Electronic Resources in the Virtual Learning

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A small number of terms and acronyms and abbreviations associated
with virtual learning environments and digital libraries are defined below.
ALT
Association of Learning Technology – professional body to
represent learning technologists

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Electronic Resources in the Virtual Learning Environment
CETIS
Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards
CMC
Computer Mediated Communication
DC
Dublin Core – metadata standard to describe library resources
DfES
Department for Education and Skills – UK government
department responsible for education
DiVLE
Digital Library and Virtual Learning Environments – a JISC
programme of research investigating integration between
these two fields
DOI
Digital Object Identifier
HE
Higher education – the collective term for universities in the UK
ILTHE
Institute of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, now
being replaced by the Higher Education Academy
IMS
IMS Global Learning Consortium Ltd – responsible for
specifications and standards in learning technology
JISC
Joint Information Systems Committee – funded by UK higher
education funding councils
LOM
Learning Object Metadata – metadata used to describe
‘learning objects’, which are any digital resource used in
learning, for example a piece of content, a self-test, a
PowerPoint presentation, etc.
LMS
To a librarian this term means Library Management System,
but beware, learning technologists may mean Learning
Management System – or VLE – when they use this term
LTSN
Learning and Teaching Support Network
MLE
Managed Learning Environment
MCQs
Multiple Choice Questions – often used in online assessments
NSF
National Science Foundation
OAI
Open Archives Initiative
OCLC
Online Computer Library Center – a non-profit, membership,
computer library service and research organisation. For more
details see: http://www.oclc.org/
OSI
Open Source Initiative
PBL
Problem-Based Learning
RSS
Really Simple Syndication – a lightweight XML format
designed particularly for sharing headings and other web
content
SCORM Shareable Courseware Object Reference Model
VLE
Virtual Learning Environment
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Index
access paradox, 55–6, 73
ALT-C, 52
ALT-J, 32
Amazon, 85–7, 102
American Library Association, 73,
76, 102–3, 123
Association for Learning Technology
(ALT), 32, 50, 68–9, 73–4, 172
Athens, 44, 119–20, 132, 155
Australian Copyright Council, 76,
103
authentication, 15, 119–21, 130,
132, 150, 155, 163, 168
Berne Convention, 78
Berners-Lee, Tim, 106, 110, 123
Big Blue Connect Project, 62
Big Blue Project, 60, 62, 146
Blackboard, 15, 38–9, 43–4, 50
blog, 66
Bodington, 112, 122
British Library, 5–6, 25–6, 101
BUILDER Project, 9, 24
Cascading Style Sheet (CSS), 108
CETIS, 39, 51, 116, 122–3, 171–2
CILIP, 60, 65, 103
CLARCS, 96
commercial VLEs, 46
computer-mediated communication
(CMC), 172
CONFU, 83
Conversational Framework, 29, 51
Copyright Clearance Center (CCC),
96, 128
Copyright Directive (2001/09/EC),
81
Copyright Harmonisation Act – see
TEACH Act 2002
copyright law, 14–16, 75–7, 79–81,
88, 95, 149
Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA),
16, 75, 82, 94, 96, 128, 134
Council of Australian University
Librarians, 59, 74
CourseGenie, 146, 148, 159
Creative Commons, 75, 84, 89–90
CrossRef, 115, 152
Dearing Report, 34, 52
DELIVER Project, 134, 136, 139–40,
162
DELOS, 2, 5, 26
Department for Education and Skills
(DfES), 28, 51, 172
DEVIL Project, 43
DIDET Project, 47
digital certificates, 120–1
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
1998 (US), 79
digital object identifier (DOI),
114–15, 150–2, 157, 172
DiVLE Programme, 28, 41–2, 45–6,
50–1, 69, 118, 139

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DSpace Project, 21
DTD, 107–8
Dublin Core, 109–10, 114, 172
e-books, 12, 17–19, 24, 99, 101, 136
e-literacy, 51, 53–4, 57–8, 62–3, 74
e-prints, 21
Educational Recording Agency
(ERA), 92
EDUCAUSE, 30, 39–40, 48, 50
Elit Conference, 62
EnCoRe Project, 43
ERes, 14–15
Ex Libris, 44
FirstClass Conferencing System, 31
Follett Report, 7, 26
further education, 7, 22, 36, 41, 51,
66, 83, 95, 116, 120, 171
Google, 55–6, 88, 138
Gophers, 54
HE Academy, 68 (see also ILTHE)
Headline Project, 10
HERON Service, 9, 94, 96, 101,
127, 129, 138
Heron User Group, 17
HERONweb, 128–9, 159
higher education, 6–7, 9, 11, 16, 19,
21, 25, 27–8, 30–5, 41, 43,
50–2, 54–6, 58–9, 61, 66–8,
73–5, 89, 92, 94–6, 102, 118,
125, 129, 134, 136, 149, 172
Higher Education Funding Council
for England (HEFCE), 7, 26,
33–5, 50–1, 73
HTML, 25–6, 43, 50–2, 71, 73–4,
102, 106–8, 110, 122–4, 131,
148, 152, 159–60, 163–4
HyLife, 9–10, 24
IEEE LOM, 117
ILT Librarians Forum, 68
ILTHE, 67–8, 172
Impatica, 159
Imperial College, 71, 143–5, 162
IMS Global Learning Consortium,
48, 117, 172
information literacy, 53, 55–74, 77,
125, 143–6, 148, 162
Information Literacy Competency
Standards, 58, 73
INFORMS Project, 44
Ingenta journals, 153
INHALE Project, 44, 147
INSPIRAL Project, 40–1, 50
Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), 117
International Digital Libraries
Programme, 4, 24, 47
interoperability, 5, 22, 40, 46, 106,
113, 116–18, 121, 123, 161,
172
JISC, 1, 4, 6–7, 9, 11–14, 18–19,
21–2, 24–6, 28, 36, 39–45, 47,
49–51, 60, 62, 64, 66, 73, 75,
83, 90–1, 94, 97, 99, 102–3,
109, 114, 118–20, 122–3, 160,
171–2
JISC Information Environment, 11
JORUM Project, 118
JSTOR, 90, 150, 152, 155
JUSTEIS Project, 19, 55–6
Koha, 111, 122
Kolb, 32
Laurillard, Diana, 29, 51, 55
LDAP, 121
Learning Object Metadata (LOM),
117, 172
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Library of Congress, 108–9
LinkER Project, 45, 50
Lotus LearningSpace, 38
LTSN, 68, 172
MALIBU Project, 9–10, 24
managed learning environment
(MLE), 36–7, 172
MERLOT, 118
metadata, 5, 39, 41, 46, 55, 109–10,
114–19, 123, 152, 162, 172
middleware, 116, 120
Moodle, 112, 122
MyLibrary, 10, 74, 112–13, 122
National Information Standards
Organisation (NISO), 112, 115
National Science Foundation (NSF),
1, 3, 24, 47, 116, 172
NetLibrary, 18, 25
Netskills, 66, 73
New Opportunities Fund, 64
OCLC, 3, 18, 26, 28, 47–9, 51–2,
109, 115, 153
Office of Educational Technology, 29
OLIVE Project, 44, 159
Oliver, Martin, 32, 50, 52, 67, 69,
74
Olivia, 145, 147–9, 159
OPAC, 11–12, 19, 23
Open Archives Initiative (OAI), 4,
22, 116, 172
Open Knowledge Initiative, 40
Open Source Definition, 111
Open Source Initiative, 111, 172
Open University, 29, 31, 43
Open URL, 158
Packtracker, 128, 138, 159
plagiarism, 149
portals, 11–14, 24–6, 41, 111,
113–14, 123–4
Project Angel, 43
Project Gutenberg, 17, 111
PubMed Central, 107
QuestionMark Perception, 93
ReadingList Direct – see Sentient
Discover 
Resource Description Framework,
110
Resource Discovery Network, 10,
44, 56
resource list, 23, 46, 118, 134, 136,
160
Sakai, 39, 51
Salmon, Gilly, 29, 52
SCONUL Information Skills Task
Force, 59
SCOPE Project, 8
SCORM (Shareable Courseware
Object Reference Model), 117,
172
Semantic Web, 110–11, 123–4
Sentient Discover, 134, 160
Seven Faces of Information Literacy,
The, 57, 73
Seven Pillars of Information Literacy,
The, 60
Sheffield, University of, 23, 136
SHERPA, 22, 25
Shibboleth, 120, 122
SOcial Science Information Gateway
(SOSIG), 10, 142
SPARC, 20
stable URLs, 150–1, 155
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standards, 11, 22, 39, 41, 45–6, 48,
58–9, 61, 73–4, 105–7, 109–21,
123, 146, 158, 162, 171–2
SURF Foundation, 83, 103
Swetswise, 19, 152, 155–6
Talis, 23, 43–4, 135–6, 138, 159
TalisList, 135–9, 160
TEACH Act 2002, 79
Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund
(TQEF), 26, 34–5, 102
TLTP, 28, 31–3, 50
UCISA, 38, 69, 73
Universal Copyright Convention, 78
US Digital Libraries Initiative, The, 3
Voyager, 14–15
Vygotsky, 29, 32
Web Ontology Language, 110
WebCT, 15, 38–9, 43–4, 87, 93, 121,
127, 129–33, 135–7, 140–6,
163, 168
weblog, 65–6, 74
WIPO, 78–9, 102
WIPO Copyright Treaty, 79
World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C), 106–7, 110
XML, 99, 106–8, 110, 114, 123
Xrefer, 114
Z39.50, 9, 24, 113–14, 124
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