Ky Learning Depot presented at New Horizon Conference in May 2009.

1. Kentucky Learning Depot
Kentucky’s Gateway To
High Quality Digital Learning Content
KyLearningDepot.org

2. What is Kentucky Learning Depot?

3. Kentucky Learning Depot is:
• A tool for educators that makes it easy
to add high-quality digital content to
their courses
• A Google-like service of high-quality
digital content aligned with standards
and competencies for educators and
learners in Kentucky

4. The Depot Video
Click Image or link For Video: http://apps.cpe.ky.gov/depot/multimedia/about.asp
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5. What is a Repository?
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6. A repository is a type of digital
library that contains:
• Learning content
• Metadata about the learning
content
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7. What is learning content?
Any digital content designed to teach a concept or skill
• Learning Object
– Includes learning
goals, concepts, practices, and
assessments.
– Full courses or units, complete textbooks
• Learning Asset
– Lacks one or more pieces of a learning
object.
– Can be combined with other material or
edited to create a learning object.
– Tutorials, simulations, audios, videos, anima
tions, games, slideshows, surveys, URLs, im
ages, graphs, lesson plans
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8. Examples of Learning Content
• Ratios and Proportions: defines ratios and proportions and demonstrates
the simplification of rations and solving problems using proportions.
• Geometry Gallery-Basic Geometry: collection of applets that demonstrate
basic geometric concepts
• Order of Operations - Problem 1: shows how to solve problems with
different operations.
• The Chemistry Collective: collection of virtual labs, scenario-based learning
activities, and concepts tests
• Confusing Words: Effect - Affect : provides definitions, examples, and
activities to practice using the two words correctly.
Examples May Be - Tutorials, simulations, audios, videos, animations, games, slideshows, surveys,
URLs, images, graphs, lesson plans, or complete textbooks or courses
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9. What is Metadata?
• Metadata is data about data.
• Metadata is used to facilitate the search, retrieval, understanding, use and
management of learning content.
• Examples of metadata fields: Author, title, subject, format
Data /
Content
Metadata
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10. A repository is a single point of entry
where users can:
• View, download and use learning content
• Retrieve, customize and repurpose
learning content
• Share and contribute original learning
content
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11. Why not Google?
• Too many results to choose from
• Too many irrelevant results
• Too time consuming
• Not peer-reviewed
• Don’t know rights for the use of content
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12. A repository is a learning community
where educators can:
• Integrate content into BlackBoard, ANGEL or
Moodle
• Collaborate and exchange knowledge
• Efficiently develop unique content
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14. Why have a repository?
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15. Reduce Cost
• More cost-effective development efforts
– Create resources once, and re-use many times
– Re-purpose existing resources
– Avoid duplication of efforts
• Achieve cost savings via group-buy of quality
content

16. Improve Quality
• Peer review process for contributed content
– Depot content standards established
• Vetting process for content providers
– Depot Content Team as Gatekeepers
• National Repository of Online Courses (NROC)
– Depot Pilot base collection

17. Build Learning Community
Where educators can:
• Share their original content with colleagues
• Rate and comment on others’ contributed content
• Use Depot as a Gateway to other standards-
compliant repositories in other states and
throughout the world to build a larger learning
community

18. Where are we now?
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19. Components of a successful Depot
P-20 Content Partnerships
Successful
Repository
Scaled Quality
Implementation Standards
Funding
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20. Depot Partners
KDE, CPE, EPSB, Education Cabinet, KDLA, KET,
K-12 Schools, Universities, KCTCS, Librarians
Steering Committee
Metadata
Content
Work Team
Work Team
Training
Work Team
Infrastructure
Work Team
Member List

21. Licensed Content
National Repository of Online Content (NROC) Library - 2009
College Advanced Placement High School
Course Foundations Course Foundations Course Foundations
US History I AP Environmental Science College Prep Physics I
US History II AP Physics B I College Prep Physics II
American Government AP Physics B II Algebra 1a
Introductory Physics I (algebra-based) AP Physics C I Algebra 1b
Introductory Physics II (algebra-based) AP Physics C II
General Physics I (calculus-based) AP US History I
General Physics II (calculus-based) AP US History II Also in Development
Introductory Calculus I AP US Government and Politics
Introductory Calculus II AP Calculus AB I • Non-Majors Biology
General Calculus I AP Calculus AB II • Spanish Translations of Algebra 1a
General Calculus II AP Calculus BC I and 1b
Environmental Science AP Calculus BC II • New Algebra I project
Religions of the World AP Biology • Election updates for US History &
Elementary Algebra American Government
Psychology
Statistics for Social Sciences
Calculo General I (Spanish)
Calculo General II (Spanish)

22. Funding
• SREB SCORE Membership for 2007 and 2008
– CPE: $35,000
– KDE: $30,000
• Florida Orange Grove Repository for 2008
– CPE: $15,000
– KDE: $15,000
• AT&T Foundation Grant for 2009 - $136,171

23. Where are we going?
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24. Next Steps
• Partnering with SREB SCORE initiative for: metadata schema, evaluation
criteria, intellectual property, content providers
• Building a business plan, defining metadata & content standards, digital
rights framework, developing training plan, and growing content
• Implementing the Depot Pilot with the AT&T Foundation grant as the
selected pilot site of Florida’s Orange Grove Repository’s FIPSE Grant
Blueprint Project
• Securing resources to scale up implementation with Kentucky partners -
THIS MEANS YOU!
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25. Join Us
To Get Started:
• Website – http://www.kylearningdepot.org/contact/
Questions?
• Miko Pattie - CPE
miko.pattie@ky.gov
• Christine Powell - KDE
christine.powell@education.ky.gov
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26. KCTCS Contacts
• Walt Barlow- System Office
walt.barlow@kctcs.edu
• Vince DiNoto- Jefferson
vince.dinoto@kctcs.edu
• Sara Porter- System Office
sara.porter@kctcs.edu
• Bill Wade- West Kentucky
william.wade@kctcs.edu
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