TRETC 2011 - DRP Presentation

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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.

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Making Information More Relevant and Personal

TRETCNovember 16, 2011

Monday, October 31, 2011

Norton - welcome and introduction to Lori

What would make your life easier and more effective for

searching resources for student learning?

Monday, October 31, 2011

Lori - Ask Essential Question

Key reasons to develop DRP

Monday, October 31, 2011

Lori - ask for ideas / then share what DRP found out

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

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

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

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

Google Search

Monday, October 31, 2011

Lori - highlight difference between Google Search

Monday, October 31, 2011

Lori - and DRP search

DRP Search

Categoriesbased on metatags

Monday, October 31, 2011

Norton - highlight use of metatags

What are categories?

Sources (connectors) National Science Digital

LibrarySASCurrikiKahn Academy

What are sources?

Monday, October 31, 2011

Norton - add difference between categories and sources

What are Metatags?

Information about a resourceTitleAuthorSubjectGrade LevelMedia typeStandard

Monday, October 31, 2011

Lori - tell story about Propel contest and use of tool to tag documents / explain advantages for accessing Propel resources

Ability to narrow search by sources (connectors)

Monday, October 31, 2011

Norton - explain role of connectors and ability to limit search

The Connectors

Monday, October 31, 2011

Norton - highlight Curricki

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?

Next Steps: Making Access Easier

Monday, October 31, 2011

Norton - relate need identified by Propel for more accessible DRPLori - explain how to set up with Gadget

Next Steps: Personalizing Information

Monday, October 31, 2011

Norton - New directions => personalizing learning

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

Learning Registry Model

Monday, October 31, 2011

Lori - Highlight Propel as example of “Your Resources” / Norton - explain role of 3rc as aggregator

Learning Resources Metadata Initiative (LMRI)Case Study

AEP CC

schema.org

Yahoo Bing Google

DeepWeb

Propel

Monday, October 31, 2011

Norton - expand Learning Registry into LMRI and web-based versus federated searching with case study by LRDC

Infographic from Knewton

Monday, October 31, 2011

Norton / Lori - wrap up with vision for Future

What would you like to see added to the DRP?

Take a minute and complete the survey:

ngusky.wordpress.com

Monday, October 31, 2011