Who We Are
The Learning Registry project is an informal collaboration among several [U.S.] federal agencies that share the same goal: making federal learning resources and primary source materials easier to find, access and integrate into educational environments.
The Learning Registry project is an informal collaboration among several [U.S.] federal agencies that share the same goal: making federal learning resources and primary source materials easier to find, access and integrate into educational environments.
Key members of the collaboration are:
- The Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative (ADL) from Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (OUSD P&R)
- The Office of Educational Technology at the US Department of Education
In addition we have been working with:
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
- The data.gov team
- The Federal CIO and CTO
While we focus on the availability of federal resources, our approach and goals are shared with others worldwide. We are talking with and working to leveraging the activities of many others, including:
- The National Science Digital Library (NSDL)
- Connexions
- Creative Commons DiscoverEd
- European SchoolNet
- Globe
- Ariadne
- UK Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
- Education Services Australia
Thus we hope our results can enable a broad ecosystem of discoverable and accessible learning content and help to build an international community with a shared vision.
Addendum from 9/20/10:
- The Learning Registry, from the Government 2.0 Summit — by Aaron Silvers
It was only a few weeks ago that we posted about Steve Midgley speaking at the Government 2.0 Summit in Washington, DC. In this five minute video, Steve explains at a conceptual level what the Learning Registry will enable: discovery of learning resources through a common set of APIs. You can download his slides here: The Learning Registry – How to Find and Use More Resources for Learning Presentation