A novel approach towards skill-based search and services of open educational resources

Kyung Hun Ha, Katja Niemann, Uta Schwertel, Philipp Holtkamp, Henri Pirkkalainen, Dirk Boerner, Marco Kalz, Vassilis Pitsilis, Ares Vidalis, Dimitra Pappa, Markus Bick, Jan Pawlowski, Martin Wolpers

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    Abstract

    Open educational resources (OER) have a high potential to address the growing need for training materials in management education and training. Today, a high number of OER in management are already available in a large number of repositories. However, users face barriers as they have to search repository by repository with different interfaces to retrieve the appropriate learning content. In addition, the use of search criteria related to skills, such as learning objectives and skill-levels is not generally supported. The European co-funded project OpenScout addresses these barriers by intelligently connecting leading European OER repositories and providing federated, skill-based search and retrieval web services. On top of this content federation the project supports users with easy-to-apply tools that will accelerate the (re-) use of open content.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationMetadata and Semantic Research - 5th International Conference, MTSR 2011, Proceedings
    Subtitle of host publicationIzmir, Turkey, October 12-14, 2011
    Pages312-323
    Number of pages12
    Volume240 CCIS
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2011
    Publication typeA4 Article in conference proceedings
    Event5th International Conference on Metadata and Semantic Research, MTSR 2011 - Izmir, Turkey
    Duration: 12 Oct 201114 Oct 2011

    Publication series

    NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
    Volume240 CCIS
    ISSN (Print)18650929

    Conference

    Conference5th International Conference on Metadata and Semantic Research, MTSR 2011
    Country/TerritoryTurkey
    CityIzmir
    Period12/10/1114/10/11

    Keywords

    • competences
    • content reuse
    • federated search
    • management education
    • Open educational resources

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Computer Science

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