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Generating secondary/derived products from OpenLearn/OU XML documents.
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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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