1. Eloenet European Learning Object Network The Search Portal for Learning Objects Sergey Chernov L3S and University of Hannover, Germany www.l3s.de/~chernov/ Special thanks for the slides to Cristina Mussinelli (cristina.mussinelli@aie.it) Giulia Marangoni (giulia.marangoni@medra.org)

2. Online Educa – 2006 December 1st 2 Learning Object Dissemination Problem LO producers Italy LO producers Germa ny LO producers UK LO producers Spain Italian German English Spanish Schools www.digiscuola.it schoolswww.b-o.de schoolswww.curriculumonline.gov.u k www.actis.co.uk schoolswww.red.es Market lock-in. The information about LO is scattered among national repositories with different metadata profiles No central search. No standard identifier for LO.

3. Online Educa – 2006 December 1st 3 Eleonet solution LO producers Italy LO producers Germa ny LO producers UK LO producers Spain Italian German English Spanish Schools www.digiscuola.it schoolswww.b-o.de schoolswww.curriculumonline.gov.u k www.actis.co.uk schoolswww.red.es LO producers Italy LO producers Germa ny LO producers UK LO producers Spain Italian German English Spanish Schools www.digiscuola.it schoolswww.b-o.de schoolswww.curriculumonline.gov.u k www.actis.co.uk schoolswww.red.es DOI as unique and persistent identifier Centralized and Federated search LOM- based metadata mapping Rights managemen t

4. Online Educa – 2006 December 1st 4 ELEONET and DOI Registration Agencies + Italy primary and secondary schools higher education Germany research institutions higher education UK primary and secondary schools higher education DOI European Agencies ELEONET is EU-funded Project 01/12/2006 – 30/06/2007 Cineca (Italy), AIE - Italian Publishers Association (Italy), NBD - Nielsen Bookdata (UK), L3S – (Germany), Indire (Italy), Editrain (Spain) + Eleonet aims at creating a technological system, based on appropriate DOI application profile, to facilitate the exchange of educational content within the eLearning value chain at European level

5. Online Educa – 2006 December 1st 5 What is DOI? DOI ® (Digital Object Identifier, www.doi.org): the international standard identifier for any Intellectual Property in a digital environment (we apply it to LOs) A standard identifier facilitates interoperability Example DOI: 10.1388/IndiScie49_1 Prefix assigned by the Registration Agency Arbitrary object description Through DOIs resolution system, LOs are directly accessible, wherever they ’ re stored Resolving DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1388/IndiScie49_1

6. Online Educa – 2006 December 1st 6 What Eleonet provides?  A common interface to allow LOs producers/aggregators to register the DOIs and to upload metadata  A search engine for final users (schools, students, teachers, universities)  A unique access point to different LO repositories

7. Online Educa – 2006 December 1st 7 What about teachers? Scenario: I want to give a lesson about the Universe evolution in a school, intended language is Italian.

8. Online Educa – 2006 December 1st 8 Problem: different educational contexts and curricula in EU Approach: compare and merge Celebrate and Curriculum Online vocabularies Result: single general, broad representation of educational context Curriculum Online vocabulary Celebrate vocabulary Nursery school Primary EducationPrimary school Secondary EducationUpper secondary school Lower secondary school Higher EducationPost-secondary and higher education University First Cycle University Second Cycle Technical School First Cycle Technical School Second Cycle Professional FormationProfessional development Continuous FormationAdult education / lifelong learning Vocational TrainingVocational training Distance education School lib /documentation centers Educational administration; Educational policy Special education Other Interoperability Problem Example

9. Online Educa – 2006 December 1st 9 Eleonet metadata schema Desk analysis of existing LOM APs and SCORM conformance requirements Comparison between different representations of educational resources at local repositories level Use of a LOM metadata schema over national educational approaches Market needs Eleonet AP = LOM minimum data set + optional elements for rights information

10. Online Educa – 2006 December 1st 10  Header with info on registrant  A DOI registration message (DOI string + Primary URL)  LOM metadata record describing single LO DOI string brings the user to the LOs/other publisher’s page LOM metadata record tells What is in LO, Who should use it, Who keeps copyright, Where to find it. How it looks, LOM & DOI together? Indire mEDRA L'universo it Learning object che spiega la formazione dell'universo e la sua composizione,... 10.1388/IndiScie49_1 http://forum.indire.it/…/start.htm

11. Online Educa – 2006 December 1st 11 Interface for registration of DOIs and metadata upload  Each RA involved in Eleonet develops its own interface for DOIs registration for LOs  The Eleonet web site in 4 languages presents to the users the links to 3 RAs  Eleonet provides the following registration facilities: o XML file upload o a web form for registering DOI and associated LOM metadata  The multilingual search interface will include simple and advanced search facilities DOI European Registration Agencies www.eleonet.org

12. Online Educa – 2006 December 1st 12 Want to become an early adopter? www.eleonet.org More information: General: Cristina Mussinelli cristina.mussinelli@aie.it Technical: Gabriella Scipione g.scipione@cineca.it Metadata schema: Giulia Marangoni giulia.marangoni@medra.org