Group 1 - Activity 2
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VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
1. Description
This project is a course of development kit. It was among the first handbooks available in Lithuanian for teachers and trainers designing distance learning materials in Lithuania. This OER allow users to share and implement learning material online
2. Qualities
The main qualities of this instrument is that: is easy to use, reduces the cost of of the course creation, it has faster development and update cycles, it is compatible with others e-‐mails or learning environments and it present various design options. The method use differents materials like text, illustrations, self-‐test questions and answers, references to other text, video or audio files that enable you to create and to share a high quality of knowledge.
3. Innovation
It is a good project to designing learning materials in Lithuania.
4. Policy
37Current State of Advancement of OER in Lithuania Schools and vocational education and training institutions benefit from national support provided by the Ministry of Education and Science via e-‐school portal http://portalas.emokykla.lt run by the Education Information Technology Centre at the Ministry of Education and Science. School teachers are encouraged to modernize teaching curriculum, as well as curriculum itself, but the results are open for institutional access only. Nevertheless, software resources are open and available for all Lithuanian schools and education and training centres funded from the national budget.
5. Actors
The actors involved in this OER are teachers and learners
6. Iniciatives
The iniciative is to train to learnes and teachers on-‐line
7. Open educational practices
With the use of this website, you will adquire knowledge, strategies, skills and attitudes that will help you in order to use other OEr
8. Tools and repositories
An environment for e-‐mail. materials -‐ electronic books and distance learning courses -‐ creation. This tool material -‐ text, illustrations, self-‐test questions and answers, references to other text, video or audio files -‐ is transferred to the electronic form suitable for publication on the internet.
9. Strategies
Open resources, creation, comfort and easy access, variety of opinions
10. Barriers and enablers
Some barriers can be that you need access to internet and some skills in order to use it. The enablers are the creation and sharing of knowledge.
11. Keywords
handbook, virtual learning environment, virtual courses
WIKIPEDIA
1. Description
Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia, which is free of charge and without any restrictions to read, improved and completed by all people. Wikipedia to read more than two hundred languages, and page Lithuanian patterns are already more than 161 thousand articles and their number is constantly growing.
2. Quality
Wikipedia has a lot of information of many topics. It is free to Access, to share and to improve information.
3. Innovation
Is the biggest online enciclopedia and free of charge and without restrictions t oread
4. Policy
Wikipedia policies and guidelines are developed by the community to describe best practice, clarify principles, resolve conflicts, and otherwise further our goal of creating a free, reliable encyclopedia. There is no need to read any policy or guideline pages to start editing. The five pillars is a popular summary of the most pertinent principles.
5. Actors
Everyone can join of this website
6. Iniciatives
To show and improve the information off a lot of topics. Create knowledge with a easy use and Access to the information
7. Open educational practices
With Wikipedia, you can add information, modificate and contrast it in a open environment.
8. Tools and repositories
wiki dictionary, wiki citations, wiki news, wikimedia commons, wiki resources, wiki books, wiki species, and metawiki for project coordinating.
9. Strategies
To create, to improve, to share, to constrast opinions.
10. Barriers and enablers
Some barriers of Wikipedia is that the number of editors and the renovation of the information is decreasing. The enablers are the free Access and the variety of information
11. Keywords
Repository, free information, variey of editors and information
MOODLE
1. Description
Learning environment for teachers and trainers to develop their very basic skills and competences
2. Quality
were developed to facilitate teachers and trainers at higher education, vocational education and training institutions, as well as the centres of education to design curriculum conception. According to theoretical model, online tools were designed to support teachers and trainers in application of the model during preparation of online course curriculum conception. The tools were integrated neither with existing learning management systems, nor with virtual learning environments
3. Innovation
Supporting acces to information, preparation of units and facilitate de assesment
4. Policy
Moodle is another virtual learning environment provided as infrastructure for previous LieDM network, and current LieDM association institutions. It is installed on LieDM association server at http://moodle.liedm.net. Administration of users and resources is provided to association members for free. Thus open source software, as well as open access to administration and help should be mentioned here as OER. During the implementation of European Social Fund project “Integral Development of Operability of Lithuanian Distance Learning System” a lot of products were developed to modernize curriculum
5. Actors
LieDM association, learnes, teachers
6. Iniciatives
To modernize curriculum, to facilitate the Access to information and assesment
7. Open educational practices
To support teachers and trainers in application of the model during preparation of online course curriculum conception
8. Tools and repositories
Text, images, videos, self-‐assesment
9. Strategies
Open resources, to share information, to evaluate
10. Barriers and enablers
The main barrier is that it have a restricted access system for registered users only. The enablers is that users can find, change, post and evaluate information
11. Keywords
Distance learning system, modernize curriculum, learning resources
LITHUANIAN ACADEMIC LIBRARY NETWORK
1. Description
Project funded to create Lithuania’s academic virtual library through the automation of libraries, unification of search and access to information sources and virtual services
2. Quality
Unification of libraries in Lithuania in order to have free access to the sources
3. Innovation
Unification and free Access to sources
4. Policy
The project was funded by the lithuanian Ministry of Education and Science through ITMiS and then through LVU program. In 2010, LABT linked together the libraries of 16 universities, 18 colleges, 39 research institutions of science and the Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
5. Actors
Institutions, teachers, learners
6. Iniciatives
Automation of libraries, unification of search and access to information sources and virtual services
7. Open educational practices
The Lithuanian Scientific Library Association is a legal body attracting resources to the LABT network. The Association is subscribed to a variety of data bases for academic research and studies
8. Tools and repositories
LABT practices can be treated as ICT tool for education only.
9. Strategies
Search, configuration, print
10. Current barriers and enables
In LABT case, the provision of access to full-‐texts by commercial publishers through digital libraries is not a pure example of OER repositories, because this access is paid for (not by the user, but by the library consortium) and the texts are copyright-‐protected.
There are other ICT tools and practices suggested for educational institutions, teachers and trainers, but they are not numerous. Video interactive lecturing and support system (ViPS) can be mentioned here as one of them.
11. Keywords
Digital library, search sources, unification of sources
MOOC – UniNettuno
1.Description: It is the first MOOC in italian which connects different university in Europe 2.Quality: -‐ Courses in different languages (Italian, English, French, Arabi) -‐ Different subjects (communication, engineering, law, psychology, economy, humanities) -‐ Easy to use -‐ In 2010 it gets the quality certificate for the best model of e-‐learning in Europe 3.Innovation: -‐ You will pass the barriers of space and time -‐ Live streaming, social network and social media 4.Policy: -‐ Grants from the MIUR (Ministry of Education, University and Research) 5.Actors: -‐ Teachers and Students 6.Initiatives: -‐ Researches in each subjects and Encouraging e-‐learning activities 7.Practices -‐I haven’t got direct experience, so I don’t know which kind of knowledge you can have about OER 8.Tools: -‐ Distance learning courses -‐ Video -‐ Live streaming 9.Strategy: -‐ Free access 10.Current barriers and enablers: -‐Internet -‐Skills 11.Keywords -‐MOOC -‐Italy -‐ E-‐learning
OCW – English for Communication Studies 1.Description: It’s an Open Course Ware in order to prepare English exam: here you can find simulations of the test. It has been created by University of Pavia 2.Quality: -‐Easy to use -‐Useful 3.Innovation: -‐ Evaluation in the absence of a teacher 4.Policy: -‐Teachers provide to add material 5.Actors: -‐Teachers -‐Students 6.Initiatives: -‐Test -‐Materials 7.Practices -‐You learn how to use this kind of platform 8.Tools: -‐Simulations 9.Strategy: -‐Registration 10.Current barriers and enablers: -‐Internet -‐ You must be registered at the university -‐You cant take the test of other courses 11.Keywords: -‐OCW -‐University
WIKI – BlogSpot 1.Description: The blog is run entirely by students under the supervision of a professor. The content aims to promote the museum system of the university 2.Quality: -‐Easy to use -‐Easy language -‐Content from university, newspaper, television news 3.Innovation: -‐Students can teach to other people 4.Policy: -‐Students and teacher provide to create and update the blog 5.Actors: -‐Teachers -‐Students 6.Initiatives: -‐Creating knowledge among peers 7.Practices -‐You learn how to use this kind of platform and how to share the same material on different social media 8.Tools: -‐Wiki -‐News -‐Feed RSS 9.Strategy: -‐Everybody can read and comment the content 10.Current barriers and enablers: -‐Internet -‐Skills -‐Targeted content 11.Keywords: -‐WIKI -‐Peer education
PRESENTATION 1.Description: Slides have been shared on different websites, so you can read and share it on different social media 2.Quality: -‐Easy to use -‐Easy language -‐Share -‐People can know the source and interact with him/her 3.Innovation -‐Opening -‐Overcoming the limits of space and time 4.Policy: -‐Teachers provide to upload new materials 6.Initiatives: -‐Share -‐Comment 7.Practices -‐You learn how to use this kind of platform and how to share the same material on different social media 8.Tools: -‐Slides -‐Video -‐Photo 9.Strategy: -‐Opening -‐Sharing 10.Current barriers and enablers: -‐Internet -‐Skills -‐Copyright 11.Keywords: -‐Slides -‐Sharing
ZAPPIENS
1. Description
It’s an aggregation site with portuguese educational, scientific, cultural or artistic videos produced preferably in a school environment. It’s managed by the Portuguese NREN.
2. Qualities
Curation of contents to assure quality.
3. Innovation
Not reported.
4. Policy
Publishing available to all the education institutions in Portugal.
5. Actors
The actors involved in this OER are teachers, learners and technicians.
6. Iniciatives
The iniciative is to share knowledge in portuguese language.
7. Open educational practices
With the use of this website, you will adquire knowledge, strategies, skills and attitudes that will help you in order to use other OEr.
8. Tools and repositories
Audiovisual content.
9. Strategies
Support the quality of creation.
10. Barriers and enablers
Audiovisual knowledge required to assure quality.
11. Keywords
video repository
UNICAMP
1. Description
It’s a OpenCourseWare website from the brazillian university UNICAMP.
2. Quality
Free courses.
3. Innovation
Not refered.
4. Policy
Not refered.
5. Actors
Everyone can join of this website
6. Iniciatives
Not refered.
7. Open educational practices
Free access.
8. Tools and repositories
Documents ant tutorials.
9. Strategies
Share knowledge.
10. Barriers and enablers
The courses are only available in portuguese.
11. Keywords
Opencourseware.
MIÚDOS SEGUROS.NET
1. Description
It´s an educational blog that helps families, schools and communities to promote the online safety of children and youth.
2. Quality
Developed by a specialist in the field.
3. Innovation
Not refered.
4. Policy
It’s an aggregation site with a curation made by a child safety specialyst.
5. Actors
Child safety specialists and families.
6. Iniciatives
Not refered.
7. Open educational practices
Free content available.
8. Tools and repositories
Text, images, videos.
9. Strategies
Open resources, to share information.
10. Barriers and enablers
Not refered.
11. Keywords
Free resources.
EaD
1. Description
It’s the first portuguese MOOC.
2. Quality
It’s free.
3. Innovation
Not refered.
4. Policy
Not refered.
5. Actors
Institutions, teachers, learners.
6. Iniciatives
Free MOOC.
7. Open educational practices
Free resources.
8. Tools and repositories
Text, images and video.
9. Strategies
Free access.
10. Current barriers and enables
Lack of updating and renovation.
11. Keywords
MOOC