From the Education Metadata Meetup on 7/30/14 in Washington DC - Melissa Wadman and Darren Milligan talk about how the Smithsonian is using LRMI to combat the current chaotic organizational state of its educational resources.

1. Education Metadata Meetup
Show and Tell: Institutions
Washington DC
July 30, 2014
#metadataMU
#LRMI
Darren Milligan
Senior Digital Strategist
Smithsonian Institution, Center for Learning and Digital Access
milligand@si.edu
@darrenmilligan
Melissa Wadman
Manager of Program Evaluation
Smithsonian Institution, Center for Learning and Digital Access
wadmanm@si.edu
@melissawadman

6. 1995
23.6 million physical visits to museums
72,942 digital visits

7. 1995
23.6 million physical visits to museums
72,942 digital visits
2013
30 million physical visits to museums
140 million digital visits

8. 1995
23.6 million physical visits to museums
72,942 digital visits
2013
30 million physical visits to museums
140 million digital visits
Physical: 30,000,000-23,600,000 /
23,600,000 X 100 = 27.12% increase
Digital: 140,000,000-72,942 / 72,942 X
100 = 191,833.32% increase

9. 1995
23.6 million physical visits to museums
72,942 digital visits
2013
30 million physical visits to museums
140 million digital visits
Physical: 30,000,000-23,600,000 /
23,600,000 X 100 = 27.12% increase
Digital: 140,000,000-72,942 / 72,942 X
100 = 191,833.32% increase

10. Why Internet for Edu. ( Everything) ?
Reporting
Year
Smithsonian
Non-Digital
Visitors
(in millions)
Smithsonian
Digital Visitors
(in millions)
Global
Population
using Internet
(% of
population)
Developed
World using
Internet
(% of
population)
1995
23.6
0.1
<2
<11
2005
24.0
59.3
16
51
2010
30.2
97.2
30
67
2013
30.0
140.0
39
77

19. Pew Research Teachers Survey Report
February 2013
92%: Internet has “major impact” on their ability to
access content, resources, and materials for their
teaching
90%: use search engines to find info
84%: use Internet weekly to find content that will
engage students
80%: use Internet weekly to help them create
lessons

20. based
on
The
Content
Developers
Guide
to
the
Learning
Resource
Metadata
Ini;a;ve
and
Learning
Registry,
2013

23. Train and Share
Training Workshops
Training Video
Virtual Tag-athons
LRMI Guide

24. Thanks!
Education Metadata Meetup
Show and Tell: Institutions
Washington DC
July 30, 2014
#metadataMU
#LRMI
Darren Milligan
Senior Digital Strategist
Smithsonian Institution, Center for Learning and Digital Access
milligand@si.edu
@darrenmilligan
Melissa Wadman
Manager of Program Evaluation
Smithsonian Institution, Center for Learning and Digital Access
wadmanm@si.edu
@melissawadman