Fishing and Catching Learning Objects Tom Adamich Head of Metadata Services Government Documents...

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Fishing and Catching Learning Objects Tom Adamich Head of Metadata Services Government Documents Librarian Muskingum University Library 163 Stormont St. New Concord, OH 43762 Office: 740-826-8015 FAX: 740-826-8404 email: [email protected]

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Fishing and Catching Learning Objects

Tom AdamichHead of Metadata Services

Government Documents Librarian

Muskingum University Library

163 Stormont St.

New Concord, OH 43762

Office: 740-826-8015

FAX: 740-826-8404

email: [email protected]

Overview

• Current repository trends – What’s happening?• D3A2 – Ohio’s Learning Object Repository• What are the major challenges in initiating and

implementing a statewide or institutional digital repository

• What are the biggest successes?• What financial and human resources are

available to support the project?• Future Directions• Q/A/Audience Discussion

OER Repositories Repository Administrators

•Chuck Schneebeck http://taste.merlot.org/learningmaterials.html

MERLOT California State University, Office of the Chancellor401 Golden Shore, 6th Floor Long Beach CA 90802-4210 •Miko Pattie ([email protected]) http://depot.kylearningdepot.org/depot/access/home.do Project Director, Kentucky Learning Depot Senior Advisor, Information and Technology Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education• Susie Henderson, ([email protected]) Director, The Orange Grove: K20 Digital Repository Assoc, Ex Dir, Florida Distance Learning Consortiumhttp://www.theorangegrove.org/OGMain.asp

OER Repositories Repository Administrators

•Classroomclicks.com - http://www.classroomclicks.com/newsrg/standards.asp?entity=sonoma&nav=all&chosen=begin&copyright=all Steve Woods – [email protected]

•Wisc-Onlinehttp://www.wisc-online.com/ Mary Hansen – [email protected]

Current Trends

Open Educational Resources (OER)• Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/ • NROC• http://www.montereyinstitute.org/nroc/nrocdemo

s.html

• Comprehensive Online Video Ecosystem (COVE) http://www.pbs.org/sps/blog/2009/01/what-is-cove.php

Current Trends

Metadata • cc REL - http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CcREL • Dublin Core - http://www.dublincore.org/ • SCORE LOM metadata -

http://www.sreb.org/programs/edtech/SCORE/SCORE_Users_Guide.pdf

• ATOM - http://www.xml.com/lpt/a/1619

Current Trends

Metadata Example #1 – Orange GroveThe Archaeology of Traditions: Agency and History Before and After Columbus Collection

Open Textbook Resources  Description

Rich with the objects of the day-to-day lives of illiterate or common people in the southeastern United States, this book offers an archaeological reevaluation of history itself: where it is, what it is, and how it came to be. Through clothing, cooking, eating, tool making, and other mundane forms of social expression and production, traditions were altered …

Links To Resources Archaeology of Traditions File: ArchaeologyofTraditions.pdf (1.33 MB) 

Current trends

• Metadata Example #1 cont.• Author/Creator (Digital Rights Manager) Details

[email protected] , [email protected] • Creator

University Press of Florida, Pauketat, Timothy R. • Role

Publisher, Editor • ISBN

9781616101299 • Publication/Creation date

2001-09-24, 2001-09-24

Current trends

• Metadata Example #1 cont.Full Description

Rich with the objects of the day-to-day lives of illiterate or common people in the southeastern United States, this book offers an archaeological reevaluation of history itself: where it is, what it is, and how it came to be…

Current trends

• Metadata Example #1 cont.CONTENTS

1. A New Tradition in Archaeology, by Timothy R. Pauketat 2. African-American Tradition and Community in the Antebellum South, by Brian W. Thomas 3. Resistance and Accommodation in Apalachee Province, by John F. Scarry 4. Manipulating Bodies and Emerging Traditions at the Los Adaes Presidio, by Diana DiPaolo Loren , etc.

Current trends

• Metadata Example #1 cont.• Type of review conducted on this item

Yes • Keywords

archaeology, anthropology, history, north america, united states history, ogt+ Isbn: 9781616101299 • Language

en-US • Interactivity type

Expositive • Learning resource type

Narrative text, Textbook • Educational context

Higher Education • ERIC Thesaurus Terms

Anthropology, Archaeology, United States History

Data Driven Decisions for Academic Achievement – D3A2

Resource Center – uses metadata in concert with Ohio Academic Content Standards - http://resource.d3a2.org/d3a2/search.do

The D3A2 Resource Exchange is a content indexing tool for Ohio's K-12 community. This index is designed to create a single searchable resource for Ohio educators to use to locate high-quality, publicly available educational content. Only descriptions of these resources (known as metadata) are stored within the Resource Exchange; the actual resources can be accessed by following the provided links.

The Resource Exchange uses the "Silk" icons created by Mark James and released under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license.

Data Driven Decisions for Academic Achievement – D3A2

D3A2 Professional Development Repository - http://www.d3a2.org/professional-development/

D3A2 offers professional development materials, instructional websites, and web-based training to support the needs of educators as they prepare to use data to inform decision-making in the classroom.

The Professional Development Toolkit is an extensive collection of training materials designed to introduce teachers to the D3A2 system and assist them in adopting data-driven practices.

The Professional Development Toolkit Information Sheet

Data Driven Decisions for Academic Achievement – D3A2

D3A2 Professional Development Repository - http://www.d3a2.org/professional-development/

Move Ahead is a diagnostic tool designed to help districts determine where they are at in terms of working with data and help implement a formal data team process and strengthening of a data culture where all are involved in using data to improve student performance.

Ohio Data Primer is an instructional website designed to help educators become more comfortable with thinking about and using data for the purposes of instructional decision making.

Biggest Challenges

For example, if asked the question below by a legislator, what would you say?

“With free repositories available on the internet, why create your own statewide repository?”

Biggest Successes

Institutions and individuals are beginning to request access to The Orange Grove

NROC faculty reviewers want to use the content

Faculty advisers in pilot stage

Integrations progressing

Request for more information from Governor’s office

Demonstrate cost savings in weak budget

Available Resources

•Kentucky - http://depot.kylearningdepot.org/depot/access/home.do

•Wisconsin - http://www.wisc-online.com/

•Florida - http://www.theorangegrove.org/OGMain.asp

•Ohio - http://www.d3a2.org/

Future Trends

Where do we go from here? What’s next?

For help in developing and building your repository, please view and join the community: www.oncoreblueprint.org

Wrap-up

Q&A

Open Discussion