TRUST 2nd Year Site Visit, March 19th, 2007
Disseminating Learning Materials:TRUST Academy Online (TAO)
Larry Howard
ISIS, Vanderbilt University
TRUST 2nd Year Site Visit, March 19th, 2007
Introducing the TAO Portal
Online access to TRUST learning materials– Emerging– Exemplary– Cross/Inter-disciplinary
Modular units for– Classroom learning– Online learning
Scaffolds– Descriptive profiles with metadata– Supplemental resources– Reference resources
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TAO Courseware Matrix
Browsing Organized by category Condensed view
– Module abstract– Summarized metadata
classification
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TAO Profiles
Module descriptions for portal visitors
Metadata classification
Companion resources Web-based rich
editing by TRUST educators
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Searching
Web search engines index profiles– Profile descriptions
provide domain terms– Profile metadata
provide education terms
TAO supports– Live search– Metadata-based
search and retrieval
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Support for TAO Educators
Online guide to using the TAO Portal– Concepts– Technology descriptions– Demonstration
resources
Technical assistance– Support staff at ISIS
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Early TAO Usage Statistics
Peak Visits– ~30 visits/day
(February 2007)
Peak Hits– >18K (January 2007)
Peak Downloads– 1.6 GB (January 2007)
Future drivers– Web search engines– Content extensions
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TAO Developments/Future Plans
Courseware Collections– TRUST– Partners– Community– Enable TAO to serve as dissemination vehicle for
broader TRUST/IA communities– Cooperative courseware development
Content and Scaffolding– More interactive resources like RBAC module– Profile and metadata tailoring– Tracking and follow-up
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