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The Learning Registry
Michael Hruska, President/CEO, Problem Solutions
[email protected] @mikehruska
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The power of the teacher…
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The power of the learning teacher..
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The evolution of learning…
 Traditionally ‘resource’ focused
 Web
2.0 = Emergent ‘connections’
 Mobile
explosion…more connections..
 Aligned
for ‘journey’
 Towards
personalized learning…
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The metaphors of our evolution
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Evolution of Gaming
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The future of learning technology
 Highly
customized
 Experience
driven
 Adaptive
and personalized
 Dynamic
content
 The
right content next
….for the right context
The experience target...
Area of
Interest
Technology Supported Immersion
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Personalization
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How do we connect the best
resources for the journey
towards personalized
learning?
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What about the data?
vs.
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What is the general model?
LEARNER
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What is the general model?
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What is the general model?
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What is the general model?
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What is the general model?
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What is the general model?
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What is the general model?
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What is the general model?
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What is the general model?
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What is the Learning Registry?
 US
led collaboration between government and
industry
 To
make learning resources easier to find, easier
to access and easier to integrate into learning
environments wherever they are stored -- around
the country and the world
 Will
enable teachers, students, parents, schools,
governments, corporations and non-profits to
build and access better, more interconnected and
personalized learning solutions needed for a
21st-century education.
 Enabled
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large scale search, discovery and findability
metadata/paradata “highway”
Feedback loops
Source: US Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative
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Finding Learning Resources?
Source: US Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative
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Aggregators, Publishers, Amplifiers, App Builders,
Curators, Governments, Organizations, Businesses
Common APIs; Resource Network
The Learning Registry
Federal
Resources
Open
Resources
Source: US Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative
Commercial
Resources
Your
Resources
Learning Registry Stack
Learners and Educators
Transport Network
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Transport Network
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Transport Network
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Transport Network
Source: US Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative
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Learning Registry APIs
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Publish (push from user)
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Distribute (node-to-node, with“filtering”)
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Admin (status, discovery, …)
Source: US Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative
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Learning Registry Resource Data
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Resource Locator (resource identity: URL)
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Who’s providing the data (identity: submitter, owner, curator)
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Terms of service (URL, optional)
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Digital Signature (OpenPGP, for trust)
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Hashtags (recommended)
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Formal “metadata” (optional, any schema)
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Workflow stuff (message IDs, versions, times, transit nodes)
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In JSON, Document-oriented, schema-free database
Source: US Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative
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Status
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Under development
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0.5 Beta in Sept 2011
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Available for development and testing
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PlugFest in US in Dec 2011
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1.0 Launch in Sept 2012
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Participation
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Be a provider (learning resources, metadata, paradata, analytic
data)
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Be a consumer
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Be an amplifier/conduit
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Build value-added services
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Participants
Source: US Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative
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Visualization tool
http://learnreg3.sri.com/repofringe/
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Browser Plugin
Metadata viewing
 Chrome
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https://github.com/patlockley/learning_registry_chr
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 Firefox
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https://github.com/patlockley/learning_registry_firef
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What are the possibilities?
Who can add value to the network?
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Large content producers
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Country level nodes
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Agency/Pan-Agency
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Education Providers
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Industry wide
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Specialty niche
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A final thought….
OUR CHALLENGE
How do we connect the
best resources for each
student’s journey of
personalized learning
experiences?
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Thank you…
Questions?
 Learning
Registry
 Site: www.learningregistry.org
 Twitter: #learningreg
 My
info
 Site: www.problemsolutions.net
 Twitter: @mikehruska
 Email: [email protected]