From the Education Metadata Meetup on 7/30/14 in Washington, DC - Elizabeth Neuman from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction explains her state's plans for building a digital learning portal for all Wisconsin school districts.

1. Integrating Metadata
into WISE Learn
Elizabeth Neuman
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
7/30/2014

2. Everyone forgets about metadata. They think they
can just make stuff and then forget about how it is
organized in terms of how you describe your
content. But all your assets are useless to you unless
you have metadata - your archive is full of stuff that
is of no value because you can’t find it and don’t
know what it’s about.
John O’Donovan, Chief Technology Officer, The Financial Times
New York Times Innovation Report

3. Definition
Output Collaborators
Setup Content
GoalsChallenges
WISE
Learn

4. Definition
What is WISE Learn?
• Statewide digital learning portal for all Wisconsin
school districts
• Cost efficient & equitable access point to high
quality, vetted educational tools, content, training and
technological expertise

5. Goals
Who? K-12 educators, choice & homeschool programs,
PK-20
How? Drupal
When? Site Architecture next 6 months
Content following 6-18 months

6. Collaborators
• In-State
- DPI
- CESAs
- Districts
- WDLC
• Out-of-State
- SEAs

7. Content
WISE
Learn
BadgerLink
OER &
Other Digital
Purchased
eTextbooks
& Modular

8. Setup
BadgerLink
OER &
Other Digital
Purchased
eTextbooks
& Modular
WISE
Learn

9. WISE
Learn

10. WISE
Learn
schema.org module
automatic markup
RDFa
structured data syntax

11. • Internal: browse and search
• External: web search (RDFa in Drupal)
• Collaborative: sharing between states & other
content providers (Learning Registry)
* Kudos to ISLE for providing Developer Documentation
Output

12. Challenges

13. Questions?
Contact Information
Elizabeth Neuman
Content Management Librarian
WI Dept of Public Instruction
Resources for Libraries & Lifelong Learning
elizabeth.neuman@dpi.wi.gov
608-224-5390