Overview of the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access' project to develop Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI) tags for 2,500 educational resources. Presented by: Darren Milligan Senior Digital Strategist Smithsonian Institution, Center for Learning and Digital Access milligand@si.edu @darrenmilligan Melissa Wadman Manager of Program Evaluation Smithsonian Institution, Center for Learning and Digital Access wadmanm@si.edu @melissawadman

1. Education Metadata Meetup
Show and Tell: Institutions
Washington DC
July 30, 2014
#metadataMU
#LRMI
Darren Milligan
Senior Digital Strategist
Smithsonian Institution, Center for Learning and Digital Access
milligand@si.edu
@darrenmilligan
Melissa Wadman
Manager of Program Evaluation
Smithsonian Institution, Center for Learning and Digital Access
wadmanm@si.edu
@melissawadman

6. 1995
23.6 million physical visits to museums
72,942 digital visits

7. 1995
23.6 million physical visits to museums
72,942 digital visits
2013
30 million physical visits to museums
140 million digital visits

8. 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

9. 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

10. Why Internet for Edu. ( Everything) ?
Reporting
Year
Smithsonian
Non-Digital
Visitors
(in millions)
Smithsonian
Digital Visitors
(in millions)
Global
Population
using Internet
(% of
population)
Developed
World using
Internet
(% of
population)
1995 23.6 0.1 <2 <11
2005 24.0 59.3 16 51
2010 30.2 97.2 30 67
2013 30.0 140.0 39 77

19. Pew Research Teachers Survey Report
February 2013
92%: Internet has “major impact” on their ability to
access content, resources, and materials for their
teaching
90%: use search engines to find info
84%: use Internet weekly to find content that will
engage students
80%: use Internet weekly to help them create
lessons

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

23. Train and Share
Training Workshops
Training Video
Virtual Tag-athons
LRMI Guide

24. Thanks!
Education Metadata Meetup
Show and Tell: Institutions
Washington DC
July 30, 2014
#metadataMU
#LRMI
Darren Milligan
Senior Digital Strategist
Smithsonian Institution, Center for Learning and Digital Access
milligand@si.edu
@darrenmilligan
Melissa Wadman
Manager of Program Evaluation
Smithsonian Institution, Center for Learning and Digital Access
wadmanm@si.edu
@melissawadman