Concept Tagging in Moodle

Concept Tagging in MoodleMyse Elmadani, Moffat Mathews, Tanja MitrovicIntelligent Computer Tutoring GroupUniversity of Canterbury, New Zealand

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The problem

No link between course content and

concepts

No domain knowledge

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The problem

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The problem

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The problem

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Related Work

Moodle Social Bookmarking Link-based

Tag generators: FreeTag Semantic Hacker API Alchemy API

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The solution

© Gene Smith. Tagging: People-Powered Metadata for the Social Web.

Smith, Gene. Tagging: People-Powered Metadata for the Social Web. s.l. : New Riders Press, 2008.Smith, Gene. Tagging: People-Powered Metadata for the Social Web. s.l. : New Riders Press, 2008.

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The solutionSmith, Gene. Tagging: People-Powered Metadata for the Social Web. s.l. : New Riders Press, 2008.Smith, Gene. Tagging: People-Powered Metadata for the Social Web. s.l. : New Riders Press, 2008.

Metadata: structured information that describes, explains, locates, and otherwise makes it easier to retrieve and use an information resource.

National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Definition

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The solutionSmith, Gene. Tagging: People-Powered Metadata for the Social Web. s.l. : New Riders Press, 2008.Smith, Gene. Tagging: People-Powered Metadata for the Social Web. s.l. : New Riders Press, 2008.

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The concept tags plug-in

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The concept tags plug-in

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The concept tags plug-in

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Using the concept tags plug-in

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Using the concept tags plug-in

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Using the concept tags plug-in

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Using the concept tags plug-in

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Using the concept tags plug-in

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Using the concept tags plug-in

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The Evaluation Study

Five participants (1 female)

Backgrounds:

Education

Computer Science

Accounting

Varying familiarity with Moodle

Little experience with tagging

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The Evaluation Study

Tasks included:

Tagging an existing resource

Uploading and tagging a resource

Importing concept tags from existing

Glossary

Questionnaire, screen recording, video

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Negative Neutral Positive0

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I found the concept tags plug-in easy to use.

Position on Likert Scale

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Findings

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Negative Neutral Positive0

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I found the concept tags plug-in frustrating to use

Position on Likert Scale

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Negative Neutral Positive0

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I would use the concept tags plug-in in my Moodle course(s)

Position on Likert Scale

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Negative Neutral Positive0

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I would recommend the concept tags plug-in to my colleagues

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Findings

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Adds a layer of metadata to Moodle

Aids information navigation and

retrieval

Structures learning environment

Conclusions

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Further Work

Interface design

Pre-populated tag list

Finer-grained tagging

Integration of resource

uploading/tagging

Pivot browsing

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Summary

The concept tags plug-in... Addresses the lack of domain knowledge

in Moodle Allows teachers to link key concepts to

course modules Aids students to locate and retrieve

information from course content