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

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 Central Office adopted materials 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

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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.

Personalization

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Digital Curriculum GoalsStudents increasingly interact with technology as part of the learning experience, and will therefore be equipped with quality digital tools

Teachers increased access to quality digital learning content

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

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Teachers

Students

Principals

HISD Central

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 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

Personalization = Student voice and choice

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

Teachers

User types:

Students/parents

Admin

Principals

Designers

DTLP

LOR

CMS

LMSPerformance

Feedback

Formative Assessment

Recommendations Engine and other

Personalized Features

TEA

Applications/Systems:

College Board

EVAAS

Career Platform

Formative Assessment

SIS

• Statistical and predictive analysis

• College readiness• Intervention

recommendations• Past performance

Board

Enterprise Level Dashboards:

Superintendent

CSOs/SSOs

Teachers

Principals

Students/Parents

User’s DTLP Dashboard:

Integrated Data

Warehouse

End User

LaunchEnrollmentsSaved Data

GradesSaved Data

LTI IntegrationContent

resides in Vendor’s Server

Common Cartridge

Digital Teaching and Learning

Platform

http://www.imsglobal.org/  

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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

(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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Beatriz ArnillasHouston ISD

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