Re: New use case for online courses schema

CourseUnit < ThingSequence

* A course may be composed of CourseUnit s.

ThingSequence < CreativeWork
  name
  description

  sequence: [ ]

CourseUnit < ThingSequence
  name
  description

  concepts <URL>

  sequence: [ ]

Project < CreativeWork

Goal < CreativeWork

GoalSet / GoalSequence < ThingSeq

Objective < CreativeWork

ObjectiveSet / ObjectiveSequence < ThingSequence

Task < CreativeWork

TaskSet / TaskSequence < CreativeWork

Assignment
  name
  description

  dueDate

EducationalProject
EducationalGoal -> LRMI < Goal

# (westurner/pyglobalgoals)
un:GlobalGoals < GoalSet / GoalSequence
un:GlobalGoal < Goal

Set / Sequence
  a set is unordered w/ no repeat elements

  a sequence is ordered and may have repeat elements (e.g. a List (or an
OrderedMap))

With a multi-track production video editing system, there are multiple e.g.
VideoObjectSequence s; whereas here there are ThingSequence s, because
there could be all sorts of CreativeWork s and Task s to fulfill the Goal s
and Objective s. (This is in scope for course discovery because Course (or
CourseUnit) should derive from (be a subclass of) e.g.
ThingSequence/ThingList so that I know where to add an (ordered) rdf:List
of course materials in a structured way, to maximize #OER discoverability.

* I'm on a mobile phone
* there are likely existing schema.org classes and properties that would be
more vocabulary-congruent
* there is an LRMI way to do part of this, I'm sure.

* Project, Goal, Objective
  * Educational*
* educationalAlignment ?
* ThingSequence
  * s/Sequence/List/ ? (is this already modeled?
  * how to create an rdf:List in RDFa?
On Jan 13, 2016 10:28 AM, "Phil Barker" <phil.barker@hw.ac.uk> wrote:

> On 13/01/16 16:15, Stuart Sutton wrote:
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 1:43 AM, Phil Barker <phil.barker@hw.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>>
> Yes, I agree that is a valid use case. I think this may also be useful in
>> describing how universities offer degree programs which are modular.
>> [Language is difficult here, in the UK both program and module get called
>> 'course' and I think that in the US program is used slightly differently].
>>
>
> You are correct, Phil, terminology in this regard is quite different in
> the US. We'd not use "course" to denote a program of study (e.g., set of
> courses leading to a degree or certification). In HE in the US, programs of
> study frequently/usually align with "major" (i.e., "I majored in Theatre
> Arts" being the equivalent of "I pursued a program of study in Theatre
> Arts"). However, we do hear the occasional "course of study".
>
> Here are a few examples of actual usage around programs of study:
>
> "A program of study is a comprehensive, structured approach for delivering
> academic and career and technical education to prepare students for
> postsecondary education and career success."
> http://cte.ed.gov/initiatives/programs-of-study
>
> "The programs of study, known as [degree] majors..."
> http://collegecatalog.uchicago.edu/thecollege/programsofstudy/
>
> "The program of study in a major provides coherence, focus, depth,
> sequencing, and synthesis of learning."
> https://portal.santarosa.edu/SRweb/sr_ProgramsOfStudy.aspx?ProgramType=2
>
> e.g., "Theatre Arts Major":
> https://portal.santarosa.edu/SRweb/SR_ProgramOfStudy.aspx?ProgramType=2&Program=001067&Version=1
>
>
> Thank you Stuart.
>
> Regardless of the actual word used, do people people here agree that these
> are "some sequence of events and/or creative works which aim to build the
> knowledge, competence or ability of learners" and/or are relevant to the
> discovery of courses?
>
> Phil
>
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> Heriot-Watt University
>
> Ubuntu: http://xkcd.com/456/
>   not so much an operating system as a learning opportunity.
>
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