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The narrative above has been recorded <strong>to</strong> set a context for what follows because its relevanceappears tangential at th<strong>is</strong> stage.Relevant at th<strong>is</strong> stage, however, <strong>is</strong> the fact that in order <strong>to</strong> under<strong>take</strong> my duties as NationalDirec<strong>to</strong>r (Networking), it was essential <strong>to</strong> underst<strong>and</strong> fully the ‘product’ we were developing.Th<strong>is</strong> meant learning very quickly all about <strong>and</strong> how <strong>to</strong> construct a ‘Content ManagementSystem’ (CMS). Th<strong>is</strong>, in turn, required me <strong>to</strong> learn the principles of knowledge management<strong>and</strong> the critical importance of information schemas <strong>and</strong> semantic <strong>to</strong>ols. One of our partners wasthe Direc<strong>to</strong>r of the Brit<strong>is</strong>h Education Index, Phil Sheffield, from the University of Leeds whosecontribution <strong>to</strong> the project was formidable in terms of the accuracy of taxonomic effort <strong>and</strong>descriptions of content. I learnt from him meta-tagging, information structures <strong>and</strong> the politicsof professional boundary transgression.He was as concerned about the untrammelledexpansion<strong>is</strong>t tendencies of learning technolog<strong>is</strong>ts as I was. “They’ve s<strong>to</strong>len my clothes,” he said,when reflecting on the learning technolog<strong>is</strong>ts’ practice of defining how knowledge should beorganized <strong>and</strong> described – a sen<strong>time</strong>nt echoed <strong>by</strong> lecturers infuriated <strong>by</strong> the tendency of learningtechnolog<strong>is</strong>ts <strong>to</strong> acclaim their ‘d<strong>is</strong>covery’ of pedagogy.Our task was <strong>to</strong> build a website on solid ep<strong>is</strong>temological principles which would reflect thestructure of knowledge in the domain of teacher education <strong>and</strong> would thus provide easy access <strong>to</strong>quality assured materials that had been peer-reviewed <strong>by</strong> leading academics across the sec<strong>to</strong>r.The site had <strong>to</strong> be refreshed on a regular bas<strong>is</strong>, be copyright free <strong>and</strong> accessible from anyw<strong>here</strong>in the world. Specifically, I was tasked with negotiating with each of the subject resourcenetworks, the release <strong>to</strong> us of their Crown copyright materials, those ‘assets’ that had been paidfor <strong>by</strong> Dr. Leask’s other TDA funded projects. <strong>It</strong> became necessary <strong>to</strong> sell <strong>to</strong> each association358Simon Hughes Ph.D. Thes<strong>is</strong> (Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 2012)

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