Re: [Proposal] schema:OnlineCourse

For schema:Course and schema:CourseSection there is a GitHub Issue and a
Google Doc:

* https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues/195
*
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12YWjLzZC8FiTiOwSAETRIEozeqZdn6O8a4fgqK4t5Ss/edit?usp=sharing

>From the Google Doc (and GitHub Issue):


   - "Schema.org: Online Courses"
*https://docs.google.com/document/d/12YWjLzZC8FiTiOwSAETRIEozeqZdn6O8a4fgqK4t5Ss/edit?usp=sharing
   <https://docs.google.com/document/d/12YWjLzZC8FiTiOwSAETRIEozeqZdn6O8a4fgqK4t5Ss/edit?usp=sharing>*
(Working
   Proposal)
      - Thing > Intangible > Course
      - Thing > Intangible > CourseSection
      - Thing > Event > EducationEvent

Re: Course of Study / Major

   - Modeling traditional sets of prerequisites is a difficult problem.
   There are often ("either ors") which do require n-ary patterns. e.g. A ->
   (B or C or E) -> D -> F
      - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_connective#Natural_language
      - n-ary patterns are much easier with URIs (than with denormalized
      nested records)
      - http://patterns.dataincubator.org/book/nary-relation.html
   - Unbundling significantly alleviates this need (for structured
   traversal of a graph of Courses)
   - Coursera has a concept of "Specializations" [1]


>    - Master a skill with a targeted *sequence of courses*
>
>
>    - Apply it in a *capstone project*
>
>
   - The "subjectOfStudy" and/or "educationalAlignment" properties may be
   useful for linking to one or more "Course of Study" or "Major".
   - alignmentObject -> http://schema.org/AlignmentObject (LRMI:
      http://www.lrmi.net/the-specification)


[1] https://www.coursera.org/specializations

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Steve Scott <steve@courseload.com> wrote:

> Just a few opinions from the peanut gallery...
>
> I would avoid Class as a label for Course since it is most widely used to
> relate to the cohort attending a Course (my class == my classmates) and/or
> the time of meeting (my Bio Class is Tue at 9 - class == single class
> session).
>
> Instructional temporality is generally related to a "Term" to which a
> Course section belongs and inherits it's timeframe.
>
> "Course of Study" and "Major" are common synonyms in my experience working
> with higher ed.
>
> -Steve
>
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Vicki Tardif Holland <vtardif@google.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I agree that another term besides "Course" needs to be considered. (Oddly
>> enough, I attended a university that uses "course" the way other US
>> universities use "major", so I am sympathetic to the issues with the term.)
>>
>> Putting aside Course vs Class vs some other term for now, what is the
>> objection to a subclass for online sessions?
>>
>> - Vicki
>>
>>
>> Vicki Tardif Holland | Ontologist | vtardif@google.com
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 12:11 PM, Jim Goodell <jgoodell2@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I used what seems to be the key points of consensus from comments posted
>>> to Vicki’s doc, and the thread, to mark up suggested changes to the
>>> proposal.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/12YWjLzZC8FiTiOwSAETRIEozeqZdn6O8a4fgqK4t5Ss/edit?usp=sharing
>>>
>>> -Jim Goodell
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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