Design and Development of Metadata Management Tool for Learning Objects
| dc.contributor.author | Okoth, David O. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeechair | Potter, Kenneth R. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Lockee, Barbara B. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Bond, Mark Aaron | en |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Johnson, Alicia Leinaala | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Education, Vocational-Technical | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-06T06:00:24Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2021-06-06T06:00:24Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-12-13 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Learning objects (LO) reuse is one topical area in instructional design that is gaining popularity in the education economy. It hinges on high hopes and promises to transform how learning occurs in the information age. This study attempted to identify and interrogate the core characteristics of reusable learning objects and conceptualize them as innovations in the curriculum development process. The goal was to synthesize existing knowledge on learning objects, weave streams of literature and research to focus on core arising issues, and then develop an instructional design tool that can help learners easily and effectively find reusable learning objects. The learning objects could be categorized and deconstructed to the levels of their instructional design transformations with regard to macro and micro-level reusability. The researcher used combinatorial developmental research with integrative literature review methodologies to design and develop a metadata management tool. This study involved an in depth review of literature on learning objects, reusable learning objects and their associated metadata management schemes through the integrative literature review approach. Results and data from the integrative literature review were then utilized to design and develop a tool addressing meta-tagging schemes, metadata management, search, and access of learning objects. The researcher identified characteristics of learning objects within the reuse process and discussed best practices, reuse procedures and modeling, based on the analysis of existing cases such as the Open-Knowledge-Initiative (OKI) projects to aid in the tool development. Integrative analysis running concurrently with the development process allowed for rigorous identification and alignment of key factors in the learning objects reuse universe. If fully developed, the metadata management tool could contribute to effective metadata management for learning objects often reused by learning designers, deliverers, and consumers. | en |
| dc.description.abstractgeneral | Learning Objects (LO) reuse is gaining popularity in the field of instructional design. This is because it could transform how learning occurs in today's information age. In this study, I outlined the important characteristics of reusable learning objects and set them up as creative and re-creative products in the curriculum development process. My goal was to combine and reproduce existing literature on LOs that would allow me to develop an instructional design tool to help learning content designers, deliverers, and consumers to easily tag, search, then find reusable learning objects. I reviewed literature on learning objects, reusable learning objects and their associated metadata management schemes then used this data to design and develop the tool addressing meta tagging schemes, metadata management, search, and accessibility of learning objects. The tool allows LO categorization and deconstruction to the largest and smallest granular levels of their instructional reusability. I combined a developmental research method with an integrative literature review method to design and develop the prototype of a tool known as metadata management tool (mmt) for reusable learning objects. If successful, the metadata management tool developed could contribute to an effective metadata management for learning objects often reused by learning designers, deliverers, and consumers. | en |
| dc.description.degree | Doctor of Philosophy | en |
| dc.format.medium | ETD | en |
| dc.identifier.other | vt_gsexam:23433 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/103649 | en |
| dc.publisher | Virginia Tech | en |
| dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | Learning Objects | en |
| dc.subject | Reuse | en |
| dc.subject | Metadata | en |
| dc.subject | Development | en |
| dc.subject | Instructional Design | en |
| dc.subject | Technology | en |
| dc.title | Design and Development of Metadata Management Tool for Learning Objects | en |
| dc.type | Dissertation | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Curriculum and Instruction | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | en |
| thesis.degree.level | doctoral | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en |