In the great new document about the moodle pedagogic concept Martin Dougiamas describes the idea for a new metadata concept.
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Pedagogy
Metadata and outcome statements
Currently Moodle courses need to be manually connected to state learning standards. In many places of the world such reporting is mandatory, so it can take a lot of time.
The plan for Moodle 2.0 is to include a mechanism so that:
- admins can import a long list of outcome statements (as tags)
- teachers can relate a subset of these to their course
- teachers can connect each activity to an even smaller subset
This helps course design by providing teachers with a tool to ensure the requirements for the course are being met, while also providing much better reporting for admins and students on what has been achieved.
There are some points I didn't understand:
- How does this concept relate to the existing standards for metadata?
- "a tool to ensure the requirements for the course are being met" Does it mean as prerequisits?
- Is it possible to connect it with the Quality Standard ISO/IEC 19796-1 (www.elearningcolloquy.org/documents/3.christianmstracke.ppt)