MLO - Proposed ECTS Course Catalogue Refinements

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The European Commissions DG Education and Culture operates a scheme for facilitating learner mobility based on a set of prescribed documents. The scheme is known as the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS).

One of the core ECTS documents is a "Course Catalogue". As the the Metadata for Learning Opportunities (MLO) Reference Model offers an abstract model for representing learning opportunities, it is useful to show how the MLO model can be refined to implement best-practice guidance issued for the ECTS Information Package / Course Catalogue. This guidance appears within Annex 2 of the Application Form used by Higher Education Institutions that have a Standard or Extended Erasmus University Charter and wish to apply for the honorary distinction of an ECTS Label.

ECTS Course Catalogue best-practice guidance expects the Information Package / Course Catalogue to be published on the web in English (obligatory) and in the regional/national language (optional), noting that if published in two or more languages the versions should mirror each other.

Guidance on the content of the Information Package / Course Catalogue takes the form of the checklist reproduced below. Proposals are included for refining MLO elements to represent each item on the checklist. Thes proposals were developed into a CEN Workshop Agreement and this table has now been updated accordingly, and used as the basis for an illustrative XML schema.

A diagrammatic representation of the recommended use of MLO-AD classes and property refinements is shown below, followed by the table listing all refinements. In all the diagrams, the base URI of http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/ has been shortened to "ects:" for reasons of space.



 

 
 

ECTS IP/CC Checklist Item
Proposed MLO Refinement
Comment
Institution Name
LearningOpportunityProvider.Title >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/InstitutionName
 
Institution Address
LearningOpportunityProvider.Location >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/InstitutionAddress
 
Institution Academic Authorities
LearningOpportunityProvider.Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/InstitutionAcademicAuthorities
 
Institution General Description
LearningOpportunityProvider.Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/InstitutionGeneralDescription
 
Institution Type
LearningOpportunityProvider.Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/InstitutionType
This will probably need to be a controlled vocabulary - a list of possible values is required
Institution Status
LearningOpportunityProvider.Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/InstitutionStatus
This will probably need to be a controlled vocabulary - a list of possible values is required
Institution List of Degrees Offered
LearningOpportunityProvider.LearningOpportunitySpecification[Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityType="DegreeProgramme"].Title >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/DegreeProgrammeTitle LearningOpportunitySpecification.Type will use a controlled vocabulary http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityTypes
(DegreeProgramme, CourseUnit)
Institution Admission/Registration Procedures
LearningOpportunityProvider.Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/InstitutionAdmissionProcedures
 
Institution Main University Regulations
LearningOpportunityProvider.Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/InstitutionMainUniversityRegulations
 
Institution ECTS Coordinator
LearningOpportunityProvider.Contributor >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/InstitutionalEctsCoordinator
 
Degree Programme Title (implict in list of degrees offered)
LearningOpportunitySpecification[Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityType="DegreeProgramme"].Title >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/DegreeProgrammeTitle  
Degree Programme Qualification Awarded
LearningOpportunitySpecification[Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityType="DegreeProgramme"].Qualification  
Degree Programme Admission Requirements
LearningOpportunitySpecification[Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityType="DegreeProgramme"].LearningOpportunityInstance.Prerequisite
 
Degree Programme Education And Professional Goals
LearningOpportunitySpecification[Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityType="DegreeProgramme"].Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/DegreeProgrammeEducationAndProfessionalGoals
 
Degree Programme Access To Further Studies
LearningOpportunitySpecification[Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityType="DegreeProgramme"].Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/DegreeProgrammeAccessToFurtherStudies
 
Degree Programme Course Structure Diagram
LearningOpportunitySpecification[Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityType="DegreeProgramme"].Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/DegreeProgrammeStructureDiagram
 
Degree Programme Final Examination
LearningOpportunitySpecification[Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityType="DegreeProgramme"].Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/DegreeProgrammeFinalExamination
 
Degree Programme Examination And Assessment Regulations
LearningOpportunitySpecification[Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityType="DegreeProgramme"].Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/DegreeProgrammeExaminationAndAssessmentRegulations
 
Degree Programme Departmental ECTS Coordinator
LearningOpportunitySpecification[Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityType="DegreeProgramme"].Contributor >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/DepartmentalEctsCoordinator
 
Course Unit Title
LearningOpportunitySpecification[Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityType="CourseUnit"].Title>> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/CourseUnitTitle\\

 
Course Unit Code
LearningOpportunitySpecification[Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityType="CourseUnit"].Identifier >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/CourseUnitCode
 
Course Unit Type Of Course
LearningOpportunitySpecification[Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityType="CourseUnit"].Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/CourseUnitType
This will probably need to be a controlled vocabulary - a list of possible values is required
Course Unit Level Of Course
LearningOpportunitySpecification[Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityType="CourseUnit"].Level >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/CourseUnitLevel
This will probably need to be a controlled vocabulary - a list of possible values is required
Course Unit Year Of Study
LearningOpportunitySpecification[Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityType="CourseUnit"].Level >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/CourseUnitYearOfStudy
Not sure what this is - is it further information about the level of the course unit?
Course Unit Term Pattern (Semester / Trimester)
LearningOpportunitySpecification[Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityType="CourseUnit"].LearningOpportunityInstance.Engagement >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/CourseUnitTermPattern
Controlled Vocabulary
(Semester, Trimester)
Course Unit ECTS Credits Allocated
LearningOpportunitySpecification[Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityType="CourseUnit"].Credit  - see http://purl.org/net/cm/Credit
If credits are normally accumulated in blocks, this will probably need to be a controlled vocabulary - a list of possible value is required
Course Unit Lecturer Name
LearningOpportunitySpecification[Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityType="CourseUnit"].Contributor >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/Lecturer
 
Course Unit Objectives (learning outcomes and competences)
LearningOpportunitySpecification[Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityType="CourseUnit"].LearningOpportunityInstance.Objective Could be further refined as http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/CourseUnitLearningOutcome and http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/CourseUnitCompetence
Course Unit Prerequisites
LearningOpportunitySpecification[Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityType="CourseUnit"].LearningOpporunityInstance.Prerequisite  
Course Unit Contents
LearningOpportunitySpecification[Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityType="CourseUnit"].Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/CourseUnitContent
 
Course Unit Recommended Reading
LearningOpportunitySpecification[Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityType="CourseUnit"].Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/CourseUnitRecommendedReading
 
Course Unit Teaching Methods
LearningOpportunitySpecification[Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityType="CourseUnit"].Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/CourseUnitTeachingMethods
 
Course Unit Assessment Methods
LearningOpportunitySpecification[Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityType="CourseUnit"].Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/CourseUnitAssessmentMethods
 
Course Unit Language Of Instruction
LearningOpportunitySpecification[Type >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/LearningOpportunityType="CourseUnit"].LearningOpportunityInstance.LanguageOfInstruction  
General Information On Cost of Living
LearningOpportunityProvider.Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/GeneralInformationOnCostOfLiving
 
General Information On Accommodation
LearningOpportunityProvider.Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/GeneralInformationOnAccommodation  
General Information On Meals
LearningOpportunityProvider.Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/GeneralInformationOnMeals  
General Information On Medical Facilities
LearningOpportunityProvider.Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/GeneralInformationOnMedicalFacilities  
General Information On Facilities For Special Needs Students
LearningOpportunityProvider.Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/GeneralInformationOnFacilitiesForStudentsWithSpecialNeeds  
General Information On Insurance LearningOpportunityProvider.Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/GeneralInformationOnInsurance  
General Information On Financial Support For Students
LearningOpportunityProvider.Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/GeneralInformationOnFinancialSupport  
General Information On Student Affairs Office
LearningOpportunityProvider.Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/GeneralInformationOnStudentAffairsOffice  
General Information On Study Facilities
LearningOpportunityProvider.Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/GeneralInformationOnStudyFacilities  
General Information On International Programmes
LearningOpportunityProvider.Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/GeneralInformationOnInternationalProgrammes  
General Practical Information For Mobile Students
LearningOpportunityProvider.Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/GeneralInformationForMobileStudents  
General Information On Language Courses
LearningOpportunityProvider.Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/GeneralInformationOnLanguageCourses  
General Information On Internships
LearningOpportunityProvider.Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/GeneralInformationOnInternships  
General Information On Sports Facilities
LearningOpportunityProvider.Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/GeneralInformationOnSportsFacilities  
General Information On Extra-Mural And Leisure Facilities
LearningOpportunityProvider.Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/GeneralInformationOnExtraMuralAndLeisureFacilities  
General Information On Student Associations
LearningOpportunityProvider.Description >> http://purl.org/net/mlo_ects_ipcc/GeneralInformationOnStudentAssociations  


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