The document discusses the Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI), a project aiming to create a common metadata schema to improve discovery of educational resources online. It provides an overview of the LRMI's goals, development process, and properties, highlighting how consistent metadata can enable better search and alignment of resources to learning objectives. Representatives from organizations involved in the LRMI also discuss how the standard will benefit publishers and teachers.
2. Who
is
the
AEP?
www.AEPweb.org
US-‐based
organiza<on
that
supports
quality
educa<onal
content
and
resources
LRMI
aligns
with
AEP’s
mission
and
vision:
High
quality,
easily
accessible
instruc<onal
materials
for
all
teachers
and
learners.
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3. TODAY’S
PRESENTERS
Charlene
Gaynor Michael
Jay Jason
Henry
CEO President Global
Products
and
The
Associa<on
of
Educa<onal
Systemics,
Inc.
(USA) Markets
Manager
Educa<onal
Publishers
(USA) Learning
Media
(NZ)
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4. WHO
IS
THE
LRMI?
Leadership
• The
Associa<on
of
Educa<onal
Publishers
• Crea<ve
Commons
ContribuFng
OrganizaFons
he rs!
• Full
Poten<al
Associates
Pu blis
• Educa<onal
Systemics,
Inc.
ting
• Agilix
Labs ipa
• Knova<on Pa rtic
Funding
• Bill
&
Melinda
Gates
Founda<on
• William
and
Flora
Hewle[
Founda<on
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6. So, why do we need a standard?
Ingredients
vs.
Nutri<onal
Facts
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7. Metadata
is
“Data
About
Data”
Data
It
was
the
best
of
<mes,
it
was
the
worst
of
<mes,
it
was
the
age
of
wisdom,
it
was
the
age
of
foolishness,
it
was
the
epoch
of
belief,
it
was
the
epoch
of
incredulity,
it
was
the
season
of
Light…
Metadata
Title:
A
Tale
of
Two
Ci<es
Author:
Charles
Dickens
Publica<on
Date:
1859
Pages:
400
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8. AEP’S
ROLE
• Provide
representa<on
and
insight
on
the
LRMI
TWG
• Oversee
communica<on
outreach
to
educa<onal
resource
community
via
industry
events,
webinars,
LRMI
website,
mailing
list
• Inform
development
of
open
source
TOOLS
• Oversee
LRMI
Proof
of
Concept
to
document
best
prac<ces
for
LRMI
implementa<on
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9. So
What?
We
Already
Use…
• IEEE
LOM
• Dublin
Core
Metadata
• SCORM
• Our
own
metadata
schema
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10. The Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI)
Goal:
Make
it
easier
and
more
convenient
to
find
learning
resources
that
meet
specific
student
and
class
needs.
Curriculum
Standards
Intersection of
three opportunities
LRMI
Schema.org Resource
Registries
(Learning Registry)
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11. So
why
is
this
effort
different?
• We
need
a
common
set
of
descriptors
that
allow
us
to
structure
our
searches.
• Common
is
not
so
common!
• Educa<on
benefits
from
not
going
it
alone…
even
with
the
trade-‐offs.
• We
have
lived
in
a
world
with
different
standards.
The
internet
changes
all
that.
• This
is
an
interna<onal
ini<a<ve.
• Individualized
learning
and
teacher
collabora<on
depends
on
it!
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13. Why Tag to the LRMI Objects?
Discovery
LRMI is designed to make
your content discoverable
Commerce
Once your content is discovered by
teachers it is your job to support their
purchase process
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14. What is the Process?
2. Publish
Tagger output is
pushed to The
Learning Registry
and embedded in
your page(s) to
make your content
1. Tag much more easily 3. Search
discoverable.
Your content
Use the Open tagged
Source Tagger Your Data Resource Registry with LRMI
to create LRMI metadata is more
metadata for easily discovered,
your educational accessed and
resources. purchased.
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20. LRMI: A PUBLISHER’S PERSPECTIVE
Jason Henry
Manager, Global Products & Markets
Learning Media Ltd, New Zealand
@jasonh_101
Jason.henry@learningmedia.co.nz
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21. Learning Media
• New Zealand’s largest and oldest educational
publisher
– Print and digital
– Digital infrastructure
– Professional development
• Major supplier for the country’s Ministry of Education
• Global publisher and digital developer
• Developer and host of New Zealand’s largest
metadata-driven sector portal, Te Kete Ipurangi (TKI)
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22. Market drivers
Commercial Market
- Profit - Teachers’ needs
- Sustainability - Usability
- Growth - Right here
right now
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23. m arket’s
Our challenges… and opportunities
^
• Plethora of providers/products
competitors
• Relevance
• Discoverability
• Accessibility
• Channels and speed to market
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24. Metadata
• Metadata is changing the way we remain
relevant and accessible to our market.
• Metadata is changing the way our market
accesses information that is relevant to their
needs.
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25. The challenges
• Search engines generally ‘guess’ what a
webpage is about by looking at the contents of
the page
• Not structured for educational resources
LOM (Learning Object Metadata)
• Good metadata standard
• Complex
• Not recognised by search engines
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26. No education schema
• Hit and miss chance of educational resource
descriptions being found by search engines
• Difficult to refer to/describe resources using terms
that everyone understands
• Difficult to link up and query/search/browse across
resources
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27. The ideal…
• Resources can be found more easily
• Structured browsing, collection, linking etc of
resources can happen…
- within collections
- between collections
• Resources can be better aligned/described against
curricula, and standards
• Better engaged and informed education customers
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30. An example: with better metadata
Note: Shows warnings as it recognises that LRMI tags are not yet
recognised by schema.org 30
31. A better tool for testing: Microdata reveal
an extension for the Google Chrome browser
Detects and shows there is microdata (LRMI and other)
embedded in the page
Displays microdata in a tabular display
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32. What
does
the
LRMI
enable?
• Search
tools
• Integrated
Search
• Integra<on
of
catalogues
of
products
• Individualized
learning
…
much
more!
Now
an
example
of
how
LRMI
can
be
used
in
a
progressive
manner
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36. Phase
I:
Spec
Development
June
2011
–
February
2012
• Launch
announcement
–
June
2011
• Convene
TWG
–
August
2011
• Survey
exis<ng
metadata
frameworks,
collect
use
cases
–
Aug./Sept.
2011
• Public
drals/comment
–
Oct.-‐Jan.
2011-‐12
• groups.google.com/group/lrmi
•
1.0
and
submission
to
Schema.org
–
Feb.
2012
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37. The
LRMI
ProperFes
v1
(lrmi.net/the-‐specifica<on)
General
Terms: EducaFonal
Terms:
– <tle/name – intendedEndUserRole
– URL – educa<onalUse
– Descrip<on – <meRequired
– Image – typicalAgeRange
– Topic – interac<vityType
– created
(date) – learningResourceType
– Creator
Competency
related:
– Publisher
– educa<onalAlignment
– inLanguage
– Descrip<on
– Mediatype
– URL
– technologiesRequired
– Alignment
Type
– technologiesRecommended
– educa<onalFramework
– Use
RightsURL
– targetDescrip<on
– is
based
on
– targetName
– targetURL
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38. Look at one property
Learning Resource Type
Schema.org
prac<ce
is
to
have
community
use
define
values
We
have
created
some
recommended
values:
Activity Kinesthetic Robotics
Audio Lab Material Still Image
Broadcast Manipulative Video
Calculator MBL Wiki
Discussion Model Worksheet
E-Mail On-Line Lesson Plan
Field Trip Podcast Test
Hands-on Presentation Quiz
In-Person/Speaker Printed
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39. Phase
II:
AdopFon/ImplementaFon
March
2012
–
February
2013
• Awareness
building
• Proof
of
Concept
• Collabora<on
on
Tagger/Search
• Educator/publisher
surveys
• Encouraging/suppor<ng
Schema.org
adop<on
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41. PoC
Round
Two
ParFcipants
• 22
ac<vely
pursuing
Phase
II
• 700+
resources
already
submi[ed
for
Phase
II
• 16
new
publishers
engaged
in
Phase
II
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42. PoC
Next
Steps
• Con<nue
to
tag
addi<onal
resources
from
publishers
• Document
best
prac<ce
tagging
steps
• Generate
recommenda<ons
for
feature/
func<on
requirements
for
next-‐gen
tagging
tools
• Create
Service
Providers
kit
with
services
• Increase
number
of
par<cipa<ng
publishers
• Shil
from
doing
tagging
to
support
publishers
tagging
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44. Ask
us
We’re here to help you...
• Gain support for LRMI within your organizations
• Provide support in finding ways to integrate this into
your existing processes
• Facilitate access to technical resources if needed
To do this we can...
• Present to you and those teams with whom you work
• Review and provide feedback on metadata you are
creating
• Provide information to show benefit to your
organization for participation
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45. More Information
Schema.org:
hPp://schema.org
Joint
Google/Yahoo/Microsol
project
to
define
common
metadata
to
enhance
search
effec<veness.
LRMI:
hPp://lrmi.net
Schema.org
extensions
specific
to
educa<on.
Learning
Registry:
hPp://learningregistry.org
Another
way
to
distribute
metadata
about
content,
standards,
effec<veness,
etc.
Common
Core
State
Standards:
hPp://corestandards.org
An
important
educa<onal
framework
(or
taxonomy)
against
which
learning
resources
will
be
aligned.
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46. QuesFons
&
Contacts
Give
Presenters: busi us y
ness our
we’l
Charlene Gaynor l ge card &
cgaynor@aepweb.org t ba
ck t
you o
Jason Henry
jasonhenry@learningmedia.co.nz
Michael Jay
michael@edusystemics.com
To
Get
Started:
Dave
Gladney
–
AEP
LRMI
Contact Schedule
dgladney@AEPweb.org a follow-up call with
me. I can also send you
Teila
Evans,
Project
Manager the LRMI templates.
teila@edusystemics.com - Teila
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