Fredrik Paulsson
Associate Professor at Interactive Media and Learning
(TUV/IML), Umeå University in Sweden.
Convener of the Learning Infrastructure Research
Group (LIR).
fredrik.paulsson@edusci.umu.se
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Fast facts…
WILD
- A 4 year research project
Wiring the Learning Infrastructure: Connecting
- (Re-)Started in 2011
Digital Learning Resources to the Curriculum
- Run by the Learning Infrastructure
– A Curriculum
Cloud
Service
onatthe
Semantic
Web
Research
Group
(LIR)
Umeå
University
- 1 PhD student and 2 researchers
- Besides research we are producing a Cloud
Service (not just a prototype)
Fredrik Paulsson
Umeå universitet, IML
Blogg: http://www.frepa.org
E-post: fredrik.paulsson@educ.umu.se
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
syllabus
1 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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Or in other words:
We want others to
create added value by
integrating and using
our Curriculum Service in
new digital (mashed-up) services
for schools!
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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
Scenario 1: 0-2 Years
Styrdokument
Online
Semantic Web Data (RDF/Linked Data)
The Curriculum
Browser
API:s level 1 & level 2 (RESTFul)
All learning
resources that
match Objective x
and Mark Criteria
y for 9th grade.
All Knowledge
Demands
in Math 5th grade
that matches
Learning
Resource x
1- Central Concepts and
Knowledge Demands in
Math 6th grade, that
are relevant for PDPaim X.
The Spider
MLR
(SWE)
API (RESTFul)
Publisher X
Web Service Y
- Browse and explore
- Analyze
- Work with quality
- Annotate and create
dynamic links to other data
-and
Jämföra
info. styrdokument
internationellt (PISA mm)
- Koppling till prov och
bedömning
- Utöka sökningen i
spindeln för att skapa
pedagogiskt
kontext/paketering
(For Personal
Development Plans)
2- Search for Learning
Resources as in
scenario 1 (above)
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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”
Scenario 1: 0-2 år
Styrdokument
Online
Semantic Web Data (RDF/Linked Data)
Styrdokumentsutforskaren
API:s level 1 & level 2 (RESTFul)
Alla lärresurser
som motsvarar
syfte x och
betygskriterium y
för åk 9.
All kunskapskrav
i matte åk 5 som
motsvarar
lärresurs x
1- Centrala begrepp och
kunskapskrav i matte
åk6, som är relevanta
för IUP-mål X.
Spindeln
Läromedelsförlag X
API (RESTFul)
Webbtjänst Y
-
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
2- Sök lärresurser
motsvarande 1 (ovan)
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Example 3
The Spider
1
Local
Super Resources
Kalles Digital
Learning Resources
Publishing House X
Digital ID and
SSO
Web Services
Services Inc.
Cloud services INC.
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2
OER Y
Slussas vidare för
betalning/nedladdning/
åtkomst
Searches for Learning
Resources...
4 Packaged as IMS CC by the
Spider
...and finds
loads of them...
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
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Questions?
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Contact information
Fredrik Paulsson
Umeå University
fredrik.paulsson@edusci.umu.se
https://apps.iml.umu.se/wordpress/lir/
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