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http://ioer.ilsharedlearning.org

ISLE Open Educational Resources Enabling Open Access and Integration Using LRMI and Learning Registry

July 30, 2014

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Topics

•  About Illinois Shared Learning Environment (ISLE) – Open Educational Resources (OER)

•  How ISLE OER uses Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI) and Learning Registry (LR)

•  What using LRMI and LR Enable

Illinois Shared Learning Environment (ISLE)

Illinois Shared Learning Environment (ISLE) is an online platform that will empower educators, workforce partners, and learners with integrated data and tools to personalize learning and drive success for pre-K through career. The current phase is focusing on tools for K-12 schools, Illinois Pathways STEM Learning Exchanges, and career development with the Illinois Student Assistance Commission and Illinois workNet®.

The ISLE Open Educational Resources (OER) is one of the ISLE tools. Mission Statement ISLE drives academic achievement and career success for all lifelong learners in Illinois by enabling personalized learning through open and accessible technologies.

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ISLE Solutions and Integrated Features

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ISLE Open Educational Resources (OER) – Available Now http://ioer.ilsharedlearning.org

•  Search, filter, and narrow resources o  Learning Standards browser o  Rate and comment

•  Share resources o  Quick file upload o  Quick tag or fully tag resources o  Create web page o  Upload entire or partial curriculum

•  Create organizational libraries and invite curators o  Follow libraries via daily or weekly email or via personal time line

•  Participate with communities of interest •  Follow timeline •  Widgets

•  Install widgets on any website: search, library, curriculum, standards browser

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Enabling Open Access and Integration For ISLE to meet it’s goals, we need to ensure open access and a model for integration: Key Attributes of ISLE Enablers Access to resources and tools for anyone!

Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI)/ Schema.org Learning Registry (LR) Achievement Standards Network (ASN) Common Education Data Standards (CEDS) Creative Commons (CC)

APIs* LRMI Data models LR Metadata schemas and frameworks ASN

LR LRMI (Schema.org)

Common vocabulary CEDS Licenses for appropriate use of resources CC

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Using a common schema for the payload means that the API doesn’t have to handle describing or marking up the data it’s sending, it just has to send it—the receiving system will already know how to interpret it.

Enabling Open Access to and Integration of Resources

Learning resource metadata

adopted by Schema.org.

Cloud datastore,

specification for replication nodes, and paradata schema.

Metadata framework

and services for learning standards

and rubrics.

Attribution licenses to

protect open access to resources.

Common vocabulary.

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Together, LR and LRMI enable ISLE OER, and other applications:

•  The LR takes the burden of maintaining its datastore and specification off of the developer, allowing organizations such as ours to focus time and money on the end product.

•  The LR provides a national/global metadata repository to enable an applications marketplace.

•  LRMI standardizes metadata making it easier to index and integrate education resources.

More Reasons Why LR and LRMI are Important

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Metadata Impacts on ISLE OER •  Index – Essential for users to find resources. •  Filter – Options to narrow search results. •  Tag – Describe resources for educational purposes. •  Provide API – Integrate with other applications.

Datastore & Paradata Impacts on ISLE OER • Consume and Produce Resources - Shared

infrastructure for trusted partners (via metadata) • Usage Information – Share information about resources

collectively (via paradata)

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Enabling ISLE OER and Challenges

•  ISLE OER consists of code, datastores, and an index developed and maintained by the OER team for searching. The ISLE OER code and datastores determine: •  Resources we deem as acceptable from the LR •  Augment or remove metadata from and to LR •  What resources we can share openly back to LR

There are challenges with using LR and LRMI: •  Getting a broad enough base of participants (i.e. producers) with LR who provide

open learning resource metadata as LRMI •  Receiving metadata with a useful vocabulary and tagged appropriately •  Aligning learning resources to learning standards and competencies

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API and Widgets

Using LRMI and Learning Registry, ensures consistent metadata and paradata across applications. ISLE is requiring applications to integrate and use the OER API (based on LRMI) for

•  Learning Maps

•  Assessment Authoring

Other examples of ISLE OER integration include:

•  Direct access via the ISLE Dashboard for K-12 teachers

•  Widgets available for embedding on any website

Other Websites

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Create, Follow & Contribute to Libraries Create & Share Resources Find & Use Resources

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Search Filters Using LRMI

•  Standards •  Grade Level •  K-12 Subjects •  Access Rights •  Career Cluster •  Educational Use •  End User •  Group Type •  Language •  Media Type •  Resource Type

LRMI and LR Impacts on ISLE OER

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Tagging/Publishing to LR Using LRMI

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Use the Guide Personalize Your Dashboard Participate with Communities

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ISLE Project Team ISLE Project Sponsors

•  Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity

•  Illinois State Board of Education

ISLE Project Team

•  Northern Illinois University Education Systems Center and Illinois Interactive Report Card (IIRC)

•  Southern Illinois University Center for Workforce Development

•  IlliniCloud

•  NCSA

ISLE OER Team

•  Mike Parsons, Solutions Architect

•  Jerome Grimmer, Applications Analyst

•  Nate Argo, Applications Programmer

•  Herb Williams, Applications Programmer III

•  Deb Young, Education Specialist

•  Jeanne Kitchens, Associate Director

Presented by:

Jeanne Kitchens Associate Director SIU Center for Workforce Development 2450 Foundation Drive, Suite 100 Springfield, IL 62703 Email: jkitchens@siuccwd.com Office: 217-303-5862 LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeannekitchens

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http://ioer.ilsharedlearning.org

•  July 30, 2014

References

•  Achievement Standards Network http://asn.jesandco.org/content/technical-documentation

•  Common Education Data Standards https://ceds.ed.gov/Default.aspx

•  Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/

•  Illinois Student Assistance Commission http://www.isac.org/

•  Illinois workNet http://www.illinoisworknet.com

•  ISLE OER http://ioer.ilsharedlearning.org/

•  ISLE OER Metadata and Paradata Schemas http://ilsharedlearning.org/DevDoc/SitePages/OERMetadata.aspx

•  Learning Registry http://learningregistry.org/

•  Learning Resource Metadata Initiative http://www.lrmi.net/

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