eQNet Quality Network for a European Learning Resource Exchange Cathal O Cleirigh http://eqnet.eun.org/c/blogs/find_entry?entryId=40281 2012-04-19T07:13:08Z 2012-04-19T07:10:37Z

p The Quality Network for a European Learning Resource Exchange eQNet has been developing and testing quality criteria that will enable repository owners and content developers publishers in both the public and private sector to identify learning resources that have the potential for cross border re use and thus can be said to travel well The final version of the Travel Well Criteria v 3 consisting of seven criteria including three mandatory criteria nbsp is now available nbsp a href http www eqnet eun org c document_library get_file p_l_id 10885 amp folderId 25595 amp name DLFE 709 pdf target _blank on the eQNet wiki a nbsp The final criteria have been shown to be suitable for practical evaluation of learning resources for use by European policy makers publishers practitioners e g teachers and learners and expert evaluators nbsp The efficacy of the Travel Well Criteria v 3 was repeatedly tested in a real life setting as the criteria were successfully applied to improve the quality of open learning content in the a href http lreforschools eun org target _blank Learning Resource Exchange for schools a nbsp LRE in 2011 and 2012 This work resulted in a showcase of more than 5 000 nbsp a href http lreforschools eun org web guest travelwell all target _blank lsquo travel well rsquo a nbsp resources nbsp The application of the Travel Well Criteria v 3 to improve the quality of Learning Resource Exchange rsquo s content continues as new collections are evaluated and those with travel well potential nbsp are added to the LRE p

Cathal O Cleirigh 2012-04-19T07:10:37Z Cathal O Cleirigh http://eqnet.eun.org/c/blogs/find_entry?entryId=40250 2012-04-19T07:29:57Z 2012-04-18T08:59:53Z

p eQNet is co sponsoring the strong 8th Educational Repositories EdReNe Seminar strong taking place on 7 8 May in Lisbon Portugal EdReNe is a thematic network bringing together web based repositories of learning resources with content owners and other educational stakeholder in order to share develop and document procedures experiences and strategies on the organisation and functionality of online repositories p p eQNet partners will present on the a href http www eqnet eun org web guest travel well learning resources target _blank travel well criteria a of online resources describing experiences of applying travel well criteria to improve the content quality of the a href http lreforschools eun org web guest jsessionid D0017FEE906A8A9DA4C5F42848D3A18E target _blank Learning Resources Exchange for Schools a The event is organised by the DGIDC ndash the Portuguese Ministry of Education For more information on the seminar see a href http edrene org target _blank edrene org a p

Cathal O Cleirigh 2012-04-18T08:59:53Z Elina Jokisalo http://eqnet.eun.org/c/blogs/find_entry?entryId=34448 2011-09-15T08:21:14Z 2011-09-15T08:19:50Z

p Open Educational Resources OER offer opportunities for increasing equity and access to high quality K ndash 12 education In the United States state education agencies now have offices devoted to identifying and using OERs and other digital resources in their states To help states districts teachers and other users determine the degree of alignment of OERs to the Common Core State Standards and to determine aspects of quality of OERs a href http www achieve org target _blank Achieve a has developed eight rubrics in collaboration with leaders from the OER community p p a href http www achieve org files AchieveOERRubrics pdf target _blank Download the PDF file here a nbsp p

Elina Jokisalo 2011-09-15T08:19:50Z Elina Jokisalo http://eqnet.eun.org/c/blogs/find_entry?entryId=33815 2011-08-30T09:26:46Z 2011-08-30T09:26:39Z

p The LRE s infrastructure and usability features are the subject of an article in the latest issue of the Learning Technology newsletter of the IEEE Computer Society p p The special issue of the IEEE Learning Technology newsletter is focused on the domain of Standards and Specifications for Learning Technologies It gathers eight articles on different topics within the standardization area all of them by European experts in this field The article quot ASPECT Learning Specifications at Work quot has been written by David Massart and Elena Shulman from European Schoolnet a href http www ieeetclt org issues july2011 IEEE LT Jul11 pdf target _blank Read the article here a p

Elina Jokisalo 2011-08-30T09:26:39Z Elina Jokisalo http://eqnet.eun.org/c/blogs/find_entry?entryId=33513 2011-08-23T14:42:59Z 2011-08-23T14:42:19Z

p The article published on the Eroski Consumer website has information about the work of eQNet on Travel Well criteria as well as a description of high quality learning resource collections recently added to the LRE based on the recommendations of eQNet teachers p p a target _blank href http www consumer es web es educacion otras_formaciones 2011 08 14 202475 php Read the original article here a in Spanish p

Elina Jokisalo 2011-08-23T14:42:19Z Elina Jokisalo http://eqnet.eun.org/c/blogs/find_entry?entryId=31695 2011-07-07T13:21:03Z 2011-07-07T11:13:51Z

p img hspace 8 height 212 align right width 200 vspace 8 alt LRE resources src http eqnet eun org image image_gallery uuid adb733bd c4b9 4706 ac6b d9a8aa527f37 amp groupId 10136 amp t 1310037509455 The Learning Resource Exchange is rapidly enhancing its collection database with new high quality resources Currently the users can select from resources offered by 36 content providers Find here some highlights of what is already available and more is on the way p ul li Interactive physics and chemistry simulations from PhET USA many in more than 20 languages are now part of the LRE a target _blank href http lreforschools eun org web guest phet View the collection here a li li GeoGebra Austria math interactives in Swedish are already in the LRE Interactives in Finnish Norwegian Dutch and English are on the way a target _blank href http lreforschools eun org web guest geogebra View the collection here a li li Popular video tutorials 1900 from the Khan Academy USA are now available in the LRE a target _blank href http lreforschools eun org web guest khan View the collection here a li li Short videos on a variety of topics for k 12 educators from Teacher s Domain USA are the latest addition to the LRE a target _blank href http lreforschools eun org web guest td View the collection here a li ul p The complete list of the a target _blank href http lreforschools eun org web guest content providers content providers a is available here p span small p

Elina Jokisalo 2011-07-07T11:13:51Z Elina Jokisalo http://eqnet.eun.org/c/blogs/find_entry?entryId=31433 2011-06-30T12:28:40Z 2011-06-30T12:22:43Z

p During the eTwinning workshop on 10 June 2011 in Vilnius Lithuania we interviewed two eQNet teachers Watch what the teachers say about Travel well learning resources and how they use digital learning objects in their everyday teaching The teachers are Ivana Bartlova from Czech Republic and Francisco Melo Ferreira from Portugal These videos are also available in the quot a href http eqnet eun org web guest videos Materials a quot section where more videos will be published shortly p p iframe height 200 frameborder 0 width 300 src http www youtube com embed VHTnYCG4Tm0 allowfullscreen iframe p p nbsp p p iframe height 200 frameborder 0 width 300 src http www youtube com embed PR2_muOIXnw allowfullscreen iframe p p nbsp p

Elina Jokisalo 2011-06-30T12:22:43Z Elina Jokisalo http://eqnet.eun.org/c/blogs/find_entry?entryId=30742 2011-06-15T08:39:57Z 2011-06-14T09:52:29Z

p During the past weekend about seventy teachers evaluated resources for the Travel Well collection in the a target _blank href http lreforschools eun org web guest eqnet Learning Resource Exchange a portal and provided valuable feedback on eQNet criteria being developed by the project p p The eQNet project organised two hands on workshops in the framework of an eTwinning Professional Development Workshop PDW that took place in Vilnius on 10 12 June 2011 p p The eTwinning Professional Development Workshop was open to teachers of all subjects advanced in eTwinning and who are interested in quot Web 2 0 technologies in Education ldquo p p For more on this event and the program see a href http www etwinning lt PDW page_id 193 http www etwinning lt PDW page_id 193 a p p div style width 425px id __ss_8312041 strong style display block margin 12px 0 4px a href http www slideshare net europeanschoolnet eqnet web20 tools for educators 8312041 title eQNet Web2 0 tools for educators eQNet Web2 0 tools for educators a strong object id __sse8312041 width 425 height 355 param name movie value http static slidesharecdn com swf ssplayer2 swf doc eqnet web2 0toolsforeducators 110615024901 phpapp02 stripped_title eqnet web20 tools for educators 8312041 userName europeanschoolnet param name allowFullScreen value true param name allowScriptAccess value always embed name __sse8312041 src http static slidesharecdn com swf ssplayer2 swf doc eqnet web2 0toolsforeducators 110615024901 phpapp02 stripped_title eqnet web20 tools for educators 8312041 userName europeanschoolnet type application x shockwave flash allowscriptaccess always allowfullscreen true width 425 height 355 embed object div style padding 5px 0 12px View more a href http www slideshare net presentations a from a href http www slideshare net europeanschoolnet European Schoolnet a div div p

Elina Jokisalo 2011-06-14T09:52:29Z Elina Jokisalo http://eqnet.eun.org/c/blogs/find_entry?entryId=30125 2011-06-06T14:25:45Z 2011-06-06T14:24:05Z

p img hspace 5 height 159 align right width 200 vspace 5 src http eqnet eun org image image_gallery uuid 51e554f9 8625 4106 bffb 8fbe69818098 amp groupId 10136 amp t 1307370295789 alt The New Media Consortium NMC a not for profit collective of learning focused organizations dedicated to the exploration and use of new media and new technologies released The NMC Horizon Report 2011 K 12 Edition nbsp nbsp p p This report s insights and examples are relevant for anyone interested in emergent technologies for teaching and learning in the k 12 sector a href http www nmc org news nmc 8540 target _blank http www nmc org news nmc 8540 a p

Elina Jokisalo 2011-06-06T14:24:05Z Elina Jokisalo http://eqnet.eun.org/c/blogs/find_entry?entryId=29739 2011-05-31T12:07:54Z 2011-05-31T09:04:51Z

p img hspace 5 height 139 align right width 200 vspace 5 src http eqnet eun org image image_gallery uuid f574ca06 cbb0 4b9b 936a 244b3d2fe670 amp groupId 10136 amp t 1306843640750 alt SEAM2011 The fifth international workshop on Search and Exchange of e le rning Materials SE M rsquo 11 will take place in Palermo Italy in the framework of the EC TEL conference in September p p The main goal of the SEAM workshop is to offer a forum where researchers and practitioners can discuss theoretical aspects open issues and innovative approaches and share the latest advances in the state of the art and practices for exchanging and describing learning content roles actors tools and services p p This year s workshop will include presentations of both long and short refereed papers as well as panel discussions and a keynote presentation p p The call for papers is open until 30 June For more information please go the the a target _blank href http seam eun org SEAM nbsp website a p p a href http www ec tel eu target _blank EC TEL 2011 a takes place on 20 23 September 2011 in Palermo Italy The exact date of the SEAM 11 workshop will be shortly confirmed p

Elina Jokisalo 2011-05-31T09:04:51Z Elina Jokisalo http://eqnet.eun.org/c/blogs/find_entry?entryId=29332 2011-05-25T10:08:17Z 2011-05-25T10:06:01Z

p img hspace 8 height 68 align right width 300 vspace 8 src http eqnet eun org image image_gallery uuid 6c13862e 7beb 43e2 8e0e 7c8b28a3e8c2 amp groupId 10136 amp t 1306318045083 alt UNESCO and the European Foundation for Quality in E Learning EFQUEL have invited representatives of organizations working with quality OER and educational policy to attend the first 2011 meeting of the Open Educational Quality Initiative OPAL Consultative Group The meeting will be held online on Wednesday 25 May at 13 00 Central European Time and repeated at 13 00 Pacific Time on Monday 30 May p p OPAL a href http oer quality org target _blank http oer quality org a nbsp is a flagship initiative being implemented by a group of organizations including UNESCO EFQUEL and ICDE and includes representatives of leading institutions from within higher education and adult education p p The initiative believes that although OER are high on the agenda of social and inclusion policies their use in higher education and adult education has not reached a critical threshold The focus has been placed on building access to digital content while the challenge now is to support educational practices and to promote quality and innovation in teaching and learning p p The aim of the OPAL Consultative Group nbsp a multi stakeholder network of high level organizations working with quality OER and educational policy ndash is to p ul li raise awareness li li exchange and define good practices li li take stock of the latest activities in the field and li li suggest ways forward to enhance and increase the adoption of open practices li ul p The Consultative Group will initially meet twice per year for 2 3 hours through a webinar For more on this initiative see a href http goo gl 7AwIY target _blank http goo gl 7AwIY a br nbsp p

Elina Jokisalo 2011-05-25T10:06:01Z Elina Jokisalo http://eqnet.eun.org/c/blogs/find_entry?entryId=28707 2011-06-14T13:03:09Z 2011-05-02T11:26:00Z

p The eQNet midterm report has been submitted to the Executive Agency managing the Lifelong Learning Programme For an overview of what has been accomplished this far and future tasks please read a target _blank href http eqnet eun org c document_library get_file p_l_id 10885 amp folderId 25595 amp name DLFE 321 pdf Public Report a p p In the Quality Network for a European Learning Resource Exchange eQNet project we are interested in how teachers and learners perceive and use learning resources that lsquo travel well rsquo We use the term lsquo travel well rsquo to indicate that a digital learning resource has considerable potential to be reused in a context other than the nbsp one for which it was originally created Similar cross context interactions take place in many areas of technology enhanced learning when learners cross their own language country or curriculum boundaries nbsp Over three years the eQNet project is establishing consolidating and sustaining two networks one of European educational policy makers and content providers who deal with digital learning resources and the other consisting of teachers who use digital learning resources as part of their classroom practice and lesson preparation nbsp p p eQNet teachers are now working on the tasks for the second year of the project Based on this practical assessment of resources by teachers and more theoretical work carried out by project partners eQNet is developing lsquo travel well rsquo quality criteria The most visible project outcome will be a public collection of more than 3 500 lsquo travel well rsquo resources originating from different national collections and from the a href http lreforschools2011 eun org target _blank Learning Resources Exchange LRE a At the mid term of the project more than 900 lsquo travel well rsquo resources are already available at a href http www klascement net eqnet alle set_language 4 target _blank www unilearning eu a p

Elina Jokisalo 2011-05-02T11:26:00Z Riina Vuorikari http://eqnet.eun.org/c/blogs/find_entry?entryId=25796 2011-03-24T10:35:20Z 2011-03-24T09:17:08Z

p span style font size larger strong Task 1 nbsp strong Select a resources that you think is useful for teachers in your country Note it has to come from a country other than your span p ul li span style font size larger What are the characteristics of this resource Please mention 3 at least span li ul p span style font size larger strong Task 2 nbsp strong Select a resources that you think is strong not strong useful for teachers in your country Note it has to come from a country other than your span p ul li span style font size larger What are the characteristics of this resource Please mention 3 at least span li ul p nbsp p ul li span style font size larger Please go to the a href http www unilearning eu www unilearning eu a span li li span style font size larger Log in if you have a username Use the universal rating to indicate span ul li span style font size larger 1 means it is not useful for teachers in a country other than its origin span li li span style font size larger 5 means it is very useful span span style font size larger for teachers in a country other than its origin span span style font size larger br br span li ul li li span style font size larger If not you can use the form below span li li a href http tinyurl com 6f8uaov span style font size larger http tinyurl com 6f8uaov span a li ul div style width 425px id __ss_7371818 strong style display block margin 12px 0 4px a href http www slideshare net europeanschoolnet update on travel well resources for the lre group title Update on Travel well resources for the LRE Group Update on Travel well resources for the LRE Group a strong object id __sse7371818 width 425 height 355 param name movie value http static slidesharecdn com swf ssplayer2 swf doc eqnetforlregroup2400311 110324050922 phpapp02 stripped_title update on travel well resources for the lre group userName europeanschoolnet param name allowFullScreen value true param name allowScriptAccess value always embed name __sse7371818 src http static slidesharecdn com swf ssplayer2 swf doc eqnetforlregroup2400311 110324050922 phpapp02 stripped_title update on travel well resources for the lre group userName europeanschoolnet type application x shockwave flash allowscriptaccess always allowfullscreen true width 425 height 355 embed object div style padding 5px 0 12px View more a href http www slideshare net presentations a from a href http www slideshare net europeanschoolnet European Schoolnet a div div

Riina Vuorikari 2011-03-24T09:17:08Z Riina Vuorikari http://eqnet.eun.org/c/blogs/find_entry?entryId=25374 2011-03-15T17:02:26Z 2011-03-15T16:40:22Z

div style padding 5px 0pt 12px In eQNet we are interested in how users perceive and use learning resources that quot travel well quot This means that the resource come from a country different than that of the users and or is in a language different from the user s mother tongue nbsp Similar nbsp cross context interactions take place in many areas of technology enhanced learning when users cross their own language country or curriculum boundaries div div style padding 5px 0pt 12px As the great potential of learning resource lies in their reuse facilitating such cross context use becomes important In the eQNet project among other things we are looking at how users rsquo digital traces can be used to enhance cross context discovery and identification of ldquo travel well rdquo learning resources div div style padding 5px 0pt 12px For this purpose European Schoolnet through the eQNet project took part in the a href http www teleurope eu pg groups 9405 datatel dataTEL initiative a last September 2010 Seven datasets were provided a href http www teleurope eu pg pages view 50630 http www teleurope eu pg pages view 50630 a you can find the description of our quot travel well dataset quot a href http eqnet eun org c document_library get_file p_l_id 10885 amp folderId 12421 amp name DLFE 304 pdf here a The dataset nbsp contains anonymous nbsp information on how users bookmark and rate resources on the LRE portal The dataset thus allows anonymous tracking of the users interests on ldquo travel well rdquo resources information which can be used to create better search features for quot travel well quot resources div p In a recent conference on a very new theme of a href https tekri athabascau ca analytics program Learning Analytics and Knowledge 2011 a a paper was presented where our quot travel well quot dataset was used The paper was called Dataset driven Research for Improving Recommender Systems for Learning and can be read from a href http http celstec org content dataset driven research improving recommender systems learning here a p ul li More about DataTEL nbsp a href http www teleurope eu pg groups 9405 datatel http www teleurope eu pg groups 9405 datatel a li li Dataset driven Research for Improving Recommender Systems nbsp a href http celstec org content dataset driven research improving recommender systems learning http celstec org content dataset driven research improving recommender systems learning a li li Learning Analytics and Knowledge 2011 a href https tekri athabascau ca analytics program https tekri athabascau ca analytics program a li ul p nbsp p

Riina Vuorikari 2011-03-15T16:40:22Z Riina Vuorikari http://eqnet.eun.org/c/blogs/find_entry?entryId=23007 2011-02-08T19:49:55Z 2011-02-08T19:49:37Z

p Dear eQNet teachers br br We have been working on the look and some features of the LRE portal In order to arrange the move to the new interface we would like to ask you all to create an OpenID here a href https www id europeanschoolnet org OpenIDServer registeruser html https www id europeanschoolnet org OpenIDServer registeruser html nbsp a br br It is important that you use the same email address for this registration as you used on the current LRE portal br br We will be informing you about the move later br br Regards br Riina p

Riina Vuorikari 2011-02-08T19:49:37Z Riina Vuorikari http://eqnet.eun.org/c/blogs/find_entry?entryId=22189 2011-01-28T14:10:02Z 2011-01-28T13:47:24Z

p You can now participate in a series of five international webinars designed to train the general education public on key concepts driving the design process for implementing standards to support the creation implementation and re use of outcome based eContent The final webinar will provide a hands on opportunity to understand how specialised applications for outcome based education can play together ICOPER webinars will cover the following topics p ul li Learning Outcomes and Learning Opportunities li li Instructional Design li li Content Authoring li li Learning Delivery li li Assessment li ul p The webinar series runs on Thursday afternoons from 16 00 to 17 30 CET beginning January 20th until February 17th 2010 The first four sessions will provide background information and the key theoretical concepts underpinning the development of standards for eContent The fifth session February 17th 2011 will be dedicated to working with and implementing eContent applications We invite members of the education community to share their experience with eContent standards on February 17th br nbsp p ul li Session 1 January 20th 2011 from 16 00 ndash 17 30 CET br If you missed this session you can see a recording at a href http connect wu wien ac at p28835154 http connect wu wien ac at p28835154 a li li Session 2 January 27th 2011 from 16 00 ndash 17 30 CET See announcement below li li Session 3 February 3rd 2011 from 16 00 ndash 17 30 CET li li Session 4 February 10th 2011 from 16 00 ndash 17 30 CET li li Session 5 February 17th 2011 from 16 00 ndash 17 30 CET li ul p nbsp br strong All sessions will open at 15 30 strong so that participants can familiarise themselves with the videoconferencing tool before the webinar conferences begin br nbsp br All sessions will take place at a href http connect wu wien ac at icoper http connect wu wien ac at icoper a All sessions will be recorded br nbsp br If you have never attended an Adobe Connect Pro meeting before p ul li Test your connection a href http connect wu wien ac at common help en support meeting_test htm http connect wu wien ac at common help en support meeting_test htm a li li Get a quick overview a href http www adobe com go connectpro_overview http www adobe com go connectpro_overview a li ul p nbsp br The working language of the sessions is English br nbsp br Please register for the sessions at a href http tinyurl com 24yt65o http tinyurl com 24yt65o a br nbsp br Please give us feedback for the sessions at a href http tinyurl com 28gjny2 http tinyurl com 28gjny2 a br nbsp br Each webinar will provide br General background information about key concepts underlying eContent Standards br Links to relevant information and background knowledge about eContent Standards located in the ICOPER Training Infrastructure http training icoper org moodle course view php id 32 amp username guest br Links to eContent standards definitions br Links to eContent standards applications in the ICOPER Living Lab Observatory http www icoper org working living lab br Links to ICOPER eContent experts http www icoper org about partners br nbsp br We hope that by the end of the series participants will be able br nbsp br To understand how standards support the development of interoperable eContent br To work with at least 3 applications developed by the ICOPER consortium br To share their experience with eContent standards with the wider education community br To enlarge their international professional network within the eContent community br nbsp br You will find more complete details about the Session and the speakers at http training icoper org moodle br nbsp br Session 2 January 27 2011 at 16 00 CET br nbsp br Outcome based Learning Opportunities br nbsp br This ICOPER webinar spotlights the development of outcome based learning opportunities The presenters will explain the concepts of learning outcomes learning designs teaching methods and assessment why these concepts are relevant to higher education and how these concepts can be used and aligned with each other from an instructional modeling perspective In particular the webinar will focus on the formulation of intended learning outcomes the development of outcome based learning designs and teaching methods and the issue of outcome motivated assessment of learning br Presenters br br Michael Derntl br University of Vienna Faculty of Computer Science Austria br michael derntl univie ac at br nbsp br Michael Derntl is a research associate at the Faculty of Computer Science University of Vienna where he rsquo s also teaching courses in computer science He holds a PhD in information systems from the University of Vienna His current research is targeted at understanding and managing the complexity of technology enhanced learning environments with emphasis on analysis development and evaluation of standards specifications and tools for learning design His core research interests lie in applying and integrating computer science engineering and social science methods to understand catalyze and improve human computer interactions in real world domains br nbsp br nbsp br Jad Najjar br WU Wien Institute for Information Systems and New Media Austria br jnajjar wu ac at br nbsp br Jad is a senior researcher at Institute for Information Systems and New Media WU Vienna working on iCoper project workgroup on learning outcomes knowledge skills and competencies development Jad was a post doc and before a doctoral researcher at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in the Computer Science Department HMDB Hypermedia and Database research unit His research interests includes attention metadata competency metadata models eportfolios metadata of learning objects empirical analysis on actual use of metadata and learning objects interoperability metadata application profiles human computer interaction user studies usability engineering web engineering and conceptual modeling Jad is a co author of the Contextualized Attention Metadata CAM specifications a schema and framework for tracking and managing data about user attention and interest across systems and contexts Jad is also a part time assistant professor at the Computer Science Department of AL Quds University Jerusalem br nbsp br nbsp br Susanne Neumann br University of Vienna Center for Teaching and Learning Austria br susanne neumann heyer univie ac at br nbsp br Susanne Neumann is a researcher with the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Vienna She has investigated issues around the IMS Learning Design specification since 2005 Other research areas include developing concepts for learning design software classifying teaching methods and connecting learning outcomes and competencies to teaching methods as well as learning designs br nbsp br Details concerning other sessions can be found at http training icoper org moodle br nbsp br nbsp br nbsp br Adobe the Adobe logo Acrobat and Acrobat Connect are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries p

Riina Vuorikari 2011-01-28T13:47:24Z Elina Jokisalo http://eqnet.eun.org/c/blogs/find_entry?entryId=21430 2011-01-21T11:57:17Z 2011-01-21T11:52:54Z

p An article written by Phil Barker and Lorna M Campbell provides an overview of specifications and standards for metadata relating to learning materials p p The article quot em Metadata for learning materials An overview of existing standards and current developments em quot is structured to present first the currently established metadata schemas in use today specifically the IEEE LOM and Dublin Core metadata then to examine current developments and activities before looking at what might be the future challenges The examination of current developments and activities highlights the increasingly recognized importance of metadata schema that describe what have in the past been thought of as secondary aspects of learning materials for example who uses them and what for and the importance of alternative approaches to structured metadata for resource description p p a href http www icbl hw ac uk publicationFiles 2010 TICLMetadata TICLpaper MetadataForEducation_postref pdf target _blank Read the full article here a p p strong Authors strong p ul li Phil Barker JISC CETIS ICBL Heriot Watt University li li Lorna M Campbell JISC CETIS CAPLE University of Strathclyde br nbsp li ul

Elina Jokisalo 2011-01-21T11:52:54Z Riina Vuorikari http://eqnet.eun.org/c/blogs/find_entry?entryId=17933 2010-12-22T11:14:41Z 2010-11-13T07:13:59Z

p One of the teachers workshops in the eTwinning Professional Development Workshop in Helsinki was about the use of digital resources by teachers The eQNet partners ran this workshop and asked quot Can digital learning resources be used across borders quot p p a href http creativecommons org licenses by sa 1 0 fi rel license br a strong span style font size larger Agenda span strong p p strong 1 Introduction to digital resources strong 10 min Riina p ul li Examples of classroom use 20 min Teija li ul p strong 2 Can learning resources be used across borders strong p ul li Hands on examples 1 20 min Gunstein li li Hands on examples 2 20 min Lithuanian teachers rsquo team li ul p strong 3 Building eTwinning projects around digital resources strong p ul li Brain storming ideas exchange presentation 30 min all li ul p Main websites for strong open learning resources strong that everyone is welcome to use p ul li a href http lreforschools eun org http lreforschools eun org a You can create your account for free if you want to rate and create your own Favourite lists li li a href http www unilearning eu http www unilearning eu a You can create your account for free if you want to rate and create your own Favourite lists li li a href http oertn eun org http oertn eun org a no account needed li ul div style width 425px id __ss_5764403 p nbsp p p strong style display block margin 12px 0pt 4px a href http www slideshare net europeanschoolnet digital resources eqnet title Digital Resources eQnet 1 Introduction to Digital Resources Riina a strong object height 355 width 425 id __sse5764403 param name movie value http static slidesharecdn com swf ssplayer2 swf doc pdweqnetsessionfi 101113010849 phpapp01 amp stripped_title digital resources eqnet amp userName europeanschoolnet param name allowFullScreen value true param name allowScriptAccess value always embed height 355 width 425 name __sse5764403 src http static slidesharecdn com swf ssplayer2 swf doc pdweqnetsessionfi 101113010849 phpapp01 amp stripped_title digital resources eqnet amp userName europeanschoolnet type application x shockwave flash allowscriptaccess always allowfullscreen true embed object p div ul li Examples of classroom use 20 min Teija li ul div id __ss_5766133 style width 425px strong style display block margin 12px 0pt 4px a title How I use learning resources in my classroom href http www slideshare net europeanschoolnet how i use learning resources in my classroom 2 How I use learning resources in my classroom a strong object height 355 width 425 id __sse5766133 param value http static slidesharecdn com swf ssplayer2 swf doc howiuseresourcesteija 101113042103 phpapp02 amp stripped_title how i use learning resources in my classroom amp userName europeanschoolnet name movie param value true name allowFullScreen param value always name allowScriptAccess embed height 355 width 425 allowfullscreen true allowscriptaccess always type application x shockwave flash src http static slidesharecdn com swf ssplayer2 swf doc howiuseresourcesteija 101113042103 phpapp02 amp stripped_title how i use learning resources in my classroom amp userName europeanschoolnet name __sse5766133 embed object div style padding 5px 0pt 12px nbsp Direct links to resources div 1 Use the resource as a whole ul li a href http http celebrate ls no english animations science drivhus_eng swf http celebrate ls no english animations science drivhus_eng swf a li ul p 2 BREAK THE RESOURCES INTO SMALLER PIECES p ul li a href http www oulu fi northnature english englanti talvihaku html http www oulu fi northnature english englanti talvihaku html a li li a href http www ahven net opetusmateriaali talouskalalajit kalat kuha html http www ahven net opetusmateriaali talouskalalajit kalat kuha html a li li a href http www abpischools org uk page modules hormones horm2 cfm cositenavigation_alltopic 1 http www abpischools org uk page modules hormone horm2 cfm cositenavigation_alltopic 1 a li li a href http earthquake usgs gov learn animations http earthquake usgs gov learn animations a li li a href http earthquake usgs gov earthquakes helicorders php http earthquake usgs gov earthquakes helicorders php a li ul p 3 USE OF nbsp VIDEO CLIPS OR ANIMATIONS AS A DEMONSTRATION WHICH CAN TAKE MAYBE SOME MINUTES p ul li a href http nobelprize org educational medicine malaria parasite html http nobelprize org educational medicine malaria parasite html a li li a href http www bbc co uk nature blueplanet webs flash weboflife swf http www bbc co uk nature blueplanet webs flash weboflife swf a li ul p GIVE THE DIGITAL RESOURCE TO THE STUDENTS AND SAY THAT GO THERE AND DO THOSE TASKS WHICH ARE THERE p ul li a href http LEARN GENETICS UTAH EDU CONTENT ADDICTION DRUGS MOUSE HTML HTTP LEARN GENETICS UTAH EDU CONTENT ADDICTION DRUGS MOUSE HTML a li li a href http WWW EDUPLACE COM GEONET HTTP WWW EDUPLACE COM GEONET a li ul p 5 Digital resources to the students that they may test their knowledge p ul li a href http nobelprize org educational medicine landsteiner landsteiner html http nobelprize org educational medicine landsteiner landsteiner html a li li a href http www freepoverty com http www freepoverty com a li ul p 6 THE DIGITAL RESOURCES AS A BASIS FOR OUR DISCUSSIONS IN CLASS p ul li a href http learn genetics utah edu content addiction drugs mouse html http learn genetics utah edu content addiction drugs mouse html a li li a href http www poodwaddle com worldclock swf http www poodwaddle com worldclock swf a li ul div div style padding 5px 0pt 12px span style font size larger strong 3 Can learning resources be used across borders strong span div div style padding 5px 0pt 12px Examples 1 Hands on examples 2 20 min Lithuanian teachers rsquo team ul li English a target _blank href http lom emokykla lt public objects_by_subjects php subject 5 amp order_by modified amp page 5l http lom emokykla lt public objects_by_subjects php subject 5 amp order_by modified amp page 5l a li li Physics a target _blank href http mkp emokykla lt gamta5 6 lt mo 1315 grotuvas http mkp emokykla lt gamta5 6 lt mo 1315 grotuvas a li li a target _blank href http mkp emokykla lt gamta5 6 lt mo demonstracijos 1746 grotuvas http mkp emokykla lt gamta5 6 lt mo demonstracijos 1746 grotuvas a li li a target _blank href http mkp emokykla lt fizika9 10 fobjects view 20 up http mkp emokykla lt fizika9 10 fobjects view 20 up a li li a target _blank href http mkp emokykla lt fizika9 10 fobjects view 30 up http mkp emokykla lt fizika9 10 fobjects view 30 up a li li a target _blank href http lom emokykla lt public objects_by_subjects php subject 5 amp order_by modified amp page 6 http lom emokykla lt public objects_by_subjects php subject 5 amp order_by modified amp page 6 a li ul p nbsp p p Examples 2 nbsp 20 min Gunstein p ul li a href http ennullen blogspot com 2010 11 digital learning resources that travels html ennullen blogspot com 2010 11 digital learning resources that travels html a li ul div p nbsp p

Riina Vuorikari 2010-11-13T07:13:59Z Riina Vuorikari http://eqnet.eun.org/c/blogs/find_entry?entryId=17346 2010-11-05T15:38:15Z 2010-11-05T15:34:48Z

p Eminent is European Schoolnet s annual conference for policy makers This year for the first time teachers are also invited to participate in the event One of the teachers workshops is about quot trael well quot resources and run by the eQNet partners It s called strong Can digital learning resources be used across borders strong p p It will take place in November 9 2010 from 15 15 17 00 in AUDITORIUM 10 p p meta name Title content meta name Keywords content meta http equiv Content Type content text html charset utf 8 meta name ProgId content Word Document meta name Generator content Microsoft Word 11 meta name Originator content Microsoft Word 11 link rel File List href file localhost Users riinavuorikari Library Caches TemporaryItems msoclip1 01 clip_filelist xml if gte mso 9 xml o DocumentProperties o Template Normal o Template o Revision 0 o Revision o TotalTime 0 o TotalTime o Pages 1 o Pages o Words 138 o Words o Characters 792 o Characters o Lines 6 o Lines o Paragraphs 1 o 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Riina Vuorikari 2010-11-05T15:34:48Z Riina Vuorikari http://eqnet.eun.org/c/blogs/find_entry?entryId=17340 2011-03-15T16:34:58Z 2010-11-05T15:33:03Z

div id __ss_5307420 style width 425px strong style display block margin 12px 0pt 4px a title Discovering and using learning resources across contexts eQnet href http www slideshare net europeanschoolnet eqnet for seam280910 Discovering and using learning resources across contexts eQnet a strong object width 425 height 355 id __sse5307420 param value http static slidesharecdn com swf ssplayer2 swf doc eqnetforseam280910 100928104930 phpapp01 amp stripped_title eqnet for seam280910 amp userName europeanschoolnet name movie param value true name allowFullScreen param value always name allowScriptAccess embed width 425 height 355 allowfullscreen true allowscriptaccess always type application x shockwave flash src http static slidesharecdn com swf ssplayer2 swf doc eqnetforseam280910 100928104930 phpapp01 amp stripped_title eqnet for seam280910 amp userName europeanschoolnet name __sse5307420 embed object div style padding 5px 0pt 12px nbsp div div style padding 5px 0pt 12px strong Abstract strong nbsp Cross context interactions in technology enhanced learning take place when users cross their own language country or curriculum boundaries This happens when users interact for example with digital learning resources As the great potential of learning resource lies in their reuse facilitating such cross context use becomes important In the eQnet project we are looking at how users rsquo digital traces can be used to enhance cross context discovery and identification of ldquo travel well rdquo learning resources For this purpose an eQnet dataset is presented with information about the a href http www teleurope eu pg groups 9405 datatel dataTEL initiative a div div style padding 5px 0pt 12px p The data set that European Schoolnet through the eQNet project nbsp contributed to the dataTEL nbsp initiative is decribed here a href http www teleurope eu pg pages view 50630 http www teleurope eu pg pages view 50630 a or you can download it a href http eqnet eun org c document_library get_file p_l_id 10885 amp folderId 12421 amp name DLFE 304 pdf here a p p strong Abstract strong The dataset was collected on the portal called Learning Resource Exchange http lreforschools eun org that makes open educational resources available from more than 20 content providers in Europe and elsewhere The particularity of the dataset is that it contains information of users rsquo home country mother tongue and spoken languages Additionally it has metadata on the origin of the educational resource and its language The data set thus allows br tracking the interests of users on ldquo travel well rdquo resources indicating that the user and resource come from different countries and that the language of the resource is different from that of the user rsquo s mother tongue br nbsp p p strong br strong p div div

Riina Vuorikari 2010-11-05T15:33:03Z