
For example, consider a SCO that teaches
how to thread a needle. Meta-data about this SCO might contain
information about the skill to be acquired — inserting thread
through the eye of a needle — and perhaps the method used
to teach this skill, a simulation for example. But because
this SCO might be used in a number of different courses, the meta-data
does not include information about how the needle might be used.
When incorporated into a course, that
same SCO might be further described, using context specific meta-data,
in terms of its function within that specific course. In one course
it might function as reference material, whereas another course
might use the same material as a required prerequisite. Meta-data
at the resource and file level (in a package) is context independent.
Meta-data applied at the organization and item level (in a package)
is context specific.
Context specific meta-data
is created and used at the point where a SCO is being aggregated
into a specific learning experience.
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