Presentation by Lori Farnsworth, Propel Schools, and Norton Gusky for Three Rivers Educational Technology Conference on the Dynamic Resource Portal, an enterprise search project attempting to make searching more relevant and easier.

1. Making Information More Relevant and Personal
TRETC
November 16, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
Norton - welcome and introduction to Lori

2. What would make
your life easier and
more effective for
searching resources
for student
learning?
Monday, October 31, 2011
Lori - Ask Essential Question

3. Key reasons to develop DRP
Monday, October 31, 2011
Lori - ask for ideas / then share what DRP found out

4. Key reasons to develop DRP
Digital learning resources are widely available,
but hard to search for teaching and learning
clarity.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Lori - ask for ideas / then share what DRP found out

5. Key reasons to develop DRP
Digital learning resources are widely available,
but hard to search for teaching and learning
clarity.
It takes too much work/time to find the
content hidden in a digital resource.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Lori - ask for ideas / then share what DRP found out

6. Key reasons to develop DRP
Digital learning resources are widely available,
but hard to search for teaching and learning
clarity.
It takes too much work/time to find the
content hidden in a digital resource.
Educators and students already know a lot about how best to use digital
resources.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Lori - ask for ideas / then share what DRP found out

7. Key reasons to develop DRP
Digital learning resources are widely available,
but hard to search for teaching and learning
clarity.
It takes too much work/time to find the
content hidden in a digital resource.
Educators and students already know a lot about how best to use digital
resources.
Users are leaving “data trails” but that usage data
is often thrown away or locked up.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Lori - ask for ideas / then share what DRP found out

8. Google Search
Monday, October 31, 2011
Lori - highlight difference between Google Search

9. Monday, October 31, 2011
Lori - and DRP search

10. DRP Search
Categories
based on
metatags
Monday, October 31, 2011
Norton - highlight use of metatags

11. What are categories? What are sources?
Sources (connectors)
National Science Digital
Library
SAS
Curriki
Kahn Academy
Monday, October 31, 2011
Norton - add difference between categories and sources

12. What are Metatags?
Information
about a
resource
Title
Author
Subject
Grade
Level
Media
type
Standard
Monday, October 31, 2011
Lori - tell story about Propel contest and use of tool to tag documents / explain advantages
for accessing Propel resources

13. Ability to narrow search by sources (connectors)
Monday, October 31, 2011
Norton - explain role of connectors and ability to limit search

14. The Connectors
Monday, October 31, 2011
Norton - highlight Curricki

15. The Connectors
Monday, October 31, 2011
Lori - highlight Khan Academy and why DRP makes this even more accessible

16. Monday, October 31, 2011
Norton - explain that even SAS became more accessible with DRP

17. Monday, October 31, 2011
Norton - highlight video resources

18. Time to Play
Go to this site:
http://drp.3rc.org/3rc/search.html
Monday, October 31, 2011
Norton - give people time to do own search (time permitting)
Lori - what did you discover?

19. Next Steps: Making Access Easier
Monday, October 31, 2011
Norton - relate need identified by Propel for more accessible DRP
Lori - explain how to set up with Gadget

20. Next Steps: Personalizing Information
Monday, October 31, 2011
Norton - New directions => personalizing learning

21. Making DRP part of a
national solution:
Learning Registry
Paradata - information about the
user’s ratings or preferences
(Think: Amazon or Netflicks)
Analytical data - information
about user’s interests and past
choices
Linked data - information about
other selections
Monday, October 31, 2011
Norton - explain paradata, analytical data and linked data as part of Learning Registry

22. Learning Registry Model
Monday, October 31, 2011
Lori - Highlight Propel as example of “Your Resources” /
Norton - explain role of 3rc as aggregator

23. Learning Resources Metadata Initiative (LMRI)
Case Study
AEP CC
schema.org
DeepWeb
Yahoo Bing Google
Propel
Monday, October 31, 2011
Norton - expand Learning Registry into LMRI and web-based versus federated searching with
case study by LRDC

24. Infographic from Knewton
Monday, October 31, 2011
Norton / Lori - wrap up with vision for Future

25. What would you like to see added to the DRP?
Take a minute and complete the
survey:
ngusky.wordpress.com
Monday, October 31, 2011