Multimedia Open Archives for Educational Digital Libraries Maryland Electronic Learning Community ( –Deliver multimedia into classrooms in the Baltimore City Public Schools –Build a multimedia digital library –Develop a sense of community among the teachers

Maryland Electronic Learning Community Digital Library - Current Status 5 middle schools (30 teachers) in Baltimore City School System About minute clips (50 hours) of Discovery Communications video digitized and 2000 other resources. Being expanded across BCPSS high schools

Structured Video Browser (making video into hypermedia) IBrowse Expository multimedia Narrative Structures

Technology Support for a Learning Community Teachers at the five schools work together to integrate technology into their classrooms Multiple channels of electronic communication –Video conferencing –Chat groups –Annotations on items in library Overall, a success in helping teachers to integrate Web into teaching

Digital Library Should Not be an Isolated Resource Quick Indexing Tool –Lets teachers insert the own resources into library –Locally relevant content (e.g., OpSail) –Library as authority versus as a bulletin board Bookshelves ``Recommendations’’ from community use of recources

Next Steps Multimedia Open Archive –Coordinate many content providers –Support servers for local content –Support clients in many locations (e.g. schools at low bandwidth) –What type of metadata for educational multimedia Local/Global strategy –Broad network –Local learning community support