Education Metadata Meetup

30 July 2014 Washington, D.C.

Education Metadata Meetup

30 July 2014 Washington, D.C.

HousekeepingProgram overview

HousekeepingProgram overview

Context - Why we’re here Enablers - Metadata & Registries Show & Tell Government Developer/Solutions Providers Content Providers/Curators Institutional users Wrap-up and Networking Lunch

HousekeepingLunch location, orders Social: #MetadataMU, #LRMI Attendee video poll Dave & Michael show @ STATS-DC

Problem StatementIt is easy to choose an instructional resource when there is only one.

Problem Statement

Increasingly more complex as there are more options to address learner needs.

Problem StatementSupport discovery and selection of the ‘right’ resource and instructional strategy

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So, why do we need a standard?

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So, why do we need a standard?

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So, why do we need a standard?

Discovery and Organization

Discovery and Organization

Discovery and Organization

Discovery and Organization

Discovery and Organization

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 978-0-547-85282-9

Maybe Next: Monkeying with Metadata

Long History of Instructional Review & Classification

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Metadata Types

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DescriptiveStructural Administrative

Metadata Types

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Descriptive Properties (title, author, publisher, # pages, etc.) Application

Structural Administrative

The  LRMI  Proper-es  v1  (lrmi.net/

Descrip-ve  Terms  (Schema.org): – #tle/name – URL – descrip#on – image – about – created  (date) – Creator – Publisher – inLanguage – useRightsUrl* – isBasedOnUrl

Educa-onal  Terms  (applica-on):  – educa#onalRole  – educa#onalUse      – #meRequired  – typicalAgeRange      – interac#vityType      – learningResourceType  

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   Competency  related:  – educa#onalAlignment  – educa#onalFramework  – Alignment  Type  – targetDescrip#on  – targetName  – targetURL

25* part of LRMI spec but not yet adopted by schema.org

Educational Role

Administrator Mentor Parent Peer Tutor Specialist Student Teacher Team

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Educational UseActivity!Analogies!Assessment!Auditory!Brainstorming!Classifying!Comparing!Cooperative Learning!Creative Response!Demonstration!Differentiation !Discovery Learning!Discussion/Debate!Drill & Practice!Experiential!Field Trip!Game Generating hypotheses!Guided questions Hands-on

Homework!ID similarities & differences!Inquiry!Interactive!Interview/Survey!Interviews!Introduction!Journaling !Kinesthetic!Laboratory!Lecture!Metaphors!Model & Simulation!Musical Nonlinguistic !Note taking !Peer Coaching!Peer Response!Play!Presentation

Problem Solving!Problem-based Project!Questioning !Reading!Reciprocal teaching !Reflection!Reinforcement!Research!Review!Role Playing!Service learning !Simulations!Summarizing Technology !Testing hypotheses!Thematic instruction !Visual/Spatial!Word association

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Interactivity Type

Active Expositive Mixed

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Typical Age Range

0-2 2-5 5-8 8-10 10-12 12-14 14-16 16-18 18+

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Learning Resource Type

Activity Audio Broadcast Calculator Discussion E-Mail Field Trip Hands-on In-Person/Speaker

Kinesthetic Lab Material Manipulative MBL Model On-Line Podcast Presentation Printed

Robotics Still Image Video Wiki Worksheet Lesson Plan Test Quiz

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Alignment Type

assesses teaches requires textComplexity readingLevel educationalSubject educationLevel !

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Shifting

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Resource Institution

Media Adopted

Learning Learner Engagement Discovered

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Move from…

Today you’ll hear about…• Government agencies that are using the LRMI and

underlying technologies • Development efforts that are underway to increase

access to and use of these metadata • How developers and aggregators of content are taking

advantage of instructional metadata • The opportunity metadata holds for improving

educational access to large content repositories