Re: New use case for online courses schema

Thanks Wes.
I think the parts are not always, necessarily sequential. Also I think 
the actual sequencing strays from what is necessary for course discovery 
into what is necessary for course delivery, and that is an area that I 
would like to keep out of scope for now (we can discuss that if you 
disagree)

   hasPart/isPartOf
   prerequisite
   extension (of some sort)
may be relevant relationships. The latter two could be expressed as 
educational alignments.

Phil

On 14/01/2016 00:56, Wes Turner wrote:
>
> 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 <http://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 
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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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>
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