EdReNe recommendations

- Enabling (Teachers) to Find, Share and Remix (Digital) Learning Resources

Tommy Byskov LundNational Centre for Science, Technology and Health Education, Denmark

tbl@nts-centeret.dk@tommybyskovlund

Educational RepositoriesBridging the gap between users and content

2007-2010:10 expert workshops4 strategic seminars

An intro to discussion of and elaboration on...

“recommendations […] in the order in which networks members have given them priority […] judged from the surveys filled in either during group discussions at the final strategic seminar […] or individually afterwards”

Four major themes

• Repository strategies• Standards and interoperability• Engaging users• Rights issues

Recommendations report

Repository strategies

• Leverage the support of existing communities of practice by supporting their needs (95%)

• Take advantage of generally used, open standards to allow for the broadest range of partnerships, future adaptability and innovation (87%)

• Engage with all stakeholders early in the planning process and base development on user needs (87%)

• Repository strategies• Standards and interoperability• Engaging users• Rights issues

Standards and interoperability

“It seems striking that many of the most successful repository initiatives – measured in terms of active users – have not heavily engaged with educational technology standards. Community based approaches would by nature tend to focus on solving user needs with already available tools – i.e. a focus on iterative “good enough” approaches instead of relying on implementation of specific standards.”

Standards and interoperability- topics discussed

• Metadata standards• LOM profiles• Automatic metadata generation• Strategies for vocabularies and curriculum mapping

• Standardized content packages

• Repository integration with Learning Management Systems

• Authentication / Identity management

Standards and interoperability- recommendations*

• Present clear and easy‐to‐understand information on usage rights (100%)

• Support the development of ‘sharing as a culture’ by providing user friendly mechanisms for depositing and repurposing (100%)

• Make it easier to find quality content (82%)

*Based on use cases – see synthesis report

• Repository strategies• Standards and interoperability• Engaging users• Rights issues

Engaging users

Building communities

Supporting communities

• Analyze user behaviour to support development (100%)

• It should be easy for users to invite friends (96%)

• Make it easy to participate – for all members (95%)

• ….

Engaging users*

* Synthesis report includes discussion on producers and design patterns

Four major themes

• Repository strategies• Standards and interoperability• Engaging users• Rights issues

doing the

(copy)RIGHTthing

” If the law is going to regulate your kid, it must do so in a way your kid can understand”

- Lawrence Lessig

Try for yourself:OER Remix :: The Gamehttp://www.opencontent.org/game/

Rights issues

• Policy makers: Establish coherent licensing strategies for (publicly funded) learning resources (100%)

• Repository owners: Clearly express usage rights to users when depositing or accessing resources (100%)

• Institution management: Set up institutional policies and strategies concerning IPR (100%)

Wake up! – group discussions

Build your group…

• 1. Repository strategies• 2. Standards and interoperability• 3. Engaging users• 4. Rights issues• 5. Bright new ideas

Group deliverables

Group name (1-4) /

topic

Evaluate current

recommendations :

1.The most

important

2. Objections

• 1. Repository strategies• 2. Standards and interoperability• 3. Engaging users• 4. Rights issues• 5. Bright new ideas

Group name (1-5) / topic

3. Missing recommendations(Group 1-4 within given topic; group 5 any topic – including new ones!)

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