learning portals, repositories, infrastructures

learning portals, learning portals, repositories, repositories,

infrastructuresinfrastructuresNikos ManouselisNikos ManouselisAgro-Know TechnologiesAgro-Know Technologies

ARIADNE FoundationARIADNE Foundationnikosm@ieee.orgnikosm@ieee.org

about meabout me•Computer EngineerComputer Engineer•MSc’s on Operational Research + MSc’s on Operational Research +

TelecommunicationsTelecommunications•PhD from Informatics Lab of an PhD from Informatics Lab of an

Agricultural UniversityAgricultural University•working on technology enhanced working on technology enhanced

learning (TEL) topicslearning (TEL) topics– during past 10 yearsduring past 10 years

about meabout me•Computer EngineerComputer Engineer•MSc’s on Operational Research + MSc’s on Operational Research +

TelecommunicationsTelecommunications•PhD from Informatics Lab of an PhD from Informatics Lab of an

Agricultural UniversityAgricultural University•working on technology enhanced working on technology enhanced

learning (TEL) topicslearning (TEL) topics– during past 10 yearsduring past 10 years

promisedpromised

•Learning portalsLearning portals•Learning repositoriesLearning repositories•Learning infrastructuresLearning infrastructures

realityreality

introductionintroduction

““e-Learning”e-Learning”

““e-Learning”e-Learning”

learning objectlearning object

"any entity, "any entity, digitaldigital or non-digital, or non-digital, that may be used for that may be used for learninglearning, , educationeducation or or trainingtraining""

ΙΕΕΕ Learning Technology Standards Committee (2002)

learning objectlearning object

"any entity, "any entity, digitaldigital or non-digital, or non-digital, that may be used for that may be used for learninglearning, , educationeducation or or trainingtraining““

+ metadata describing this use+ metadata describing this use

Publisher

Date Catalog

SubjectID

AuthorTitle

metadatametadata

educational metadataeducational metadata

not a not a learninglearning object object (yet)(yet)

……becomes a becomes a learninglearning objectobject

finding learning finding learning objectsobjects

teaching Climate teaching Climate ChangeChange

• looking for an opportunity to looking for an opportunity to teach teach how climate change how climate change has affected our planet has affected our planet during the yearsduring the years

– secondary school contextsecondary school context– focus on geographical regionsfocus on geographical regions

where to start?where to start?

• Google!Google!

where to start?where to start?

• Google!Google!

didn’t start well…didn’t start well…

• ……let me try againlet me try again

didn’t start well…didn’t start well…

• ……let me try againlet me try again

still, lots of still, lots of searching…searching…

• alternative approach: alternative approach: places where learning places where learning objects/resources are objects/resources are indexed, collected, indexed, collected, classified…classified…

learning portalslearning portals

definition

•portal–gate, gateway portail بوابة brána port Tor puerta portti kapija cancello 門 문 poort port brama portão, gateway ворота grind ประตู� kapı cửa 大门 , 网关

definition

•portal–gate, gateway portail بوابة brána port Tor puerta portti kapija cancello 門 문 poort port brama portão, gateway ворота grind ประตู� kapı cửa 大门 , 网关

searching can get bettersearching can get better

searching can get bettersearching can get better

searching can get bettersearching can get better

searching can get bettersearching can get better

required: required: learning repositorieslearning repositories

definitionsdefinitions• digital repository: system for the digital repository: system for the

storagestorage, , locationlocation and and retrievalretrieval of of digital resourcesdigital resources

• digital digital learninglearning repositoryrepository (DLR): (DLR):– naturenature of resources or their of resources or their descriptiondescription

reflects an interest of use in an reflects an interest of use in an educational contexteducational context

Holden C., “From Local Challenges to a Global Community: Learning Repositories Summit”, Academic ADL Co-Lab, 2003

networks of repositoriesnetworks of repositories

• learning repository learning repository federationsfederations– interconnectinginterconnecting learning learning

repositoriesrepositories– facilitate facilitate metadata exchangemetadata exchange– allow searching throughout allow searching throughout wholewhole

networknetwork

e.g. for schoolse.g. for schools

to scale up:to scale up:a global infrastructurea global infrastructure

www.ariadne-eu.comwww.ariadne-eu.com

ARIADNE development ARIADNE development centerscenters

• Lausanne, SwitzerlandLausanne, Switzerland• Toulouse, FranceToulouse, France• Guayaquil, EquadorGuayaquil, Equador• Al-Quds, JerusalemAl-Quds, Jerusalem• KULeuven, BelgiumKULeuven, Belgium• Lorenet, NetherlandsLorenet, Netherlands• GRNET, GreeceGRNET, Greece

architecturearchitecture

SQI UDDIRegistry

Ariadne Federated Search Engine

Ariadne

MerlotVisualizingCultures EdNA

SQI enabled Repositories

Silo (Ariadne Search Client)

Ariadne MoodleInstallation

Fetch Repositories

LionshareSQI Gateway

NIMEEducaNext

Bridged repositories

CGIAR pubelo

SQI2OKI SQI2Merlot

SQI2Edna

IEEE LOM or Dublin Core IEEE Learning Object Metadata (LOM)

Simple Query Interface (SQI)OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting

[Duval et al.[Duval et al., 200, 2007]7]

GLOBEGLOBE

www.globe-www.globe-info.org info.org

our our greengreen cases cases

Organic.EdunetOrganic.Edunet• www.organic-edunet.eu www.organic-edunet.eu • funded by funded by eeContentContentplusplus• educational content on organic educational content on organic

& sustainable topics& sustainable topics– school, academic/universityschool, academic/university

• expanding to…expanding to…– research repositoriesresearch repositories– vocational training contentvocational training content

AgLR Task ForceAgLR Task Force

• http://aglr.aua.gr http://aglr.aua.gr • funded by FAO of UNfunded by FAO of UN• connecting existing connecting existing

agricultural learning agricultural learning repositoriesrepositories

• bringing together agricultural bringing together agricultural learning stakeholderslearning stakeholders– training eventstraining events

green open educationgreen open education

• www.greenoercommons.euwww.greenoercommons.eu• in partnership with US-in partnership with US-

based OER Commons.orgbased OER Commons.org• openopen educational resources educational resources

(OER)(OER)• focus on share and reusefocus on share and reuse

– to support to support teachers/educatorsteachers/educators

Natural EuropeNatural Europe

• www.natural-europe.eu www.natural-europe.eu • funded by CIP PSP programmefunded by CIP PSP programme• focus on educational activities focus on educational activities

in museumsin museums– facilitated by online toolsfacilitated by online tools

• thematic area: natural history thematic area: natural history & biodiversity& biodiversity

conclusionconclusion

potentialpotential•learning objects/resources: learning objects/resources: usefuluseful•having them organised in learning having them organised in learning

repositories: repositories: goodgood •exploring ways to introduce them exploring ways to introduce them

into into formalformal and and informalinformal education education & training& training–challenging challenging and and worthwhileworthwhile

challengeschallenges•technical issuestechnical issues

–mainly interoperabilitymainly interoperability•requires standards, technologies, requires standards, technologies, protocols protocols

•content issuescontent issues–taking advantage of collectionstaking advantage of collections–cultural heritage, research cultural heritage, research work/outcomes, …work/outcomes, …

for more info…for more info…

contact me at:contact me at:nikosm@ieee.orgnikosm@ieee.org

also visit:also visit:http://www.organic-edunet.euhttp://www.organic-edunet.euhttp://www.natural-europe.eu http://www.natural-europe.eu

http://www.greenoercommons.eu http://www.greenoercommons.eu http://aglr.aua.gr http://aglr.aua.gr