2011-01-31Fredrik Paulsson2 Associate Professor at Interactive Media and Learning (TUV/IML), Umeå University in Sweden. Convener of the Learning Infrastructure.

2011-01-31 Fredrik Paulsson 2

Fredrik Paulsson

Associate Professor at Interactive Media and Learning (TUV/IML), Umeå University in Sweden.

Convener of the Learning Infrastructure Research Group (LIR).

[email protected]

WILDWiring the Learning Infrastructure:

Connecting Digital Learning Resources to the Curriculum

– A Curriculum Cloud Service on the Semantic Web

Fredrik PaulssonUmeå universitet, IML

Blogg: http://www.frepa.orgE-post: [email protected]

Fast facts…

- A 4 year research project

- (Re-)Started in 2011

- Run by the Learning Infrastructure Research Group (LIR) at Umeå University

- 1 PhD student and 2 researchers

- Besides research we are producing a Cloud Service (not just a prototype)

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Introduction- What are we doing?

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What is “the Curriculum”?- from a Swedish point of view

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1 Basic Metadata Markup (RDF/XML)1 Machine readable content and partly

machine processable*.2 Detailed Metadata Markup

(RDF/XML) 1 Making the content machine

processable at a detailed level (i.e. Objectives, central content and concepts, and knowledge criteria).

3 Web-friendly API:s (REST)1 Content/service accessible for other

Web Services to be included into ”mashups”.

4 Tools for annotating curriculum and syllabus1 Annotate and add metadata to

national and local steering documents (e.g. for teachers, subject experts, publishers).

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Main objective(s) of the WILD-project

• Make the school curriculum digitally useful– Machine-readable and machine-processable by the use of Semantic

Web technologies

– Hence: meaning for humans (i.e. students and teachers) as well as for machines (i.e. software and services).

– Making the curriculum/steering Documents ”usable” by wiring other digital services to the curriculum.

• Make the curriculum a part of schools “information ecology”

• Teachers should be able to actually use the steering documents when teaching by connecting pedagogical activities and resources to the steering documents.

• Provide tools to analyze visualize the curriculum (for students, parents etc.)

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We want others to create added value by integrating and using

our Curriculum Service in new digital (mashed-up)

services for schools!

Or in other words:

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The Curriculum Cloud Service- Two scenarios (or is it three?) and a demo (or is it two?)

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The Curricullum as a Cloud Service

Styrdokument Online The Curriculum

BrowserAPI:s level 1 & level 2 (RESTFul)

Semantic Web Data (RDF/Linked Data)

The Spider

Publisher XWeb Service Y

(For Personal Development Plans)

All learning resources that match Objective x and Mark Criteria y for 9th grade.

All Knowledge Demandsin Math 5th grade that matches Learning Resource x

1- Central Concepts and Knowledge Demands in Math 6th grade, that are relevant for PDP-aim X.

2- Search for Learning Resources as in scenario 1 (above)

API (RESTFul)

Scenario 1: 0-2 Years

- Browse and explore- Analyze- Work with quality- Annotate and create dynamic links to other data and info.- Jämföra styrdokument

internationellt (PISA mm)

- Koppling till prov och bedömning

- Utöka sökningen i spindeln för att skapa pedagogiskt kontext/paketering

MLR(SWE)

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Demo-time

Connecting WILD to Digital Learning Resources by mashing up two services on the web: the Spider and WILD

The Wild Curriculum Browser (ugly as hell, but it partly works)

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Styrdokument som ”molntjänst”

Styrdokument Online Styrdokuments-

utforskarenAPI:s level 1 & level 2 (RESTFul)

Semantic Web Data (RDF/Linked Data)

Spindeln

Läromedelsförlag XWebbtjänst Y

Alla lärresurser som motsvarar syfte x och betygskriterium y för åk 9.

All kunskapskravi matte åk 5 som motsvararlärresurs x

1- Centrala begrepp och kunskapskrav i matte åk6, som är relevanta för IUP-mål X.

2- Sök lärresurser motsvarande 1 (ovan)

API (RESTFul)

Scenario 1: 0-2 år

- Utforska styrdokument

- Analysera styrdokument

- Kvalitetsarbete- Annotera och skapa

kopplingar till annan info.

- Jämföra styrdokument internationellt (PISA mm)

- Koppling till prov och bedömning

- Utöka sökningen i spindeln för att skapa pedagogiskt kontext/paketering

Packaged as IMS CC by the Spider

Kalles Digital Learning Resources

The Spider

Searches for Learning Resources...

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Example 3

Publishing House X

Web Services Services Inc.

Metadata (LOM/DC/MLR)

LocalSuper Resources

Cloud services INC.

...and finds loads of them...

Slussas vidare för betalning/nedladdning/åtkomst

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OER Y

Digital ID and SSO

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WiMUPPLE!

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Deliverables

• Digitized Steering/Curriculum Documents. Preferably in a standardized data format. We are exploring the Curriculum Exchange Format, CEF as the basis (but this is still a fairly open issue...)

– Semantic Web technology: An RDF-binding to CEF for machine Processable Semantics*.

• A methodology* for analyzing and adding metadata and annotations to the Curriculum.

• Tools* for markup and annotation (for contributing to the metadata ecology).

• A basic structural and descriptive markup* of the curriculum documents. For others to use and improve.

• A set of API:s for interacting with the curriculum service. I.e. an interface for other services to use.

• A couple of example services that builds upon those API:s and the curriculum service.

*Currently ongoing work

Questions?

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Contact information

Fredrik PaulssonUmeå University

[email protected]://apps.iml.umu.se/wordpress/lir/