Washington DC September 10, 2014 New York, New York September 12, 2014 Darren Milligan Senior Digital Strategist Smithsonian Institution, Center for Learning and Digital Access milligand@si.edu Melissa Wadman Manager of Program Evaluation Smithsonian Institution, Center for Learning and Digital Accesswadmanm@si.edu Michael Jay Educational Systemics michael@edusystemics.com

1. Helping More Teachers
Find Your Digital Resources
Washington DC
September 10, 2014
Darren Milligan
Senior Digital Strategist
Smithsonian Institution, Center for Learning and Digital Access
milligand@si.edu
Melissa Wadman
Manager of Program Evaluation
Smithsonian Institution, Center for Learning and Digital Access
wadmanm@si.edu
Michael Jay
Educational Systemics
michael@edusystemics.com

3. 1995
23.6 million physical visits to museums
72,942 digital visits

4. 1995
23.6 million physical visits to museums
72,942 digital visits
2013
30 million physical visits to museums
140 million digital visits

5. 1995
23.6 million physical visits to museums
72,942 digital visits
2013
30 million physical visits to museums
140 million digital visits
Physical: 30,000,000-23,600,000 /
23,600,000 X 100 = 27.12% increase
Digital: 140,000,000-72,942 / 72,942 X
100 = 191,833.32% increase

6. 1995
23.6 million physical visits to museums
72,942 digital visits
2013
30 million physical visits to museums
140 million digital visits
Physical: 30,000,000-23,600,000 /
23,600,000 X 100 = 27.12% increase
Digital: 140,000,000-72,942 / 72,942 X
100 = 191,833.32% increase

19. What Does the Metadata
Look Like Now?
txtID
txtTitle
txtDescription
txtType
musName
webaddr
Keywords
Standards Alignment
Subject(s)
Grade(s)

20. What Does the Metadata
Look Like Now?
txtID 2014
txtTitle Smithsonian in Your Classroom: The Music in Poetry
txtDescription Lessons introducing students to the rhythms of poetry…
txtType Lesson Plans
musName Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access
webaddr http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/…
Keywords global sound, folkways
Standards Alignment http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/resourc/…
Subject(s) Arts, Music, Language Arts - Literature
Grade(s) PreK–3, 4–8, 9–12

21. LRMI Educators Survey Report
August 2013 Update
44%: search online several times a week
31%: search online daily
65%: report “irrelevant results”
87%: more satisfied if they could filter

22. based on The Content Developers Guide to the Learning Resource Metadata Initiative and Learning Registry, 2013

23. What Will the Metadata
Look Like Moving Forward?
txtTitle (Name)
txtID
txtDescription (Description)
MusName (Publisher)
Web Address (URL)
status
Keyword(s)
Standards Alignment
about (subjects)
TypicalAgeRange (Grade)
dateCreated
alignmentType
educationalRole
educationalUse
inLanguage
learningResourceType
interactivityType
timeRequired
useRightsUrl
accessibilityAPI
accessibilityControl
accessibilityFeature
accessibilityHazard
access Mode
hasAdaptation
isAdaptationOf
Standards Link

24. What Will the Metadata
Look Like Moving Forward?
txtTitle (Name) Smithsonian in Your Classroom: The Music in Poetry
txtID 2014
txtDescription (Description)Lessons introducing students to the rhythms of poetry. The focus in on two …
MusName (Publisher) Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access
Web Address (URL) http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/music_in_poetry/index.html
status Live
Keyword(s) global sound, folkways
Standards Alignment http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/resource_library/stand…
about (subjects) Arts, Music, Language Arts - Literature
TypicalAgeRange (Grade) 5-8, 8-10, 10-12, 12-14, 14-16, 16-18
dateCreated 2013
alignmentType Teaches
educationalRole Teacher
educationalUse Activity, Musical, Writing, Creative response
inLanguage English
learningResourceType Lesson Plan
interactivityType Mixed
timeRequired P1W
useRightsUrl http://www.si.edu/termsofuse/
accessibilityAPI
accessibilityControl fullMouseControl
accessibilityFeature none
accessibilityHazard noFlashingHazard, noMotionSimulationHazard, noSoundHazard
access Modetextual, visual
hasAdaptation
isAdaptationOf
Standards Link

25. What Could the Metadata
Look Like on Your Websites?
<span prefix="schema: http://schema.org/" typeof="schema:CreativeWork">
<meta property="schema:name" content="The Choate Family: American Colonists" />
<meta property="schema:description" content="&lt;p&gt;Students can learn about the Choate family by investigating a room from their house, a deed from 1772, and artifacts that a family like
the Choate&#39;s would have owned.&amp;nbsp;In the mid-1760s, Abraham Choate had a 10-room house built in Ipswich, Massachusetts, for his wife, Sarah, and their growing family. The
Choates were the first family to live in the house that is the focus of &lt;a href=&quot;http://americanhistory.si.edu/house/&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Within These Walls&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, an online
exhibition.&lt;/p&gt;;" />
<meta property="schema:dateCreated" content="" />
<meta property="schema:thumbnailUrl" content="/dynamic/medias/sb_sys_medias_image_resized_1816.jpg" />
<meta property="schema:url" content="http://americanhistory.si.edu/house/families/choates.asp" />
<meta property="schema:Permalink" content="resource/?key=1037" />
<meta property="schema:dateModified" content="7/11/2012 13:49" />
<meta property="schema:learningResourceType" content="On-Line, Other, Audio" />
<meta property="schema:typicalAgeRange" content="8-10, 10-12, 12-14, 14-16, 16-18" />
<meta property="schema:keywords" content="Choate family; Colonist; colony; colonial; colonial era; colonial times; colonial period; Colonial America; 18th Century; Eighteenth Century; 1700;
deed; property; ceramics; doll; toy; tool; molding plane; lamp; fat lamp; chair; history; social history; everyday life; family; family life; familial history; house; home; Within These Walls; historic
house; New England; Ipswich, Massachusetts; preservation; architecture; interior; furnishing; furniture; decoration; conservation;" />
<meta property="schema:timeRequired" content="PT4H" />
<meta property="schema:about" content="American History, US History" />
<meta property="schema:educationalRole" content="Student, Teacher" />
<meta property="schema:educationalUse" content="Activity, Discovery Learning, Field Trip, Guided questions, Auditory, Reading, Visual/Spatial" />
<meta property="schema:inlanguage" content="0" />
<meta property="schema:interactivityType" content="Mixed" />
<meta property="schema:useRightsUrl" content="http://www.si.edu/termsofuse/" />
<meta property="schema:accessibilityAPI" content="" />
<meta property="schema:accessibilityControl" content="" />
<meta property="schema:accessibilityFeature" content="structuralNavigation" />
<meta property="schema:accessibilityHazard" content="noFlashingHazard, noMotionSimulationHazard, noSoundHazard" />
<meta property="schema:accessMode" content="auditory, textual, visual" />
<meta property="schema:hasAdaptation" content="" />
<meta property="schema:isAdaptationOf" content="0" />
<meta property="schema:isBasedOnUrl" content="http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=1739" />
<span property="schema:educationalAlignment" typeof="schema:AlignmentObject">
<meta refines="#ea01" property="schema:targetDescription" content="Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual
evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text." />
<meta refines="#ea01" property="schema:targetName" content="CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.1" />
<meta refines="#ea01" property="schema:targetUrl" content="http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/CCRA/R/1" />
</span>
<span property="schema:educationalAlignment" typeof="schema:AlignmentObject">
<meta refines="#ea01" property="schema:targetDescription" content="Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and
ideas." />
<meta refines="#ea01" property="schema:targetName" content="CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.2" />
<meta refines="#ea01" property="schema:targetUrl" content="http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/CCRA/R/2" />
</span>
<span property="schema:educationalAlignment" typeof="schema:AlignmentObject">

27. Evaluation

29. Train and Share
Educational Workshops
Technical Implementation Workshops
Training Hangouts
LRMI Guide

30. Moving Forward
Oct: LRMI Web-ready Metadata
Oct: Educators Exchange on Metadata
Nov: New Tools
Dec: Workshops

31. Questions!
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