Digital Content Strategy
Interoperability Standards to Personalize Instruction
L. Beatriz Arnillas, Sr. Manager IT
Instructional Technology
HOUSTON ISD
JAN 2015
283 schools
215,000 students
More than 90 languages spoken
80.4% economically disadvantaged
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What can we do to make sure every child reads,
writes and does math at Grade Level?
• #GreatAllOver means college/career-ready
• Options of AP, IB, Dual Credit for all students
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Houston ISD’s Digital Landscape (Fall 2013)
 Decentralized
decision-making and campus
innovation
 Inconsistent
implementation of district centralized
curriculum
 Multiple
methods to procure instructional content
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Central Office adopted materials
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School purchased materials
 Multiple
(numerous) digital platforms (content, tools,
etc.)
 Digital
“translation” not digital design
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PowerUp - Jump Starting our Digital Transformation
A vision for digital learning is now in place.
HISD is building digital curriculum capacity,
which is now accessible to all in the HUB.
The digital resources strategy, combined with
a comprehensive 1:1 initiative will enable
PowerUp to transform teaching and learning.
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Personalization
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Digital Curriculum Goals
Students increasingly interact with technology as part of the
learning experience, and will therefore be equipped with
quality digital tools
Students
Teachers increased access to quality digital learning content
Teachers
HISD Central
Principals
HISD Central Administration laid the foundation for schools to
acquire and use quality digital tools
Principals determine school level content needs and make
educated decisions about digital resources
Parents will partner with students and their schools to access
and interact with digital content for anytime, anywhere
learning
Parents
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Digital Content Strategy
• Purchased DTLP and developed interoperability
standards
– All students can be on grade level by personalizing instruction
• Learning accessible and easy for all teachers, students
and parents by accessing in one platform
– Linked to various sets of standards
– Guided by HISD curriculum materials
• Provide accurate and consistent data to teachers,
Principals and district leaders for decision-making
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Creating Personalized Learning Environments
Personalization = Student voice and choice
• Personalization is not differentiation or individualization
• Student personal profile with learner preferences
• Meta tagging enables content search by standards, topic,
grade level, Lexile level, type of file, etc.
• Content creation capabilities (html, wikis, blogs, others)
• Ability to rate content quality
• Link individual assessment questions to specific standards
• Recommendations engine produces optional list of resources
to support student choice
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Requirements for a new platform
A content-agnostic Digital Teaching and
Learning Platform
IMS Global Interoperability Standards
1.Common Cartridge Integration (CC)
2.Thin Common Cartridge (TCC)
3.LTI v. 1.2 – Bi-directional Integration
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Houston ISD Teaching & Learning Eco-System
Applications/Systems:
Enterprise Level Dashboards:
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TEA
Board
College Board
Superintendent
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EVAAS
Integrated
Data
Warehouse
Formative
Assessment
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Career Platform
Statistical and
predictive analysis
College readiness
Intervention
recommendations
Past performance
SIS
CSOs/SSOs
Principals
Teachers
Students/Parents
User types:
DTLP
Performance
Feedback
Formative
Assessment
Recommendations
Engine and other
Personalized
Features
Teachers
LMS
Students/pa
rents
Admin
CMS
Designers
LOR
Principals
User’s DTLP
Dashboard:
LTI
Integration
Content
resides in
Vendor’s
Server
Launch
Enrollments
Saved Data
Common Cartridge
Grades
Saved Data
Digital Teaching
and Learning
Platform
End User
http://www.imsglobal.org/
Results @ 7 Months
• 33 Course Packages Loaded: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
Pearson, CompuScholar
• 29 Course Packages Loaded, Tested, and available in
HUB Live: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Go Math
- Science Fusion
- Environmental Science
- Modern Chemistry
• Represents 65,000 Learning Objects
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(Looking Ahead)
• Today: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt integrated digital content,
with more coming
• All High School content is digital
• Onboarding (provide developmental tools for progressive,
increasingly sophisticated use)
• Personalizing Instruction – are we there yet?
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Q&A
Laura Brown
itslearning
Beatriz Arnillas
Houston ISD
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