LRMI Reports

Note: the resources listed below are dated and maintained for archival purposes only

Reports

The Smart Publisher's Guide to LRMI Tagging. (Jul 2014) The newly updated edition of this practical guide jncludes best practices for
organizing the metatagging process and workflow and a helpful tagging
checklist. This new edition also features an expanded appendix that walks the
user through a step-by-step application of the LRMI tagging process, using
content examples from Rosen Publishing tagged through the Illinois Shared
Learning Environment (ISLE) tagger portal.

The Content Developer's Guide to the Learning Resource Metadata Initiative and Learning registry. (Mar 2013) Published by the
Association of Educational Publishers with contributions from Educational
Systemics and inBloom (formerly the Shared Learning Collaborative), this guide
offers an overview of the ways that metadata and paradata are changing the
educational landscape, with a specific emphasis on why—and how—to effectively
implement the LRMI and participate in the Learning Registry. Additionally, the
guide aims to break down the complex pieces that intersect various education
metadata initiatives and bring clarity to their respective missions.

LRMI Survey Report: July 2014 Update. This latest survey of educators and publishers indicates increased use of
metadata tagging among learning resource providers and continued interest
among educators in streamlined methods for discovering learning material
through online searches. Telephone interviews of selected district-level
educators adds fascinating qualitative information to the quantitative data
gathered.

LRMI Survey Report: August 2013 Update. Results from surveys of educators and publishers conducted in February 2013
reveal dramatically increased awareness of the LRMI among publishers since a
similar survey conducted in April 2012. Survey responses indicate that
educators find current online search methods time consuming and are frustrated
by large numbers of irrelevant results. They want to be able to conduct more
targeted, efficient searches to find materials to meet specific learning
needs. Publishers, meanwhile, seek improved online discoverability for their
products.

EASE Campaign Delivers Insight to Improve Online Search for Education. The
Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) organized the month-long Easy
Access and Search for Education (EASE) campaign in October 2012 to offer
educators a platform to voice their concerns, frustrations, and suggestions
regarding the online search experience. This report and infographic summarizes
the comments and sentiments collected during the campaign.

Big Data for Education: Data Mining, Data Analytics, and Web Dashboards by Darrell M. West, The Brookings Institution, September
2012. This report examines the potential for improved research, evaluation,
and accountability through data mining, data analytics, and Web dashboards.

[The Future of Big Data](http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Future-of-Big-
Data/Overview.aspx) by Janna Anderson and Lee Rainie, Pew Research Center,
July 2012. Experts say new forms of information analysis will help people be
more nimble and adaptive, but worry over humans’ capacity to understand and
use these new tools well, according to this report.

Big Data’s Mass Appeal: A Special Report. This report from The Chronicle of Higher Education, published in
June 2012, covers various aspects of big data in higher education.