LEMAIA PROJECT Kick off meeting Rome February 2007 LEMAIA: a Project to foster e-learning diffusion Pietro RAGNI LEMAIA PROJECT Rome, 11 april 2008

LEMAIA PROJECT Kick off meeting Rome February 2007 LEMAIA PROJECT Wien, 18 February 2008 The Partnership CNR – UPFC (IT) CNR – IASI (IT) ZSI (AT) Fundacion La Rioja (ES) All Web (GR) SEDIIN (IT) KADIS (SL) LEMAIA PROJECT Rome, 11 april 2008

LEMAIA PROJECT Kick off meeting Rome February 2007 e-Learning is a powerful strategy, but its diffusion was weaker than what foreseen in the Nineties: - teacher and learner resistence - material often not enough versatile - technical problems - language and cultural problems LEMAIA PROJECT Rome, 11 april 2008

LEMAIA PROJECT Kick off meeting Rome February 2007 LEMAIA LEMAIA project activities during this year were focused on studying the diffusion of e-learning in the Countries involved in the project and to prepare information and tools useful to foster the diffusion of e-learning LEMAIA PROJECT Rome, 11 april 2008

LEMAIA PROJECT Kick off meeting Rome February 2007 AIMS We individuated three main aims for LEMAIA Project, according to EU e-learning Programme: - Study e-Learning environment - Suggest suitable tools & methodologies - Diffuse information and results LEMAIA PROJECT Rome, 11 april 2008

LEMAIA PROJECT Kick off meeting Rome February 2007 Study e-Learning environment - Understand e-L diffusion - Understand limits and possible added values - Evaluate different approaches - Forecast possible trends - Compare our results with other network - Take into account European priorities - Point out national or specific problems LEMAIA PROJECT Rome, 11 april 2008

LEMAIA PROJECT Kick off meeting Rome February 2007 Suggest suitable tools & methodologies - Consider the study environment (basic vs advanced, end users, age range, etc.) - Diffuse value partners’ existing knowledge - Suggest best tools - Describe best practices - Suggest suitable methodologies - Suggest effectiveness educational features - Realise and test information package & e-L modules - Link with other projects and networks LEMAIA PROJECT Rome, 11 april 2008

LEMAIA PROJECT Kick off meeting Rome February 2007 Diffuse information and results - Activate a large network with other e-L institutions, potential user, practitioners, training organisms, etc. - Diffuse the obtained information - Disseminate all useful results and products - Create and update the project Portal - Organise diffusion events in each Country of the partnership - Organise and support the final conference - Build up a strong link with European e-L environment LEMAIA PROJECT Rome, 11 april 2008

LEMAIA PROJECT Kick off meeting Rome February 2007 Information Tools 1.Produced documents from each Country to show e-learning diffusion 2.Collection of Best Practices realised during last years in the e-learning environment 3.A Socio-Demographical Analysis on users and main National Application LEMAIA PROJECT Rome, 11 april 2008

LEMAIA PROJECT Kick off meeting Rome February 2007 Diffusion Tools We realised a project portal where you can find our products and several useful links. LEMAIA PROJECT Rome, 11 april 2008

LEMAIA PROJECT Kick off meeting Rome February 2007 LEMAIA PROJECT Wien, 18 February 2008 The WAP is intended as an assistance tool for the development of e-learning in the field of education and training. We have not to create new courses o devices, but to re-arrange existing things in order to facilitate the approach to e-learning world. We have realised 2 WAP meeting in Athens (Sep. ’07) and in Logrono (Dec. ’07) Web Assistance Programme LEMAIA PROJECT Rome, 11 april 2008

LEMAIA PROJECT Kick off meeting Rome February 2007 LEMAIA PROJECT Wien, 18 February 2008 e-learning Tools We prepared a questionnaire in order to test the e-learning information diffusion on our portal We collected and we are still collecting several short exempla of e-learning activities in order to show interesting practices We offered on the portal a large options of e- learning glossaries We connected the portal to Moodle platform and there is a suitable English tutorial on Moodle LEMAIA PROJECT Rome, 11 april 2008

LEMAIA PROJECT Kick off meeting Rome February 2007 LEMAIA PROJECT Wien, 18 February 2008 Diffusion Conferences We wanted to diffuse our activity and to foster discussion and knowledge on e- learning usefulness. We organised 2 Conferences in Wien (Feb. ’08) and in Lublijana (Mar. ’08) The final Conference is today in Rome (11 th of April 2008) LEMAIA PROJECT Rome, 11 april 2008

LEMAIA PROJECT Athens September 2007 An e-learning Ontology An e-learning Ontology An ontology is a formal, explicit specification of a shared conceptualization [Gruber 1993] An ontology is a formal, explicit specification of a shared conceptualization [Gruber 1993] Ontologies are semantic structures encoding concepts, relations and axioms of a given domain Ontologies are semantic structures encoding concepts, relations and axioms of a given domain Pre-condition to provide advanced services over the web (e.g., semantic search and retrieval of web resources) Pre-condition to provide advanced services over the web (e.g., semantic search and retrieval of web resources) LEMAIA PROJECT Rome, 11 april 2008

LEMAIA PROJECT Athens September 2007 Reason for an eLearning Ontology eLearning is a broad term concerning different domains (e.g., pedagogy, software, university organization,...) eLearning is a broad term concerning different domains (e.g., pedagogy, software, university organization,...) An eLearning ontology provides a shared and integrated understanding of such domains An eLearning ontology provides a shared and integrated understanding of such domains The ontology can be used to annotate digital resources on eLearning to support their delivery to practitioners The ontology can be used to annotate digital resources on eLearning to support their delivery to practitioners LEMAIA PROJECT Rome, 11 april 2008

LEMAIA PROJECT Athens September 2007 The LEMAIA Ontology Current status 158 Concepts 158 Concepts 60 PROCESSes (e.g., Assessing, Training)60 PROCESSes (e.g., Assessing, Training) 16 ACTORs (e.g., Tutor, Student)16 ACTORs (e.g., Tutor, Student) 82 Objects (e.g., Seminar, Learning Management System)82 Objects (e.g., Seminar, Learning Management System) 60 Relationships (ISA, Part-Of, and Domain Specific) 60 Relationships (ISA, Part-Of, and Domain Specific) Available at: LEMAIA PROJECT Rome, 11 april 2008

LEMAIA PROJECT Kick off meeting Rome February 2007 LEMAIA PROJECT Wien, 18 February 2008 LEMAIA PROJECT Rome, 11 april 2008 The LEMAIA Manifesto During WAP and GAP we meet several experts on e-learning and we analysed the challanges and the possible solutions to foster e-learning diffusion Starting from these ideas we decided to write together a Lemaia Manifesto where these items are reported You can find the Manifesto in your folder and in the portal

LEMAIA PROJECT Kick off meeting Rome February 2007 LEMAIA PROJECT Rome, 11 april 2008 The LEMAIA Manifesto Our Manifesto was organised in 4 topics: 1) organization; 2) social changes; 3) tools; 4) e- contents. They are related to the 3 areas of ontology: a) organisation, b) pedagogy, c) technology; pedagogy was splitted in social changes and e-contents for a better understanding of our proposals. We kindly ask to all interested people entering our portal to give us suggestion and new ideas on the Manifesto in order to let it be a tool for all e-learning community.

LEMAIA PROJECT Kick off meeting Rome February 2007 LEMAIA PROJECT Rome, 11 april 2008 Autonomy time learning Master Coach Peer traditional e-learning Autority A blended learning is suggested to overcome the human factor need Freedom & Responsibility Support & Assessment

LEMAIA PROJECT Kick off meeting Rome February 2007 LEMAIA PROJECT Rome, 11 april 2008 Tools have to be user friendly and contents have to be customised on learners’ needs Learner must have the possibility to feel the e- learning environment his/her house