Educational description

Definition: A textual account of educational aspects of the resource. (FAILTE) Comments on how the resource is to be used. (IMS)
Obligation: Optional
Type of element: Free text

Entry guidelines

This element is to complement the Description element, but is intended to contain information about learning and teaching aspects of the resource which are not covered by any of the other elements.

The reason for a separate description element is that it is anticipated that end users will be especially interested in the learning and teaching aspects of resources in the FAILTE database. FAILTE markets itself as a database of learning and teaching resources particularly, and seeks to provide information which is specific to this type of resources. Thus it is important to provide information on pedagogical/educational characteristics of resources which can easily be identified and described.

Any information on educational objectives and/or benefits claimed for the resource should be described here.