Brandt Redd of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation discussed the Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI) and how it realtes to other major education projects including the Shared Learning Collaborative, Learning Registry, etc.

1. Everything You Need to Know about LRMI
LRMI In Context
Brandt Redd – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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2. Control Theory
Sensor
Feedback
Reference Controller Input System Output

3. Pedagogical Theory
Assessment
Feedback
Standards
Teacher Activities
Student Skills
Feedback must be:
• Frequent
• Fast
• Rich

4. The Personalized
Learning Model “What don’t I
know?” CEDS
SIF
Learning
Feedback
PESC Loop
Student Data
LRMI
Alignment
LR
Learning
Objectives
CCSS
“How did I “How do I
do?” learn this?”
Assessment Content
QTI, APIP W3C, IMS
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5. Four-Layer Framework
for Data Standards
CEDS 2.0
Data Definition of data elements
Depth of Systems Integration
including name and
Ease of Data Exchange and
Dictionary interpretation.
Broader Applicability and
Longevity of Standards
Data Logical definition of entities
as groups of elements and
Model inter-entity relationships.
Concrete digital format for
Serialization storage or transmission of
entities.
Transport layer and message
Protocol formats for exchanging
serialized entities.

6. Schema.org
• Jointly Developed by Bing! Google and Yahoo
• Specifies metadata schemas for common
internet items.
– E.g.
Article, Blog, MusicRecording, Photograph, Recipe,
SoftwareApplication, WebPage
• Invited industry consortia to submit additions.
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7. “Potato Salad” Demo
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8. Aligning Content to Competencies
LRMI addresses those metadata properties that distinguish
content intended for learning.
Learning Competencies
Resources (Objectives or
(Content) Achievement Standards)
LRMI
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9. Identifiers for the Common Core
State Standards (CCSS)
• Dot Notation
CCSS.Math.6.NS.3
• URL
http://corestandards.org/math/content/6/NS/3
• GUID
1F31DD363906484D9D2779A34FB59611
(http://corestandards.org/assets/E0330_ccss_identifiers.csv)
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10. Common Core Granularity
6.NS.3
Fluently add, subtract, multiply,
and divide multi-digit decimals
using the standard algorithm for
each operation.”
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11. Learning Registry
An open exchange for metadata assertions.
Assertion
http://khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/decimals/v/
Statement: dividing-decimals
Teaches
http://corestandards.org/math/content/6/NS/3
Stated by: http://khanacademy.org
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12. LRMI / LR Mesh
Vocabulary Schema.org LRMI Other
Purpose Search Engine
Discovery
Data Exchange
Encoding HTML
Any, incl. LRMI
Microdata
Distribution Web Crawling Peer Replication
Schema.org Learning Registry
Although LRMI is being developed in the Schema.org context, its vocabulary is also
appropriate for the Learning Registry.
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13. Shared Learning Collaborative
An alliance of states, foundations, educators, content
providers, developers and vendors who are passionate
about using technology to improve education.
Student Data Services Content Services
Application Layer
Security & Metadata API
Student Data API Permissions
LR Index
Student Data Store
Standards Content
Ingestion Services Data Data Other
LR
SLDS LLDS Learning Registry Instances
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14. Resources
• http://schema.org – Schema.org
• http://lrmi.net – Learning Resource Metadata
Initiative
• http://corestandards.org – Common Core State
Standards
• http://learningregistry.org – Learning Registry
• https://ceds.ed.gov/ - Common Education Data
Standards
• http://slcedu.org – Shared Learning Collaborative
• http://ofthat.com – Brandt’s Blog
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