Interoperability for Data, Curriculum and Accessibility Needs in the Digital Age
"The new IT architecture will require integration of the different teaching and learning systems: student profiles, content and assessment, professional development, intervention tools, and tutoring and support systems. The more effectively these work together, the more valuable the feedback on how to help students advance and the more time teachers have to facilitate learning. With transparency and choice, students can increasingly become drivers of their own education. We’ll need to adhere to interoperability and technology standards that enable sharing of data. Interoperability standards and robust application programming interfaces (APIs) are needed to create a well-developed, enterprise-wide IT system. In addition, we need to make it easier for teachers and students to access the right content, print and digital, at the right time. This requires content management systems tied to assessment engines, using learning analytics with individual student profiles. Finally, schools need flexibility in accessing content and applications across a variety of technologies and platforms."
Susan Patrick
President and CEO of the International Association for K–12 Online Learning
Re-Engineering Information Technology Design Considerations for Competency Education
Interoperability with Instructional Resources and Data
- What is the digital curriculum that you want?
- Do district leaders want a single login for teachers?
- Will your schools have the bandwidth or speed so students and teachers don’t get frustrated?
- Do you have device compatibility?
- Do any software programs need to be loaded on computers?
- How do you want to manage teacher access to digital curriculum resources and student management systems?
- Tech & content team up in K12; Schools that set educators loose on digital playground allows districts to move beyond textbooks District Administrator (retrieved 1/12/2017)
Resources
SEDTA Data Interoperability Resources
