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Using Semantic Analysis for Content Alignment and Gap Analysis
Phil Ice, American Public University System
Jennifer Staley, American Public University System
You will learn how to: Map assets in the content universe as related
to curricular goals and objectives Determine content interrelationships to
facilitate object reusability Automate the gap analysis process Automated meta tagging through semantic
analysis Implement content distillation and semantic
analysis to increasing return on investment and time on task
Improve instructional outcomes through ingestion of work products
You will learn The use of semantic analysis in the
instructional design workflow. How to map assets in the content universe as
they relate to curricular goals and objectives Determine content interrelationships to
facilitate object reusability Automate the gap analysis process Perform automated meta tagging through
semantic analysis
Current State In the LMS or CMS environment, content
management frequently translates into single-purpose allocation of content resources, with cataloging and meta tagging being a haphazard affair.
This results in potential duplication of content and significant time loss associated with asset retrieval for incorporation into new curricula.
Current State Because content is created with the notion
that all contributors have knowledge of the underlying taxonomies or common vernacular that information is based upon, it is difficult for organizations to survey their content universe for existing objects that can be incorporated into emerging workflows or to assess relationships between content across disciplines.
Issues – Objectives - Needs A school within the University was looking for
a way to: Survey: Existing Course Objects Smartly Examine: Course Content across Curriculums Fulfill: Unfulfilled Course Objectives Locate & Modify: Course Content / Learning
Objects Align: Course Level Objectives, Programmatic
outcomes, and Industry Standards Report: Provide accrediting body with an analysis
of courses & program content – Alignment Analysis Report.
Process Inception/Discovery Phase
Scope and Project Plan Elaboration/Design Phase
Issue Analysis and Project Architecture Construction/Development Phase
Component Development and Initial Release Transition/Development Phase
Training, Beta Testing, Quality Check
Results Faculty/School Representative performs a Gap
Analysis on a desired course to locate filled and unfulfilled objectives.
Unfulfilled objectives can be fulfilled by utilizing the Gap Remediation Tool Locate resources within the Content Library Associate the resources with the unfulfilled
objectives Perform a second Gap Analysis to point out
newly fulfilled objectives.
Gap Analysis & Remediation Tool Demo
Gap Analysis
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Gap Analysis
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Gap Remediation
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Gap Remediation
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Gap Analysis
Report
Gap Analysis
Report
Common Library E-Reader & AIR Application Demo
Common Library E-Reader
Common Library E-Reader & AIR App
Common Library E-Reader & AIR App
Semantic Analysis:A Deep Dive
The Learning Object Lifecycle+ Creation & Acquisition are facilitated by
uncovering obvious and non-obvious relationships across dedicated and/or publicly available repositories.
+ Interaction with objects (scope and sequence) is enabled through the learning environment (lightweight or robust) independent of modality.
LCMS (federated or centralized) enables correlation to standards and outcomes, as well as collaboration between educators and content creators using multiple sources interspersed with original material.
+ Prescriptive learning is enabled through the correlation of relevant assets to the learners meta-data, profile, and assessment history.
Granularity Model
Granularity Model
Smart Objects and Systems+ Objects on their own are not
“smart”
+ Systems can be built to infer or semantically correlate object bonds
+ By mapping Critical, Important and Desirable outcomes we can link learning objects, to their related: - Concept Elements, Components
- Course Concepts and Curriculum segments
+ This can be accomplished independent of the content source when digitized
+ Learners can discover ancillary materials and even subject matter of interest that might not be on their identified curriculum
Semantic Aware Content Development• Content when developed, should consider the lowest level of granularity and highest level of
reuse
• Content that is easily consumed or tagged (Tag-cloud) by the creator can have additional downstream correlation or embed-ability.
• Engines such as Common Library, Open Calais, 2028 and other Platform As A Service (PAAS) components can extend existing content management strategies, approaches and systems.
• Collaborative teams in traditional Instructional Design (ID) processes (ID, SME, Producer) can offer insights and additional meta-information that makes the system more self-aware.
• By adopting standards (IEEE, IEEE-LOM, SCORM, DCMI, DCMI-Extended) content creators, consumers and aggregators can rapidly extend, enhance or assemble materials in new and relevant ways.
• Enables future individualized and cohort learning profiles.
Collaborative Development• Using tools in which network affects are default, collaborative links and recommendations should
be dynamic (Facebook, LinkedIn, Common Library)
• Tools should not require a “Rip and Replace” approach and should operate within an existing technology portfolio (enabled by standards-based systems).
• Collaborative teams in traditional Instructional Design (ID) processes (ID, SME, Producer) can offer insights and additional meta-information that makes the system more self-aware.
• By adopting standards (IEEE, IEEE-LOM, SCORM, DCMI, DCMI-Extended) content creators, consumers and aggregators can rapidly extend, enhance or assemble materials in new and relevant ways.
• Enables future individualized and cohort learning profiles.
• Content Management is an enabling set of tools that collaborative development requires once it moves beyond a small set of documents and participants.
Collaborative Development
Thank You!Phil Ice: [email protected]
Jennifer Staley: [email protected]
American Public University System
www.apus.edu
