[quote="nikospalavitsinis"] Initiating the discussion on Topic 2, we would like to provide you with a set of questions that focus on various aspects of the proposed topic. As you will see, some of the questions are more generic, whereas others focus on specific stakeholder groups (i.e. content/course creators, users of the content, etc.). The idea here is to start elaborating on these topics, clarifying and delving into the characteristics of a quality learning resource. To facilitate the discussion, we would like to ask you to start replying by indicating the question number addressed (i.e. Q1), so that our colleagues that read you answers can easily identify the question you refer to. 1. Have you described in the past, your learning resources using metadata (description, title, keywords, tags, etc)? Which are the metadata elements that you mainly use? 2. Do you feel that providing metadata for resources is useful? What are the incentives that drive you, to provide the metadata? 3. What constitutes high quality metadata for a resource? Is it completeness for all metadata elements? Is it the clarity and correctness of the language used? Other aspects? 4. What are the benefits you see in providing metadata for learning resources in practice? With kind regards, On behalf of Topic 2 Moderators, Jackie Wickham & Stephanie Taylor Nikos Palavitsinis [/quote] Hi Nikos, let me answer the questions you posed, 1. I am using a metadata to construct and I am tagging them using the acceptable lom standard. 2. Providing metadata to your resources is useful if you want to search them and if you want to make them searchable in a federated repository structure. The incentive...a good will that someone on the other side of the world is making ones resource available and for the sake of giving a better learning environments for students or any other clients of the subject matter 3. The quality of a metadata, I believe, is not completeness in its adherence to the standard of metadata used but the correctness and using the minimum, at least, acceptable tags from the standard. The language is also important but the process is time consuming 4. It will make your works and your organizations' reputation in providing learning materials to a bigger level. You will get more comments and directions other that the recognition you get for your resources

[quote="Lisa-Cespedes"] Providing quality metadata: Is the gain worth the effort? The topic above, is refined with the questions that follow in the post of the Moderator of Topic 2. You can either reply to this general topic, or address one of the other questions. [/quote] I think providing quality metadata has much benefits that one might think of, but as long as a standard is used I am sure the quality will be kept alive.

From a developing country's perspective, I would say there must be a gender issue raised when infusing ICT in societies because usually it is the Male that is the head of a household and as a result no matter how much we can say we have adopted ICT tools into a society we didnt do so for the half of the population (the female). Ameha Woubishet

Hi, my name is Ameha Woubishet and I am from Ethiopia. I work as a lecturer in the department of Information Systems in Haramaya University, one of the best agricultural universities in Africa. I have a bsc degree in Agricultural Extension and Msc degree in Information Science. I am hoping i will get more information about my proposal for a project on ICT adoption for Agriculture in Ethiopia. cheers