From the Education Metadata Meetup on 7/30/14 in Washington, DC - Knovation's Steve Nordmark discusses what he and his team has learned over the past 14 years they've spent contextualizing educational resources.

1. FREE = NO COST
Teachers Finding
Resources through FREE
• $7.50 - $15.00 to find
one resources
• Average lesson has 4
resources
• Average cost to find
resources for one
lesson = $30-$60 per
lesson

2. Implementing OER - Additional Costs
“As much as an additional
20% annual cost”

3. Why Invest in Metadata?
Context is King!
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4. 127-Point Certification Process
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5. Balancing Automated & Manual Processes
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6. Distinctive Contextualization
• Readability: greater level of differentiation within topic
• Topics within Standards: greater level of specificity
• Keyword Specific Context of Resource: avoiding false positives
• Learning Resource Type (LRT): essence of the resource
• Lesson Tag (LT): context of hook, core, practice, assessment
• Authority and Subject Depth: rubrics guide professional review
• Timeline: quick access to multi-faceted view of historical context
• Famous Person: quick access to large population

7. Knovation’s
Learning
Resource Library
Automated &
User-Contributed
Feedback
Customer Input on Metadata & Resources

8. Advancing Personalization thru Metadata
Moving Beyond “Table Stakes”
• Formative Assessment Feedback Loop: importance of connecting
assessment item and learning resource metadata
• Depth of Knowledge: optimizing fit to students’ ZPD
• Variable Mastery: tagging for remediation, general instruction and
enrichment
• Links to Learning Progressions/Pathways: augmenting standards
• Accessibility: industry examples (A11y, BridgingApps)
• Usage Metadata (aka “Paradata”): integrating automated and human-
contributed data about resource usage