1. Composing Lifelong Learning Opportunity Pathways through Standards-based Services
Raquel M. Crespo García

2. Contents Introduction and motivation Learning pathways Design process
COMPASS outcomes
Information model
Online services
MOOCs
Pilot testing
Discussion, feedback and comments

3. COMPASS Information Model
COMPASS

4. Metadata Metadata is structured schema about data (W3C)
The use of metadata supports methods to identify, authenticate, describe, locate and manage resources in a precise and consistence way that meets business, accountability, and archival requirements
ISO , provides (a) the principles behind schemas and (b) the purposes of metadata;
ISO/TS , describes (a) how schemas are constructed and maintained and (b) suggestions for elements and aggregations

5. Metadata key elements Metadata schema Application profile
Encoding scheme
Crosswalk
Harmonization

6. Metadata architectures & lifetime

7. COMPASS Process for Information Model

8. The COMPASS Information Model
Metadata for Learning Opportunities (MLO)
EN15982 MLO-AD European Standard
Integrating Learning Outcomes and Competences
Draft Spec. of CEN

9. The COMPASS Information Model

10. Learning Opportunity Provider (LOP)
Holds information about the educational institute
hasPart: used to relate a LOP entity (parent) with one or more LOP entities (members)
offers: used to relate the LOP entity with all learning opportunities that it offers

11. Learning Opportunity Specification (LOS)
Information about a learning opportunity specification
i.e. the overall description of the learning opportunity (not a specific offering)
credit: the credits according to a specified system
objective: an aim or learning objective
level: an account of the education level
assessment: the broad approach to assessment
hasPart: to represent hierarchical relations
specifies: relates with all its specific instances
qualification: status awarded to a learner
prerequisite: a reference to prerequisite for accessing the Learning Opportunity

12. Learning Opportunity Instance
Information about a specific offering (instance) of a learning opportunity
location: the spatial location
start: the date from which the instance of the Learning Opportunity commences.
duration: the duration of the instance of the Learning Opportunity.
cost: the cost associated with obtaining access to the instance of the Learning Opportunity.
languageOfInstruction: the language in which the Learning Opportunity’s instance is taught.
places: a reference to he places available for participants in the Learning Opportunity’s instance.
engagement: the logistical means by which individuals engage in the specific instance of the Learning Opportunity, encompassing temporal, modal and spatial patterns of engagement and attendance.
objective: specific aim or learning objective for the Learning Opportunity’s instance.
assessment: specific description of the approach to assessment used in the Learning Opportunity’s instance.

13. XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <schema xmlns=" xmlns:xml=" ... targetNamespace=" elementFormDefault="qualified"> <annotation> ... </annotation> <import namespace=" schemaLocation=" /> ... <complexType name="Resource"> <complexContent mixed="true"><restriction base="xs:anyType"><sequence> <any processContents="strict" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" /> </sequence></restriction></complexContent> </complexType> <complexType name="Association"> <!-- classes --> <complexType name="LearningOpportunityObject" abstract="true"> <sequence> <any namespace=" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" processContents="lax" /> <element ref="url" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" /> <element ref="hasPart" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" /> </sequence> </complexType> ...

14. COMPASS Information Model
COMPASS