Purpose & Objectives This presentation intends to provide background and tangible models of how the Learning Resource Metadata Initiative and the associated data data elements and recommended vocabulary are being used by several initiatives including the Learning Registry and the Sahred Learning Collaborative. Several states and school districts have efforts underway to use the LRMI to tag the instructional resources they use so they can be more easily found. Participants should have some very basic knowledge of how metadata makes content discoverable, however, no knowledge is required of the algorithms used to generate a search result. Outline 1. Introduction to the problems associated with search and discussion of selected use cases (10 min) 2. Presentation about the LRMI specification and how it differs from other metadata specifications (10 min) 3. Presentation by a participating content publisher as to how they make use of the LRMI open standard and their expectations for how it will improve access to their resources. (5 min) 4. Presentation by a practicing educator as to how they are creating and interacting with LRMI metadata, the role it plays in addressing diverse student needs and the CCSS. (10 min) 5. Presentation and demonstration by another publisher of how they are making use of LRMI metadata and the role the Learning Registry plays in how they support educators. (5 min) 6. Wrap-up and Q&A (20 min) Supporting Research There are several papers in press about the LRMI which will be available in March 2013. There are also several papers about the Learning Registry and the relationship to the LRMI data specification: Bienkowski and Klo. Forthcoming. The Learning Registry: Applying Social Metadata for Learning Resource Recommendations. in Nikos Manouselis, Katrien Verbert, Hendrik Drachsler and Olga C. Santos, Eds. Recommender Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning: Research Trends & Applications, Heidelberg: Springer Lee A, Hobson, J. Bienkowski, M. Midgley, S. Currier, S Campbell L M, Novoseova, T. 2012. Towards Networked Knowledge: The Learning Registry, an Infrastructure for Sharing Online Learning Resources. Educational Technology. V. 52, N. 6. November-December. pp 14-19. Presenter Background Michael Jay, Educational Systemics: Has presented at ISTE for nearly a decade. Ex-classroom teacher now heads an organization that is committed to systemic and sustainable change in how we learn and teach. Michael and his team lead the grant funded LRMI proof-of-concept for the AEP. Michael has spoken on this and related topics in the US and Internationally.

1. The New Age of
(Web) Discovery
ISTE, San Antonio, TX 24 June 2013
Marti Heyman, Cengage Learning
Roger Rosen, Rosen Publishing
Michael Jay, Educational Systemics
LRMINew Resource Metadata Standards
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2. Learning Metadata?
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3. Dear Diary...
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4. Dear Diary...
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10. LOM
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11. LOM
CEDS
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12. LOM
MLR
CEDS
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13. LOM
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MLR
CEDS
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14. LOM
DC
SCORM
MLR
CEDS
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15. LOM
DC
SCORM
MLR
LRMI
CEDS
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16. LOM
DC
SCORM
QTI
MLR
LRMI
CEDS
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17. LOM
DC
SCORM
QTI
MLR
LRMI
OMGCEDS
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18. Goal: Make it easier and more convenient to find learning
resources that meet specific student and class needs.
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Why Now? Kinda’ Perfect Storm
from a representation by Brandt Redd, Gates Foundation
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19. Goal: Make it easier and more convenient to find learning
resources that meet specific student and class needs.
Intersection of three
opportunities
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Why Now? Kinda’ Perfect Storm
from a representation by Brandt Redd, Gates Foundation
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20. 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
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Resource
Registries
(Learning Registry)
LRMI
Why Now? Kinda’ Perfect Storm
from a representation by Brandt Redd, Gates Foundation
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21. 6
So, why do we need a standard?
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22. 6
So, why do we need a standard?
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23. 6
So, why do we need a standard?
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24. “Why?”
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25. Improve search results.
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26. 9
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27. But...
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29. But nothing about learning.
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33. MOMA
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34. MOMA
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35. MOMA
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vs.
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36. Our Challenge
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37. Our Challenge
“There is nothing worse
than a sharp image of
a fuzzy concept.”
- Ansel Adams
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38. The
LRMI
Proper-es
v1
(lrmi.net/the-­‐specifica3on)
General
Terms
(Schema.org):
– 3tle/name
– URL
– Descrip3on
– Image
– Topic
– created
(date)
– Creator
– Publisher
– inLanguage
– Mediatype
– technologiesRequired
– technologiesRecommended
– Use
RightsURL
– is
based
on
Educa-onal
Terms:
– intendedEndUserRole
– educa3onalUse
– 3meRequired
– typicalAgeRange
– interac3vityType
– learningResourceType
Competency
related:
– educa3onalAlignment
– Descrip3on
– URL
– Alignment
Type
– educa3onalFramework
– targetDescrip3on
– targetName
– targetURL
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39. Intended User Role
Administrator
Mentor
Parent
Peer Tutor
Specialist
Student
Teacher
Team
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40. Educational Use
Activity
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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41. Interactivity Type
Active
Expositive
Mixed
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42. Media Type
Audio CD
Audiotape
Calculator
CD-I
CD-ROM
Diskette
Duplication Master
DVD/ Blu-ray
E-Mail
Electronic Slides
Field Trip
Filmstrip
Flash
Image
In-Person/Speaker
IWB
Manipulative
MBL
Microfiche
Overhead
Pamphlet
PDF
Person-to-Person
Phonograph Record
Photo
Podcast
Printed
Radio
Robotics
Satellite
Slides
Television
Transparency
Video Conference
Videodisc
Webpage
Wiki
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43. Typical Age Range
0-2
2-5
5-8
8-10
10-12
12-14
14-16
16-18
18+
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44. 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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45. Alignment Type
assesses
teaches
requires
textComplexity
readingLevel
educationalSubject
educationLevel
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46. 3. The Act
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47. 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?
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48. 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?
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49. Cengage Learning & LRMI
Contributing to maximizing the educational community’s ability to locate resources
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50. Why participate?
v Looking to support any effort which enables the identification of the most
appropriate and effective choice of learning material
v Increase the discoverability and value of our educationally relevant,
instructionally effective resources during web search engine searches.
§ Ability to have our learning materials surface above the mass of web pages
with seemingly relevant keywords, but no useful learning materials.
v Accelerate movement toward personalized learning
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51. How Cengage is Implementing
v Created a crosswalk between existing Cengage internal standard metadata
framework and *required* LRMI
§ Discovered significant overlap (resource title, locator, description, subject,
publication/creation date, creator/author, publisher, language, etc…)
v For the existing metadata:
§ Most likely will programmatically populate equivalent LRMI fields with values
from existing metadata fields, revising vocabularies as/if needed
v For the new metadata:
§ Cost/benefit analysis of adding and populating additional metadata fields
§ For example:
§ Competency name/title (e.g. Literacy.CCRA.R.10)
§ Educational Framework (e.g. Common Core State Standards)
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52. How Cengage is Implementing
v Content tagging (indexing)
§ Determining the balance between remediation of legacy content and
focusing on new content
v Review and revise Cengage Editorial Policies as needed
v Revise Cengage Metadata Registry
v Provide support for compliance with standards
§ Awareness campaign among Global Product Technology teams
§ Perhaps enhanced QC
§ Create additional job aids
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53. Open Questions and
Unexpected Consequences
v How will we measure success?
§ Is it worth tracking online sales initiated from a catalog hit on a Web search
engine?
§ Does the nominal level of effort warrant a success measure?
v Generated more discussion regarding what is the “smallest unit of content”
we will sell
§ If we’re working to respond to a more granular level of educational need, do
we also need to make our content available at that level?
§ What are the implications of that decision on how we manage our assets?
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54. Educational Resource Provider: Pre-K through Grade 12
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Educational Resource Provider: Pre-K through Grade 12
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56. LRMI tagging:
Will return books and
other curriculum-
related educational
resources into the
hands of people who
need them.
LRMI’s Industry-Specific Framework Under Schema:
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57. LRMI creating the metadata standard:
1.#LRMI#tagged#resources##
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3.#Flows#from#internal#resource#to:#
Commercial#websites#
eBook#pla9orms#
Teacher’s#resources#microsite#
Vendor#channels#
2.#Used#for#internal#
database#
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58. Down the Road: Submission to and collection from the Learning Registry Index
1.#Data#submission#of#online#
resources#and#books#through#
tagger#tools#
2.##
3.#Collec)on#of#ra)ngs,#user#
feedback,#and#resource#usage#
sta)s)cs#through#API#
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59. Spotlight on Texas Interactive eBooks
Educational Resource Provider: Pre-K through Grade 12
Thank you,
Please stop by booths 11296 & 11298
and say Hello!
Roger Rosen
rogerrosen@gmail.com
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60. 4. Another Example
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61. Illinois Tagger & Search
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62. AEP Program
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63. Phase II
March 2012 – April 2013
Awareness building
Proof of Concept
Collaboration on Tagger/Search
Educator/publisher surveys
Encouraging/supporting Schema.org
adoption
Hands-on Publisher Tagging Support
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64. Phase III
May 2013 – April 2014
Publisher Tagging Support
Sandbox for Publishers
LRMI Governance
LRMI Ecosystem
Service Provider’s Program
Awareness Building
Publisher and Educator Surveys
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65. 5. State of the LRMI
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66. Happenings
LRMI Properties are published as part of
Schema.org
Accessibility (A11y) properties submitted to
Schema.org by Benetech
Over 4800 publisher resources tagged… many
more
Organizations looking at ways to leverage the LRMI,
Learning Registry, and Search
Awareness among publishers increased from 47%
to 86% over the past year
AEP received Phase III funding 44
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67. 6. Implications
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68. Not just for topical application...
Use to capture and communicate
instructional intent as part of product
conceptualization and design
Tag, you’re it!
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69. Shifting
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Resource
Institution
Media
Adopted
Learning
Learner
Engagement
Discovered
to
to
to
to
Move from…
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70. The New Age of
(Web) Discovery
Marti Heyman, Cengage Learning
Roger Rosen, Rosen Publishing
Michael Jay, Educational Systemics
LRMINew Resource Metadata Standards
Friday, July 26, 13