JORUM Scoping and Technical Appraisal Study
Feb 13, 2004
As volume one of this eight volume report summarizes, "JORUM means a collecting bowl and can also be seen as meaning the JISC Online Repository for (learning) Materials . The project JORUM+ is seen as paving the way for, or crafting, the JORUM repository service on behalf of the JISC and the F/HE community in the UK, both in terms of providing this Report, and also in supporting real-life re-use and re-purposing of content in the provisional collecting repository." Submitted to the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), "covers a number of areas of research in some depth, including literature reviews, requirements work with colleagues in F/HE institutions around the UK, and an appraisal of available repository database software systems." Their definition of 'learning object' just warms my heart: "A learning object is any resource that can be used to facilitate learning and teaching that has been described using metadata." Their recommendation regarding digital rights management also makes me smile: "A simple supportive mechanism (i.e. a licence) without technical enforcement is appropriate for JORUM in 2004." The report is an in-depth environmental scan and a comprehensive review of the state of the art. Required reading. Thanks, Robert, for sending me this item.
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