sizes of discrete entities.
*Thanks to Nick Brown of Ingram
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Proposed Goals of This Initiative*
Define or adopt a vocabulary (terms and clear definitions)
for all appropriate sizes of discrete entities.
Define or adopt any metadata required to manage those discrete entities.
*Thanks to Nick Brown of Ingram
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Proposed Goals of This Initiative*
Define or adopt a vocabulary (terms and clear definitions)
for all appropriate sizes of discrete entities.
Define or adopt any metadata required to manage those discrete entities.
Define any needs beyond the EPUB 3.0.1 spec to properly package,
manage, and utilize discrete entities.*Thanks to Nick Brown of Ingram
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Proposed Goals of This Initiative*
Define or adopt a vocabulary (terms and clear definitions)
for all appropriate sizes of discrete entities.
Define or adopt any metadata required to manage those discrete entities.
Define any needs beyond the EPUB 3.0.1 spec to properly package,
manage, and utilize discrete entities.*Thanks to Nick Brown of Ingram
Are there any intended benefits beyond the general utility of a shared
vocabulary across the industry?E.g., “facilitate redistribution of
constituent discrete entities contained within an EPUB?” or “enable reading systems to directly address content chunks at a more granular level than
each content document”?
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Discrete Entity Issues Discussed So Far
How big (or small) can they be?
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Discrete Entity Issues Discussed So Far
How big (or small) can they be?Can they nest? Overlap? One or many files?
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Discrete Entity Issues Discussed So Far
How big (or small) can they be?Can they nest? Overlap? One or many files?
Do they have to be able to exist outside their original context?
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Discrete Entity Issues Discussed So Far
How big (or small) can they be?Can they nest? Overlap? One or many files?
Do they have to be able to exist outside their original context?
What are they called?
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Discrete Entity Issues Discussed So Far
How big (or small) can they be?Can they nest? Overlap? One or many files?
Do they have to be able to exist outside their original context?
What are they called?Do they need IDs? If so, what kind?
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Discrete Entity Issues Discussed So Far
How big (or small) can they be?Can they nest? Overlap? One or many files?
Do they have to be able to exist outside their original context?
What are they called?Do they need IDs? If so, what kind?
Should they be required to be accessible?
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Discrete Entity Issues Discussed So Far
How big (or small) can they be?Can they nest? Overlap? One or many files?
Do they have to be able to exist outside their original context?
What are they called?Do they need IDs? If so, what kind?
Should they be required to be accessible?What metadata should be
associated with them?
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How big (or how small)
can they be?
[ Arnold Stang, the “Whatta Chunka
Chocolate!” guy ]
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How big (or how small)
can they be?
[ Arnold Stang, the “Whatta Chunka
Chocolate!” guy ]
How small is too small? Paragraph?
Phrase? Word?
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How big (or how small)
can they be?
[ Arnold Stang, the “Whatta Chunka
Chocolate!” guy ]
How small is too small? Paragraph?
Phrase? Word?How big is too big? Chapter?
Book? Course?
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Elsevier’s Cisco ILSG Learning Hierarchy
Curriculum: Collection of learning events traversed by tracksCourse: Collection of modules or lessons
Module: Group of lessons or Reusable Learning Objects (RLOs) that support a single module objective
Section: A grouping of lessonsLesson: Coll. of topics or RIOs (Reusable Information Objects)
Topic: Collection of blocks and assets (RIO)Block: Collection of assets that present an idea (subtopic)
Asset: Smallest standalone object
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Observation from Yonah Hirschman:
From a content perspective, publishers will focus on:
Learning ObjectModuleSectionLessonTopicBlockAsset
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Pearson’s Proposed EDUPUB Hierarchy:
Product: Highest level, required in product.xhtml; uses @class="product_book" vs. @class="product_course"
Volume: Optional value for multi-volume books; may be sold separately or as a group
Part: Optional level for grouping ChaptersChapter: A collection of modules
Module: Collection of topics, assignments, and assessment items
Card: The content visible to a student on a screen/page at a given time during a lesson
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Can they nest? Overlap?
One or many files?
Is this one Discrete Entity?Or four?
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Can they nest? Overlap?
One or many files?
Is this one Discrete Entity?Or four?Or two?Or all of
the above?
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Can they nest? Overlap?
One or many files?
Is this one Discrete Entity?Or four?Or two?Or all of
the above?Text
Video
Image
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Can they nest? Overlap?
One or many files?
Is this one Discrete Entity?Or four?Or two?Or all of
the above?Text
Video
Image
Is the video a Discrete
Entity?(Note that it overlaps
two others.)
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Do they have to be able to exist
outside their original
context?
General consensus:
Yes.(Note
implications for IDs and metadata.)
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What are they called?
CardsManageable
ObjectsChunks
Learning Objects
AssessmentsTips
[ This badge
intentionally left
blank. ]
Semantically Generic
Semantically Specific
. . . and lots more . . .
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Discrete Entity Issues Discussed So Far
How big (or small) can they be?Can they nest? Overlap? One or many files?
Do they have to be able to exist outside their original context?
What are they called?Do they need IDs? If so, what kind?
Should they be required to be accessible?What metadata should be
associated with them?
Of course!
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Discrete Entity Issues Discussed So Far
How big (or small) can they be?Can they nest? Overlap? One or many files?
Do they have to be able to exist outside their original context?
What are they called?Do they need IDs? If so, what kind?
Should they be required to be accessible?What metadata should be
associated with them?
Of course! Ummm . . .
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Discrete Entity Issues Discussed So Far
How big (or small) can they be?Can they nest? Overlap? One or many files?
Do they have to be able to exist outside their original context?
What are they called?Do they need IDs? If so, what kind?
Should they be required to be accessible?What metadata should be
associated with them?
Unanimous consensus:YES!
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Discrete Entity Issues Discussed So Far
How big (or small) can they be?Can they nest? Overlap? One or many files?
Do they have to be able to exist outside their original context?
What are they called?Do they need IDs? If so, what kind?
Should they be required to be accessible?What metadata should be
associated with them?
Unanimous consensus:YES!
But what does that mean, exactly?
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Discrete Entity Issues Discussed So Far
How big (or small) can they be?Can they nest? Overlap? One or many files?
Do they have to be able to exist outside their original context?
What are they called?Do they need IDs? If so, what kind?
Should they be required to be accessible?What metadata should be
associated with them?
Haven’t done much on this yet either.
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Where Are We at This Point?
Clear consensus:One or many files
Not just HMTL docs*Able to stand alone
Pedagogical purposeSize is a function of purpose*Must have IDs and metadata*
Must be accessible**But wait, there’s more . . .
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Where Are We at This Point?
Clear consensus:One or many files
Not just HMTL docs*Able to stand alone
Pedagogical purposeSize is a function of purpose*Must have IDs and metadata*
Must be accessible**But wait, there’s more . . .
Must there be at least one HTML doc?Must it be deliverable as an EPUB?Must it conform to EDUPUB spec?
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Where Are We at This Point?
Clear consensus:One or many files
Not just HMTL docs*Able to stand alone
Pedagogical purposeSize is a function of purpose*Must have IDs and metadata*
Must be accessible**But wait, there’s more . . .
How small is too small? How about a single Learning Objective?
How big is too big? Whole chapter? Book? Course?
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Where Are We at This Point?
Clear consensus:One or many files
Not just HMTL docs*Able to stand alone
Pedagogical purposeSize is a function of purpose*Must have IDs and metadata*
Must be accessible**But wait, there’s more . . .
Require standard ID syntax? URI?Looking at LRMI/schema.org,
IEEE LOM (Learning Object Metadata), IMS Content Packaging,
accessibility metadata needs.(Align with LRMI + Accessibility Metadata
Integration Guide?)
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Where Are We at This Point?
Clear consensus:One or many files
Not just HMTL docs*Able to stand alone
Pedagogical purposeSize is a function of purpose*Must have IDs and metadata*
Must be accessible**But wait, there’s more . . .
What are minimum accessibility requirements?
Accompanied by what metadata? (Align with LRMI + Accessibility Metadata
Integration Guide?)
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Where Are We at This Point?
Active discussion:Terminology
StructureModeling
(Can’t really separate these . . .)
Yet to address in depth:Metadata specifics
Alignment with EDUPUB model
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Where Are We at This Point?
Active discussion:Terminology
StructureModeling
(Can’t really separate these . . .)
Yet to address in depth:Metadata specifics
Alignment with EDUPUB model
One collective name for EDUPUB chunks in general,
different names for different kinds, or both? Controlled vocab or not?
Must use existing HTML5 elements and attributes? If so, how?
(E.g., <article> discussion)
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Where Are We at This Point?
Active discussion:Terminology
StructureModeling
(Can’t really separate these . . .)
Yet to address in depth:Metadata specifics
Alignment with EDUPUB model
As part of source vs. independent deliverable object?
Must be well formed? Overlap okay? Okay to be non-well-formed in source
(cf. <milestone/>s in JATS/BITS) but well-formed as deliverable?
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Where Are We at This Point?
Active discussion:Terminology
StructureModeling
(Can’t really separate these . . .)
Yet to address in depth:Metadata specifics
Alignment with EDUPUB model
Just leave it to EDUPUB?More permissive? If so, how?