The Learning Registry

1. The Learning Registry Michael Hruska, President/CEO, Problem Solutions mike@problemsolutions.net @mikehruska

2. The power of the teacher…

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14. The power of the learning teacher..

15. The evolution of learning… • Traditionally ‘resource’ focused • Web 2.0 = Emergent ‘connections’ • Mobile explosion…more connections.. • Aligned for ‘journey’ • Towards personalized learning…

16. The metaphors of our evolution Journey Connection Resource

17. Evolution of Gaming

18. The future of learning technology • Highly customized • Experience driven • Adaptive and personalized • Dynamic content • The right content next ….for the right context

19. The experience target... Area of Interest Technology Supported Immersion Personalization

20. How do we connect the best resources for the journey towards personalized learning?

21. What about the data? Metadata paradata vs.

22. What is the general model?

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31. 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 buildand access better, more interconnected and personalized learning solutions needed for a 21st-century education. • Enabled • large scale search, discovery and findability • metadata/paradata“highway” • Feedback loops Source: US Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative

32. Finding Learning Resources? Source: US Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative

33. Learners and Educators Learning Registry Stack Aggregators, Publishers, Amplifiers, App Builders, Curators, Governments, Organizations, Businesses Common APIs; Resource Network The Learning Registry Federal Resources Open Resources CommercialResources YourResources Source: US Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative

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37. Transport Network Source: US Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative

38. Learning Registry APIs Publish (push from user) Distribute (node-to-node, with“filtering”) Admin (status, discovery, …) Source: US Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative

39. Learning Registry Resource Data Resource Locator (resource identity: URL) Who’s providing the data (identity: submitter, owner, curator) Terms of service (URL, optional) Digital Signature (OpenPGP, for trust) Hashtags (recommended) Formal “metadata” (optional, any schema) Workflow stuff (message IDs, versions, times, transit nodes) In JSON, Document-oriented, schema-free database Source: US Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative

40. Status Under development 0.5 Beta in Sept 2011 Available for development and testing PlugFest in US in Dec 2011 1.0 Launch in Sept 2012

41. Participation Be a provider (learning resources, metadata, paradata, analytic data) Be a consumer Be an amplifier/conduit Build value-added services

42. Participants Source: US Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative

43. Visualization tool http://learnreg3.sri.com/repofringe/

44. Browser Plugin Chrome https://github.com/patlockley/learning_registry_chrome Firefox https://github.com/patlockley/learning_registry_firefox Metadata viewing

45. What are the possibilities? Large content producers Country level nodes Agency/Pan-Agency Education Providers Industry wide Specialty niche Who can add value to the network?

46. A final thought…. How do we connect the best resources for each student’s journey of personalized learning experiences? OUR CHALLENGE

47. Thank you… Learning Registry Site: www.learningregistry.org Twitter: #learningreg My info Site: www.problemsolutions.net Twitter: @mikehruska Email: mike@problemsolutions.net Questions?