Re: Mode of study or delivery

I agree it would be good to use URIs to add some consistency.

Potentially we could define an Enumeration set for these - online,
face-to-face, MOOC, distance learning, part-time, full-time -  That is if that
that is the finite list.  Alternatively if those values are already defined
somewhere with canonical URIs we could recommend their use and show them in
examples.

As to ‘requiring’ them, that is probably to constraining for Schema.org.

~Richard.

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On 3 March 2016 at 18:54, Wes Turner <wes.turner@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'll be the person to suggest that we should require URIs here.
>
> There will probably be translations (rdfs:label@en in MediaWiki RDFa?),
> so I think consistent URIs would be preferable. (because i believe Text
> fields to be less likely to work consistently with faceting)
> On Mar 3, 2016 11:14 AM, "Phil Barker" <phil.barker@hw.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> I have modified the wiki page for this to reflect the
>> Course/CourseInstance naming
>>
>> https://www.w3.org/community/schema-course-extend/wiki/Mode_of_study_or_delivery
>>
>> There is a requirement to be able to identify the mode of study which
>>> arises from the use case 1.6 (2.6, 9.6) "where the searcher is concerned
>>> about the means of delivery, e.g. wants to take a MOOC, wants to study at
>>> home by distance learning, study online, study face-to-face."
>>>
>> So:
>>
>>>
>>> *courseMode*, a property of CourseInstance with expected type: text
>>>
>>> definition: The medium or means of delivery of the course, or the mode
>>> of study.
>>>
>>> Suggested values: online, face-to-face, MOOC, distance learning,
>>> part-time, full-time
>>>
>>>
>> Any objections?
>>
>> I think there are some terms in CEDS that we could include as suggested
>> values, see
>> https://ceds.ed.gov/element/001161 (Thanks Jim)
>>
>> Phil
>>
>>
>> On 24/02/2016 14:58, Phil Barker wrote:
>>
>>> I hope this is a fairly straightforward use case requirement to deal
>>> with.
>>>
>>> There is a requirement to be able to identify the mode of study which
>>> arises from the use case 1.6 (2.6, 9.6) "where the searcher is concerned
>>> about the means of delivery, e.g. wants to take a MOOC, wants to study at
>>> home by distance learning, study online, study face-to-face."
>>>
>>> Currently the closest property in the proposal is the isVirtual
>>> indicator, which I think there was agreement needed broadening.
>>>
>>> It is often difficult to separate mode of study from mode of course
>>> delivery, e.g. a course is delivered online for students who study online.
>>>
>>> Sometimes though there is a form of course delivery that really needs to
>>> be highlighted. I think that MOOCs are an example of this. We want people
>>> to be able to identify courses delivered as MOOCs directly, without faffing
>>> around with a combination of cost, enrolment requirements and being online.
>>>
>>> How about:
>>> courseMode a property of CourseOffering
>>> definition: the medium of means of delivery of the course or the mode of
>>> study. A CourseOffering may be a blend of different modes, e.g.
>>> face-to-face and online.
>>> expected type: text (*)
>>> Suggested values: online, face-to-face, MOOC, distance learning,
>>> part-time, full-time
>>>
>>> (* this is a prime candidate for external enumerations with the
>>> suggested values as a default enumeration)
>>>
>>> Phil
>>>
>>>
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