LRMI Overview and Update, September 2013

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Background andState of the Spec

Denver, CO — 22 September 2013

Michael Jay, Educational SystemicsDave Gladney, AEP, AAP PreK-12 Learning Group

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Background andState of the Spec

Denver, CO — 22 September 2013

Michael Jay, Educational SystemicsDave Gladney, AEP, AAP PreK-12 Learning Group

Learning Metadata?

QTIMLRLRMIOMGCEDS

Goal: Make it easier and more convenient to find learning resources that meet specific student and class needs.

Curriculum Standards

Schema.org

Intersection of three opportunities

Resource Registries

(Learning Registry)

Why Now? Kinda’ Perfect Storm

from a representation by Brandt Redd, Gates Foundation

Shifts in Education

From the learner & parent’s perspective:1. How can I do better?2. How can I differentiate myself?3. How can I get what I need based on how I learn?4. How can I do well on qualifying tests?

From the educator & institution’s perspective:1. How do I address the needs of an increasingly diverse

set of learners?2. How do I engage learners who have access to rich

resources and media?3. How do I compete with educational alternatives?

Shifts in Education

From the content developer & publisher’s perspective:

1. How do I provide coherent offerings that address the needs of an increasingly diverse set of students?

2. How do make the most of the instructional assets I have?

3. How do I make the value of my product(s) evident in a educational environment where learning objects are more prevalent?

4. How do I transition my organization to leverage emerging business models without losing what makes us unique?

A Complex Ecosystem

Need to be relevant to all decision makers in this system.There will always be a place for thoughtfully developed instructional resources and curriculum but…Learners and educators have other options

The Education Market

Content Developers & Publishers

Tradi9onal Model

Users: Students Teachers Administrators

The Education Market

Emerging Model

LearningManagementEnvironment

Content Developers & Publishers

Tradi9onal Model

Users: Students Teachers Administrators

So, why do we need a standard?

But...

But nothing about learning.

The LRMI Proper8es v1 (lrmi.net/the-‐specifica9on)

General Terms (Schema.org):– 9tle/name– URL– descrip9on– image– about– created (date)– Creator– Publisher– inLanguage– useRightsUrl*– isBasedOnUrl

Educa8onal Terms:– educa9onalRole– educa9onalUse – 9meRequired– typicalAgeRange – interac9vityType – learningResourceType

Competency related:– educa9onalAlignment– educa9onalFramework– Alignment Type– targetDescrip9on– targetName– targetURL

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

Educational Role

AdministratorMentorParentPeer TutorSpecialistStudentTeacherTeam

Educational UseActivityAnalogiesAssessmentAuditoryBrainstormingClassifyingComparingCooperative LearningCreative ResponseDemonstrationDifferentiation Discovery LearningDiscussion/DebateDrill & PracticeExperientialField TripGameGenerating hypothesesGuided questions Hands-on

HomeworkID similarities & differencesInquiryInteractiveInterview/SurveyInterviewsIntroductionJournaling KinestheticLaboratoryLectureMetaphorsModel & SimulationMusicalNonlinguistic Note taking Peer CoachingPeer ResponsePlayPresentation

Problem SolvingProblem-basedProjectQuestioning ReadingReciprocal teaching ReflectionReinforcementResearchReviewRole PlayingService learning SimulationsSummarizingTechnology Testing hypothesesThematic instruction Visual/SpatialWord association

Interactivity Type

ActiveExpositiveMixed

Typical Age Range

0-22-55-88-1010-1212-1414-1616-1818+

Learning Resource Type

ActivityAudioBroadcastCalculatorDiscussionE-MailField TripHands-onIn-Person/Speaker

KinestheticLab MaterialManipulativeMBLModelOn-LinePodcast PresentationPrinted

RoboticsStill ImageVideoWikiWorksheetLesson PlanTestQuiz

Alignment Type

assessesteachesrequirestextComplexityreadingLeveleducationalSubjecteducationLevel

3. The Act

Use the Open Source Tagger to create LRMI metadata for your educational resources.

Tagger output is pushed to The Learning Registry and embedded in your page(s) to make your content much more easily discoverable.1. Tag

2. Publish

3. Search

Resource RegistryYour Data

Your content tagged with LRMI metadata is more easily discovered, accessed and purchased.

What is the Process?

4. Tools

inBloom Tagger

Illinois Tagger & Search

More to come...

AEP Program

Phase I

June 2011 - March 2012Convene Technical Working Group Convene Advisory Group to inform/review TWG’s workDraft properties Inform general public, decision-, and policy-makersEncourage community feedback and discussionSubmit draft specification to Schema.org

Phase II

March 2012 – April 2013

Awareness building Proof of Concept Collaboration on Tagger/SearchEducator/publisher surveys Encouraging/supporting Schema.org

adoptionHands-on Publisher Tagging Support

Phase III

May 2013 – April 2014

Publisher Tagging SupportLR Sandbox for PublishersLRMI GovernanceLRMI Ecosystem Service Provider’s Program Awareness BuildingPublisher and Educator Surveys

5. State of the LRMI

Happenings

LRMI Properties are now part of Schema.orgOthers are building on/extending LRMI -

Accessibility (A11y) led by Benetech, professional development (iPD) led by ISKME

Publisher awareness has increased from 47% to 86% over the past year

Increasing interest among companies producing tools for publishers

Advocating for metadata like LRMI in EPUB3 requirements

Happenings

Discussion at Schema.org level around relationships between CreativeWorks, collections, ordered collections, etc. (public-vocabs@w3.org and lrmi@googlegroups.com)

Discussion around governance for the spec beyond 2014

Increasing global outreach - LRMI presented at IPA meeting in Dublin last week

Virtual workshop this winter (tentative)Next live workshop @ SXSWedu (tentative) 45

6. Implications

DiscoveryLRMI is designed to make your content discoverable

CommerceContextual relevance drives value. Allows you to make your resources more relevant and move to new use models.

Why Tag to the LRMI Objects?

Not just for topical application...

Use to capture and communicate instructional intent as part of product conceptualization and design

Tag, you’re it!

Shifting

ResourceInstitution

MediaLegislated

LearningLearnerEngagementDiscovered

totototo

Move from…

Shifting

ResourceInstitution

MediaLegislated

totototo

Move from…

We already are this

Shifting

ResourceInstitution

MediaLegislated

totototo

Move from…

We need to be about thisWe already are this

Carpe Diem

or at least today!

For each of your organiza8ons…

www.lrmi.net

Here to help you... o Determine how the LRMI can help your businesso Provide support in finding ways to integrate this into your

existing processes o Facilitate access to technical resources if needed

To do this we can... o Present to you and those teams with whom you work o Review and provide feedback on metadata you are

creating o Provide information to show benefit to your organization

for participation

Ques8ons & ContactsPresenter: Michael Jay michael@edusystemics.com

To Get Started: Dave Gladney – AEP LRMI Contact dgladney@publishers.org

Teila Evans, Project Manager teila@edusystemics.com

On with the show!