Making the most of structured content:data products from OpenLearn XML

Tony HirstDept of Communication and Systems,

The Open University

Previously…

CSE Annotations File

So how do we get the links?

http://openlearn.open.ac.u

k/mod/ouco

ntent/view.php?

id=398868&content=1

OU XML

BUT…

…the index is typically too small to be of much interest

So what else might we be able to do?

OU-XML lets you treat SA* documents as databases…

* Structured authoring

http://openlearn.open.ac.u

k/mod/ouco

ntent/view.php?

id=398868&content=1

If the documents are just datasets, what

secondary or derived products can we

produce from them?

Automatic outline

extraction: mindmap view

Freemind

D3.js

Parent Unit Unit code Section Section Heading

Coursewide directories:

learning outcomes

Course Learning Outcome

XYX123 Have an understanding of P

XYZ123 Be able to do Q

ABC123 Have an understanding of R

Grab a list of course units from OpenLearnFor each unit:

- Generate the URL for the XML version of each unit- Grab the XML for the unit- Extract learning outcomes, image locations, glossary items and link information

Scraperwiki

Coursewide directories: OpenLearn

image finder

Unit Image Location Caption Description/alt text Acknowledgements

Coursewide directories: OpenLearn

meta-glossary

Unit Glossary Item Description

Dynamic outline

generation: mindmap view

D3.js

- unit

- unitset

- Learning outcome

- Glossary item

- figure

DiscOUOU KMi project

(d’Aquin et al)

Search Engine Text Adventures

CSE Promotions File

What’s missing…?

… search-based pedagogy…?

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