Make learning content crawl-able
0Vote On IdeaI don't see this issue as a search engine problem so much as it is a content format problem. The biggest problem with accessing "learning content" right now is that most of what we call...
View ArticleFaceted Search
0Vote On IdeaKids and Teachers alike are still familiar with sections in their school library classified by the Dewey Decimal system. Librarians and Technology Coordinators in K-12 use it daily. If...
View ArticleSpecial need students need special funding
1Vote On IdeaAs a parent of a student with special needs I am horrified that IT funding is eliminated for education. This move has only encourage me more in pursuing funding options in our community to...
View Articlelike an iTunes for classroom content
1Vote On IdeaAllow educational publishing companies of all sizes to make their materials available for download, whether fee-based or free. The Learning Registry should function like an iTunes for...
View ArticleXpert
1Vote On Ideahttp://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xpert/Comments (1)Related projects we should know about
View Articlesearch phrase code
1Vote On Ideayou could have a phrase you put in front of your search (e.g. have "learn:" just as you have "define:" and "recipe:", as a complement to the additional information needed on the content...
View ArticleAssistive Technology for Any Student Who Needs Extra Support
1Vote On IdeaPlease help educators understand the full benefits of using assistive technology to accommodate students who need extra reading and writing support. These tools aren't just for kids with...
View ArticleSolution Design
1Vote On IdeaFrom my perspective the four problems areas that were partly elaborated on the blog and also fed into the discussion topics below are all interrelated. I don't believe you can arrive at...
View ArticleParadata formats and storage
1Vote On IdeaAre there any good/popular formats for structuring "paradata?" Also, how should paradata be stored? Is the publishing agent responsible for storing and sending it to anyone who asks for a...
View ArticleLODE
1Vote On IdeaI took a pretty deep look at LODE (an IMS working group) recently. It has a lot of features that we are going to need. I think it's potentially a huge step forward in the concept of...
View ArticleProfessional Development
1Vote On IdeaCreate professional development opportunities around the Registry to help teachers best integrate digital resources into their teachingComments (1)General suggestions / ideas, professional...
View ArticleMake the Search Engine the Registry
1Vote On IdeaI've tried to reflect on "how a search engine would be integrated with the Learning Registry?" - but since I don't know what the "Learning Registry" is yet, it's a difficult question to...
View ArticleTune search engines better for learning not just discovery
2Vote On IdeaUnderstand better the nature of learning and reflection. Search Engines have a role, a range of roles, but learning involves much more than discovering "learning content" through the use...
View ArticleIndex compressed or packaged files
2Vote On IdeaGiven how much educational content is put online in Zip format (or similar): encourage search engines to support selective indexing of the contents of Zip archives, for example through an...
View ArticleFREE educational content from states
2Vote On IdeaI would welcome the opportunity to discuss with you the efforts around a very similar collaborative project lead by several State Technology Directors. In Ohio alone, we have gathered,...
View ArticleXML Site Maps
3Vote On IdeaExtend XML Site Maps so one can specify that a resource is "educational."Comments (0)Search Engines, xml, site map, tagging
View ArticleFree primary source materials online
3Vote On IdeaMore free educational content from the states. Here at the Illinois State Library we developed the Illinois Digital Archives (IDA) to provide access to primary source materials in Illinois...
View ArticleAuthoritative, Generative, and Social Search
3Vote On IdeaSomething I have personally been thinking about for some time is that there are three distinct modes for organizing and finding resources and answers. Aaron's citation of the Dewey system...
View ArticleMicroformats
4Vote On IdeaAdd a microformat to a piece of educational content so a search engine's bot or crawler knows its educational.Comments (2)Search Engines, microformats, spider, bot, crawler, tagging
View Articleintelligent metadata extraction and tagging
4Vote On IdeaA web search engine crawler could use the same algorithms found in some commercial metadata generation products to intelligently extract metadata (interpolating such things as seat time...
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