Mark Luetzelschwab, Senior Vice President at Agilix Labs, presented on the development of Tagger and Search tools being developed to aid in the implementation of the Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI) metadata specification. This presentation took place June 4, 2012, at the Content in Context Metadata Lab presented by the Association of Educational Publishers.

1. WHO AM I?
• Mark Luetzelschwab
– SVP Agilix Labs
– TWG for Learning Registry
– Advisor to LRMI
• Agilix Labs
– Maker of BrainHoney Learning Infrastructure
• Print to Digital (content, assessment, standards, etc)
• Product Framework
– Building Search and Tagger Applications for SLI
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Goal: Solicit your input on the Search and Tagger applications.

2. PROBLEM: SEARCH OVERLOAD
“Adding Fractions” millions of results
Lesson plans, activities, wikis
K-12, higher ed, research)
Mixed quality
Doesn’t meet the need!
Lesson Plan for 3rd graders Targeted results, can include “for-fee”
that I can use to teach materials.
“Adding Fractions” that
align to Common Core Meets the need
standards from people I
trust.

3. DISCOVERY
LRMI makes your content discoverable
PUBLISH
Metadata is
pushed to the Learning
Registry and/or your own
TAG databases SEARCH
Tag content with LRMI. Search and filter with
LRMI
Many pathways from discovery to revenue

4. PROGRESS
Gates Foundation-Funded Tools for Tagging and Searching
TAGGER
Proof of
Early Release Final Release
Concept
SEARCH
Proof of
Early Release Final Release
Concept
TODAY FALL 2012
We need your input!

5. TAGGER
• Tag content to LRMI
– General
• Publisher, etc
– Learning
• Standards, etc
• Push metadata data to:
– Learning Registry
– Internal Systems
• Adaptable / Open Source
– Change storage
NEED INPUT FROM YOU!!

6. SEARCH
• Search
– Filter by LRMI
• Adaptable / Open Source
– Change search engine
• SLI
• Internal
• Third-Party
– Change search display
NEED INPUT FROM YOU!!

7. HOW TO GET INVOLVED
• We need your input into the functionality of both
Tagger and Search applications
• Start tagging your content now to get ahead of the
curve
– Project Lead – Dr. Mark Luetzelschwab
– Project Manger – Eric Weiss
– Lead Developer – Suraiya Suliman
• Email eric.weiss@agilix.com to get more information
and set up follow-up meetings to learn more and get
started