The Illinois Shared Learning Environment

Changing Instruction with the Illinois Shared Learning Environment

Jim Peterson, District 87

Tim Farquer, Illinois State Board of Education

The Illinois Shared Learning Environment

• Powered by SLC• Phase 1 pilot states

– Illinois, CO, MA, NY, NC

• P-20 vision

Shared Data Services

“ISLE powered by SLC”

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Workflow

District 2 District 4 District 5District 1 SEA

Data Validation& Ingestion

Data Analytics& Warehousing

PersonalizedDesktop 1:1

DropboxStorage

ID Mgt/SSO

IaaSSaaS

IlliniCloud Middleware Services

SLC AppsPlatform

IIRC IlliniData2.0

(Ed-fi)

ISLE powered by SLCWhat is the SLC Technology?What Set of data, reporting and identity / access management

services for participating State Education Agencies and their districts, vendors and partners

Challenge Connecting disparate student data to the educationalassessment and content tools to make it easier for teachers to create personalized instruction maps for each child mapping to the Common Core State Standards.

Benefits • Help teachers provide richer, more engaging andpersonalized learning experiences• Create new innovation opportunities for a larger and more diverse

field of vendors and content creators• Maintain the states’ ability to tailor the program to theirexisting systems, preferences and requirements

ISLE powered by SLC

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Greater personalization requires improved interoperability between data, content, assessments and applications

What the SLC technology will enable

Application Programming Interface (API)

Secure multi-tenantdata store

LRMI metadata schema

Source systems data(classroom, schools, districts, state)

Vendor Data

3rd Party Grading App

What the SLC technology will include Learning Map

3rd Party App

Dashboard

3rd Party Data Management App

3rd Party App

3rd Party App

Recommendation Engine Proof of Concept

SLC Sponsored App TBD

3rd Party Curriculum App

SLC Sponsored App TBD

Data Security

• Role-based access management• Determined by SEA’s & LEA’s• FERPA compliant

What will all of this do?

• Help teachers teach personally• Help developers build targeted

applications to fit local need

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Ms. Harrison

Student Data

Vendor Data

Source Systems

Dashboard

John

Viewing all classes

English

Social Studies

Math

Ms. Harrison chooses the best option

Learning Map

Dashboard

John

Viewing all classes

English

Social Studies

Math

John’s experience becomes one more useful data point to inform learning for students like him.

Students John

Reading Comprehension

Ms. Harrison uses John’s prior recordto determine:

ReadingComp

Assessment

John does theassignmentVendor app sends data to the SLC technology

SLC technology

SLC technology

Ms. Harrison rates assignment

SLC technology

Recommendation EngineFiltered by age, effectiveness rating, etc.

Learning Map

SLC technology

From multiple sources, such as the LRMI and Data Store

SLC technology API

SLC technology API

SLC technology API

How will this help classrooms?

How will this help classrooms?

• Streamlines existing tools• Opens up access to learning resources• Results in usable student data• Automates processes

Curriculum mapping brought to life

The “LIT” Learning Map

• Aligned assessment– Items (quantitative)– Tasks (qualitative, including observational)

• Advancement triggers– Manual– Automatic

• Strategic flagging, grouping, & feedback

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SLC Applications

• Portal • Dashboard• Tagger Tool• Learning Map Authoring Tool• Search Tool

SLC Bounty Applications

• Student Data Aggregation Calculator (UPEO)

• Student Grouping Tool (MnM)

Student Data Aggregator (UPEO)

Student Grouping Tool (MnM)

Initial SLC Vendor Partners

– Bloomboard– Clever– Compass Learning– CPSI– Ellevation– GlobalScholar(scantron)

– Learning.com

– LoudCloud Systems– PBS– Scholastic Education

For more information:• Illinois Shared Learning Environment

– Overview

• The Shared Learning Collaborative– Web http://slcedu.org/– YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/slcedu– Twitter

• @SLCedu• @SLCDev• @GdOlMrThompson

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Contact Information:

• Jim Peterson – District 87– jim@district87.org

• Tim Farquer– Illinois State Board of Education– timfarquer@gmail.com– twitter@timfarquer

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