1. Current State of Health of European Educational Repositories - As Diagnosed by the EdReNe Thematic Network Leo Højsholt-Poulsen, UNIC, Denmark

2. 2 Repositories of learning resources External bases with collections and materials Producers: Register, update, upload, search, read statistics on usage Teachers, librarians, students etc.: Search, browse, download, upload, feed-back Repository Repositories are key disseminators of information of available learning resources In repositories users search or browse for relevant resources (text books, websites, digital learning resources etc.) among the vast supply on the market

3. 3 Many many types of educational repositories Catalogues of descriptions (metadata, links) Catalogues and Containers of content (metadata & data) Network of repositories Digital resources - All types of resources Free content – Commercial content For everybody – Membership based (login) Validated/screened (quality assurance, rights management) Some facilitate feedback Target: schools, further/higher ed., homes

4. 4 How are they doing ? – the many European repositories The team of medical doctors in the EdReNe network

5. 5 The EdReNe thematic network Founding members UNIC (Denmark)UNIC EUN – European Schoolnet (Europe)EUN – European Schoolnet EENET - European Expert's Network for Education and Technology (Europe)EENET - European Expert's Network for Education and Technology Menon Network (Europe)Menon Network EDEN - European Distance and E-Learning Network (Europe)EDEN - European Distance and E-Learning Network FWU - Institut für Film und Bild in Wissenschaft und Unterricht (Germany)FWU - Institut für Film und Bild in Wissenschaft und Unterricht EAPC - Public Administration School of Catalunya (Spain)EAPC - Public Administration School of Catalunya TLF - Tiger Leap Foundation (Estonia)TLF - Tiger Leap Foundation UNI-LJ-FMF, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Uni. of Ljubljana (Slovenia)UNI-LJ-FMF, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Uni. of Ljubljana ITC - Centre of IT in Education (Lithuania)ITC - Centre of IT in Education MSU - The Swedish National Agency for School Improvement (Sweden)MSU - The Swedish National Agency for School Improvement ENIS Austria (Austria)ENIS Austria NCTE –National Centre for Technology in Education (Ireland)NCTE –National Centre for Technology in Education Kennisnet – Sticting Kennisnet Ict op School (The Netherlands)Kennisnet – Sticting Kennisnet Ict op School Becta - British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (UK)Becta - British Educational Communications and Technology Agency CNDP - Centre National de Documentation Pédagogique (France)CNDP - Centre National de Documentation Pédagogique Giunti Interactive Labs (Italy)Giunti Interactive Labs BFU- Brancheforeningen for undervisningsmidler (Denmark)BFU- Brancheforeningen for undervisningsmidler bit media eLearning solutions (Austria)bit media eLearning solutions AIE - Associazione Italiana Editori (Italy)AIE - Associazione Italiana Editori EduLearn (Portugal)EduLearn sDae - Sociedad Digital De Autores Y Esitores (Spain)sDae - Sociedad Digital De Autores Y Esitores IML - Umeå University Department of Interactive Media and Learning (Sweden)IML - Umeå University Department ofInteractive Media and Learning Associated members Utdanning.no (Norway)Utdanning.no Utdanningsdirektoratet (Norway)Utdanningsdirektoratet VETAMIX (Finland)VETAMIX Lektion.se (Sweden)Lektion.se Intrallect Ltd (UK) Intrallect Ltd SLO - Netherland’s Institute for Curriculum Development (The Netherlands) SLO - Netherland’s Institute for Curriculum Development CTIE - Centre suisse des technologies de l'information dans l'enseignement (Switzerland)CTIE APS IT-diensten (The Netherlands)APS IT-diensten TLU-CET - Talinn University (Estonia)TLU-CET - Talinn University CTE - Centre de technologie de l'éducation (Luxembourg)CTE - Centre de technologie de l'éducation Ontwikkelcentrum (The Netherlands)Ontwikkelcentrum LTScotland, Learning and Teaching Scotland (UK)LTScotland Encyclopaedia Britannica Education (UK)Encyclopaedia Britannica Education DGIDC –Ministry of Education (Portugal)DGIDC –Ministry of Education

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7. 7 State of Health Indicators –A healthy repository is a platform that many use to find learning resources of high quality. –Use should be regular and frequent. –Quality not quantity –Expected Usage pattern –Not difficult to find ‘ill patients’, –instead the EdReNe teams concentrated on identifying examples of healthy patients, trying to find out reasons for their success and proscribing possible cures to lesser fortunate cases

8. 8 Danish national repositories cardiogram

9. 9 Since February 1994 online Repository started with a database in 1996 Subject oriented repositories since 1996/1997 First subject: Chemistry Most successful educational portal in Austria www.schule.at adapted to this concept in 2000www.schule.at Today still the most successful portals in Austria –About 80.000 entries in the repository –36 subject repositories –Over 800 thematic collections www.eduhi.atwww.eduhi.at / www.schule.atwww.schule.at

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11. 11 EduHi.at – Page views per month

12. 12 Eduhi.at – Why are we successful? “As our editors are teachers they know what their colleagues need and try to provide this content and links on the subject oriented platforms. The teachers like that they can access relevant content and helpful links.” “Students like that they find relevant content for presentations and reports, because the work of filtering the content has already been done by teachers.”

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15. 15 EDUREP value chain and communities Model for Succes - 3 tier solution. Specialisation is the key

16. 16 Common remarks for the future Bottom–up approach seems to respond to teacher/students needs Content created/filtered/selected by dedicated teams ensure acceptable level of quality Personalization Curriculum related Federated search makes smaller (but quality valuable) repositories visible Each repository chooses its business model

17. 17 Cures I – marketing, emphasis The teachers do not know about the repository Need to market to schools –Posters, promotional material. We must make clear the added value of the repository. –Why are we better than Google. Age, curriculum related content, special types of content (test, course, drill and practice etc). In-service courses and pre service training need to highlight to the repository Emphasis Repositories must address all critical issues at once E.g. critical mass of –Content (& quality metadata and search results) –Users - community building. –Shift from providing content and technology to providing services and community. –Combine the advantages of bottom-up with the top-down.

18. 18 Cures II – functionality, reliability The functionality of the site needs to be directed at the needs of the teachers. The ease of use of the site is important. –The "subject tree" sometimes craves too many clicks (five-six clicks) to reach the link to the content –Single interface + acces codes –Search engine may need to be improved A repository must be maintained and regularly updated Reliability - It must be there, also after one year

19. 19 Cures ? – sharing resources Attitudes and tradition vary –In Sweden there is a very busy teacher-driven site (lektion.se) which allows sharing of resources –In France and Ireland sharing of content by teachers online is not common Many sites do not allow users to upload or share –Community is required Non-aligned government policies: To provide the content to teachers is a policy. But the curriculum does not always mandate or refer to teachers using the content. What is the need to teachers to collaborate and share? –Repositories are not the cure to all the existing woes A repository is just part of a group of services (sometimes) being provided by the community

20. 20 EdReNe: SoA - Educational repositories in Europe EdReNe: Current status of European educational repositories and comprehensive report State of the Art of Educational Repositories in Europe See http://edrene.org/results/currentState/index.htmlhttp://edrene.org/results/currentState/index.html Should you consider learning more about or joining EdReNe: Consult www.edrene.orgwww.edrene.org Contact Tommy.Byskov.Lund@uni-c.dk or Leo.Hojsholt-Poulsen@uni-c.dkTommy.Byskov.Lund@uni-c.dk Leo.Hojsholt-Poulsen@uni-c.dk The network is co-funded by the European Union, through the eContentplus programmeeContentplus programme Disclaimer The content of this presentation is the sole responsibility of the thematic network members. It does not represent the opinion of the European Community and the Community is not responsible for any use that might be made of information contained herein.