To Πανελλήνιο Ψηφιακό Αποθετήριο Μαθησιακών Αντικειμένων Τhe Greek National Learning Object Repository (LOR) for primary and secondary education. NALMPANTI Theodora, Secondary Education School Consultant for teachers of Informatics, PEK Alexandroupolis Comenius Regio Project 7 th partners meeting – May 2014 Trabzon, TURKEY Photodentro

“Digital School” “Digital School” ΑΞΟΝΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΔΡΑΣΕΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΨΗΦΙΑΚΟΥ ΣΧΟΛΕΙΟΥ Photodentro LOR has been designed and developed by CTI (Computer Technology Institute) in the context of the “Digital School” large scale program of the Greek Ministry of Education ( ) and it constitutes a core part of the Ministry’s digital infrastructure for educational content for schools. Computer Technology Institute

Infrastructure of Digital School for digital educational content Infrastructure of Digital School for digital educational content Digital Repository of Learning Objects Interactive Electronic School Books Interactive Electronic School Books Digital Educational Platform

Το ΦΩΤΟΔΕΝΤΡΟ Photodentro LOR supports browsing, free text search, and faceted search, allowing users to narrow search results by applying multiple filters, such as learning resources type, educational context, etc.

The content Almost all learning objects are “click-and-play”, i.e. they can be directly reproduced in web browsers. Regarding their type, they include explorations and inquiry- oriented activities, dynamic simulations and experiments, educational games, presentations, interactive exercises, interactive maps as well as simple learning assets.

The name.. Το όνομα και … να θυμίζει «ΕΛΛΑΔΑ» … να παραπέμπει σε κάτι «ΖΩΝΤΑΝΟ» που αναπτύσσεται και εξελίσσεται … να δηλώνει ότι περικλείει «ΓΝΩΣΗ» Επιλέχθηκε για... Photodentro LOR name has been carefully selected to convey the message of what Photodentro is: a repository that contains “ knowledge ” ; it is alive and grows like trees (in contrary to archives); and it is Greek. The word “ Photodentro ” means “ Light Tree ”, and it is taken from the title of the poetry collection “ The Light Tree and the Fourteenth Beauty ” (1971) of the greek Nobel prize winner Odysseas Elytis.

To whom is it addressed? teachers & pupils, Also parents, researchers, educational material writers…. teachers & pupils, Also parents, researchers, educational material writers…. It is open to everyone, students, teachers, parents, as well as anybody else interested.

It contains…. LEARNING OBJECTS Learning aims reusable autonomous LEARNING OBJECTS Learning aims reusable autonomous Spring fluctuation Greenhouse Effect It hosts learning objects, which are small, self- contained (semantically and functionally autonomous), reusable units of learning resources, tagged with educational metadata.

FOTODENTRO: COLLECTIONS AND REPOSITORY Estimation: > learning objects Photodentro LOR currently hosts more than 4,000 learning objects, organized in thematic or other collections. Most of them have been developed by around 120 qualified teachers, in ten domain-specific workgroups, in the process of enriching Greek textbooks with digital interactive resources.

Photodentro LOR implements the Greek National Strategy for educational content, which –among others- promotes the use of open educational resources (OER) for schools. All learning resources are freely available to everyone under the Creative Commons’ Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.

What users can do? Thematic navigation Navigation according to learning objects Navigation in collections

3. Ψηφιακό Αποθετήριο Μαθησιακών Αντικειμένων What users can do? Text search Search: «Recycle» Learning object: Recycle /599 Search: «Recycle» Learning object: Recycle /599 Search: «Movements» Learning object: Fundamental Law of Mechanics Search: «Movements» Learning object: Fundamental Law of Mechanics

EXAMPLES: Thematic navigation Example Geography/Geology: Charts/maps

Metadata, Preview, Download, QRCode

FOTODENTRO – EDUCATIONAL VIDEO Photodentro LOR (photodentro.edu.gr/lor) is the first repository in the Photodentro educational repository ecosystem, which also includes the Photodentro EduVideo (photodentro.edu.gr/video), hosting short-length educational videos, and the Photodentro e-yliko, supporting user-generated content (photodentro.edu.gr/ugc).

Educational video collection 679 short duration video Free audiovisual material COLLECTIONS AND REPOSITORIES

Educational scenarios and software collection ΥΠΑΙΘΠΑ, ΙΤΥΕ, ΙΕΠ, … COLLECTIONS AND REPOSITORIES

Cultural content collections Digital museum collections etc. Accumulation of educational metadata COLLECTIONS AND REPOSITORIES

Video Digital School Collections Digital cultural material Educational software and scenarios projects ΥΠΑΙΘΠΑ, ΙΤΥΕ, ΙΕΠ, … FOTODENTRO As a national repository of educational metadata FOTODENTRO

Learning objects digital repository and educational metadata national storage The Greek National Aggregator of Educational Content “Photodentro”, currently under development, will accumulate descriptions of learning resources (metadata) form all Photodentro repositories, as well as from digital collections of organizations like museums, audiovisual archives, etc., allowing users search for learning resources in a uniform way, while providing a single access point to digital educational content for Greek schools.

Photodentro will also be linked to the Digital Educational Platform “ e-me ”, thus facilitating teachers and pupils in utilizing learning resources and incorporating them within learning scenarios and courses.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH! Photodentro LOR implements the Greek National Strategy for educational content, which –among others- promotes the use of open educational resources (OER) for schools. All learning resources are freely available to everyone under the Creative Commons’ Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.