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(part of the InLOC Information Model)

Terms, definitions and abbreviations

For the purposes of this documentation, the following terms and definitions apply.

competence

proven ability to use knowledge, skills and personal, social and/or methodological abilities, in work or study situations and in professional and personal development

(EQF)

learning outcome

what a learner is expected to know, understand, or be able to do after successful completion of a process of learning

(shortened from ECTS Users Guide)

NOTE: The full proper term is "intended learning outcome", and unless it is clear from the context that the reference is to the actual outcome of learning in a person, "learning outcome" should be understood to mean "intended learning outcome" throughout this documentation.

LOC

learning outcome or competence

LOCs

learning outcomes and/or competences

LOC definition

formulation in words of a distinct LOC concept

NOTE: A LOC definition expresses a concept about the characteristics of people. For any LOC definition, there should be the possibility of there being evidence that would be relevant to what a person is able to do in respect of that LOC.

LOC structure

assemblage of LOC definitions, together with expressions about their metadata, properties and relationships

NOTE: In the context of InLOC, documents and frameworks are represented by LOC structures.

RDF

Resource Description Framework

URI

uniform resource identifier

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Comments (3)

 

  1. Jan 02

    Simon Grant says:

    should we put "binary LOC concept" and "rankable LOC concept" here in the terms ...

    should we put "binary LOC concept" and "rankable LOC concept" here in the terms and definitions?

    1. Jan 10

      Marc Van Coillie says:

      If we add these definitions we might need to include the different kind of prope...

      If we add these definitions we might need to include the different kind of properties (compound, direct) as well.

      Shall we add also agent and URI ?

      1. Jan 10

        Simon Grant says:

        Hmm, maybe... any other views, anyone?

        Hmm, maybe... any other views, anyone?