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Starting a collection of research, examples, and a rationale for a microformat for course catalogs in Higher Education. - [http:// | Starting a collection of research, examples, and a rationale for a microformat for course catalogs in Higher Education. - [http://whoyoucallingajesse.com Jesse Rodgers] | ||
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* [http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/ephone Pierce College staff/faculty directory] uses hCard. | * [http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/ephone Pierce College staff/faculty directory] uses hCard. | ||
* [https://www2.uchsc.edu/clinicalscience/calendar/clsc_calendar.asp Clinical Science Program at Univ. Colorado Health Sciences Center] uses iCal. | * [https://www2.uchsc.edu/clinicalscience/calendar/clsc_calendar.asp Clinical Science Program at Univ. Colorado Health Sciences Center] uses iCal. | ||
* [http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scottishschoolsonline/index.asp?iPage=15&strSubmit=True&strSearchText=&bSubmit=1&cLetter=&authority=&strTypes=&strAdditionalServices=&strFundingType=&searchstring= Scottish Schools Online] uses hCard. | |||
==Where could there be a need for microformats in education?== | ==Where could there be a need for microformats in education?== | ||
Latest revision as of 03:32, 12 July 2009
Microformats in Education: Course Catalog
Starting a collection of research, examples, and a rationale for a microformat for course catalogs in Higher Education. - Jesse Rodgers
Todo
- Get more examples from outside of Canada: Australia, United States, UK, other EU, and hopefully some Asian and south American schools.
- Post some schema information from internal course management systems (work with what already exists)
- First idea is posted (this should be easy)
Some Microformat use in Education
Here is a list of edu sites that use microformats:
- Mays Business School at Texas A&M University in our faculty directory choose an individual and they will have an hCard and vcard. For info contact Matt Herzberger
- University of Waterloo Events - new events system that uses hCal and iCal
- Pierce College staff/faculty directory uses hCard.
- Clinical Science Program at Univ. Colorado Health Sciences Center uses iCal.
- Scottish Schools Online uses hCard.
Where could there be a need for microformats in education?
Course Catalog
A course catalog (sometimes known as a course calendar) is a collection of courses and when they are available as well as fee schedules and course dependencies.
Examples
- University of Waterloo Course Calendar - current system is set for an upgrade but as you can see the code is very inconsistent.
- Course information is displayed with:
- course title
- course requirements
- eligibility requirements
- any notes that are relevant to that course such as any special circumstances
- (Anthropology Example) - no class or id names present
- Course information is displayed with:
- University of Guelph undergrad calendar - there is an attempt to assign relevant class names to table elements.
tr class="title"
a name="ANTH4300" ANTH*4300 Anthropological Issues F (3-0) [0.50]
tr class="description"
tr class="prereqs"
- Wilfried Laurier undergrad calendar
- Anthropology example - no class or id names present
- University of Toronto - Scarborough Campus
- University of Western Ontario
Frameworks in Development
XCRI - eXchanging Course-Related Information
Brian Kelly (UK Web Focus) has suggested that the XCRI project might be a good project to look with regards to an existing standard. The aim of the project is:
To define a vocabulary and appropriate technology bindings (e.g. XML, RDF) for describing course-related information that encompasses course marketing, course quality assurance, enrolment and reporting requirements.
A practical use of this standard is shown in a blog post entitled Mashups from the future: TripPlanner & XCRI by Scott Wilson. Actual XCRI software is available, including an aggregator
XCRI conducted a detailed survey of 161 course catalogs as source materials for their specification, which is described on the XCRI wiki.
Working Draft
This is a suggestion for a standardized format for displaying course catalog/ program information for educational institutions.
div class="programDescription"
h2 class="title" Biology
div class="academicLevel" Undergraduate Major
div class="introCopy" Descriptive copy about the program
div class="features" Distinctive features about the program
div class="career" Career opportunities for graduates
div class="courses" List of course information
div class="programDirector" Program Director