7 Things You Should Know About Caliper
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Contributions by: Anthony Whyte Vince Kellen Sean DeMonner Jenn Stringer Oliver Heyer Nicolaas Matthijs Phil Long Rob Abel
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Sources(s): EDUCAUSE Publications Collection(s): EDUCAUSE 7 Things You Should Know
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Abstract
Caliper is a standard that enables the collection, storage, and transport of data about learning. Sponsored by the IMS Global Learning Consortium, Caliper provides an information model that describes concepts, entities, and relationships. It provides data structure and semantic interoperability, resulting in an improved exchange of information across applications and institutions. Caliper could change the experience for students, faculty, and advisors by enabling more-sophisticated analytics, learning dashboards, and advising tools.
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