A Standards-Based Platform for Educational Innovation

© 2015 Difference Engine™

A Standards-Based Platform for Educational InnovationLearning Impact 2015 • Atlanta GA

Difference Engine


Jon Mott, PhDChief Learning Officer

Bill HughesChief Strategy Officer


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Who we are

■ Founded in 2003

■ Self-funded

■ Based in Washington

DC

■ Difference Engine is

the flagship platform

brand of Learning

Objects, Inc.


TwoBig

Shifts


The shift to learner-centricity

RELEVANCE“Prepare me for the 21st century

knowledge economy”RETENTION

“Make learning more interesting & relevant”RESULTS

“Help me achieve my learning goals”ROI

“Don’t waste my time”


The shift to career focus

READINESS

“Do your students have the skills I need?”

CREDENTIALS

“What’s the evidence they are ready to work?”

RETENTION

“Can you help me develop and retain my

employees?”


CBE’s opportunity and momentum

Large Course Redesign

MountingAccountability Pressures

Enhanced Role of

Teachers

GrowingAcademic

Consensus

CBE


But …

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Why standards?

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Why standards?


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NGDLE


Backward design & learning architecture 12

Learning Design

Alignment

Triangle

PROGRAM LOs ↳ LEARNING OUTCOMES (& PREREQUISITES) ↳ SUPPORTING LEARNING OUTCOMES ↳ n-DEEP

Learning Capabilities

Graph

COURSEWARE ↳ Lecture ↳ Reading ↳ Media viewing ↳ Media interaction ↳ Interaction & collaboration

Learning Activities

Exams & Quizzes ↳ Item Banks Artifacts Submissions, Assignments & Projects ↳ Rubrics

Measurement Policies &

Assessment Activities

Personalized Courseware

Collaborative Learning

Adaptive Practice


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CBE standards

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CALIPER Analytics Standard

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LTI SERVICES

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Learning Tool Interoperability (LTI)

EVENT NOTIFICATIONLAUNCH

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• SESSION • RESOURCE LINK • MANAGEMENT • TOOL SETTINGS • OUTCOMES

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The DE Standards-Aligned Solution 18

POLI SCI 101: American Government


The DE Standards-Aligned Solution 19

Jon’s Study Plan SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW

SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW / Separation of Powers / POLI SCI 101

TOOL ATOOL B

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Layered architecture

Andy Gibbons, PhD

Leading “layered design” thinker

Learning science practitioner, scholar, and IP&T faculty member at

BYU


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A learning innovation platform

ASSESSMENTAPPS

RECOMMENDATION ENGINES & ALGORITHMS

COURSEWARE

LEARNINGAPPS

LEARNINGANALYTICS

StoreTRADITIONAL FLIPPED ADAPTIVE CBE

MOOCs ON DEMAND SIMULATIONS TEST PREP

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PERFORMANCE EVIDENCE + EXTENDED TRANSCRIP (ET)


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A learning innovation platform

ASSESSMENT

APPS

RECOMMENDATION ENGINES & ALGORITHMS

COURSEWARE

LEARNINGAPPS

LEARNINGANALYTICS

StoreTRADITIONAL FLIPPED ADAPTIVE CBE

MOOCs ON DEMAND SIMULATIONS TEST PREP

PROGRAMWARE

PLA

PERFORMANCE EVIDENCE + EXTENDED TRANSCRIP (ET)

CBE Metadat

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EDUPUBQTI

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Extended Transcript (eT)


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Ready to revolutionize learning?

InnovationPartnership

Opportunities

Jon Mott [email protected] @jonmott

Bill Hughes

[email protected] @huge_idea

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A Standards-Based Platform for Educational Innovation