The document discusses the development of the Digital Resource Portal (DRP) which aims to make digital learning resources more relevant and personalized for educators and students. It notes that while digital resources are widely available, they are difficult to search for teaching clarity. The DRP would categorize resources by metadata tags and allow searching across different sources/connectors. Next steps discussed include making access easier through single sign-on and personalizing search results based on user behavior and preferences. Integrating the DRP into the national Learning Registry is presented as a way to leverage related usage and preference data.

1. Making Information More Relevant and Personal
The Consortium for Public Education
September 30, 2011
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2. What would make
your life easier and
more effective for
searching resources
for student
learning?
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3. Key reasons to develop DRP
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4. Key reasons to develop DRP
Digital learning resources are widely available,
but hard to search for teaching and learning
clarity.
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5. 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.
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6. 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.
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7. 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.
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8. Google Search
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10. DRP Search
Categories
based on
metatags
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11. What are categories? What are sources?
Sources (connectors)
National Science Digital
Library
SAS
Curriki
Kahn Academy
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12. What are Metatags?
Information
about a
resource
Title
Author
Subject
Grade
Level
Media
type
Standard
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13. Ability to narrow search by sources (connectors)
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14. The Connectors
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15. The Connectors
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16. The Connectors
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19. Time to Play
Go to this site:
http://drp.3rc.org/3rc/search.html
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20. Next Steps: Making Access Easier
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21. Next Steps: Making Access Easier
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22. Next Steps: Personalizing Information
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23. 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
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24. Learning Registry Model
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25. What would you like to see added to the DRP?
Take a minute and complete the
survey:
ngusky.wordpress.com
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