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Computer Technology Institute & Press DIOPHANTUS Photodentro LOR The Greek National Learning Object Repository 8th International Technology, Education and Development Conference Valencia - 10th - 12th March 2014 Elina Megalou & Christos Kaklamanis

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http://photodentro.edu.gr/lor

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Additional specifications for Photodentro LOR leaning objects: serve goals of the national curricula be provided under a cost-free license for educational purposes A Learning Object in Photodentro LOR: Any digital resource that 1.has as a clear educational purpose reusable 2.is reusable 3.is semantically and functionally self- contained A Learning Object in Photodentro LOR: Any digital resource that 1.has as a clear educational purpose reusable 2.is reusable 3.is semantically and functionally self- contained

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http://dschool.edu.gr

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Interactive textbooks: a familiar browsing interface for teachers to navigate through learning resources

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Issues: extract autonomous objects from more composite ones granularity of learning objects and reusability

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4.100 learning objects (3/14)Digital School community ~120 qualified teachers in 10 domain-specific supervised groups

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Metadata based on the IEEE Learning Object Metadata (LOM) specification Development of an IEEE LOM Application Profile Development team: experts in pedagogical and technological issues and metadata standards Controlled vocabularies: based on the Learning Resource Exchange (LRE) LOM AP THE PHOTODENTRO LOR IEEE LOM APPLICATION PROFILE

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FREE-TEXT SEARCH

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Click-and-play Thumbnail Preview Learning Object Reproduce a Learning Object Reference URL Resource URL : URI of the learning resource Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike license

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A strong user requirement for a school learning object repository

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Requirements for the Photodentro LOR thematic classification system: allow classification of resources according to pupils perception of how resources are organized keep the classification simple (up to three hierarchical levels) comply with the national curriculum for primary and secondary education 10 three-level thematic classification taxonomies

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learning objects include explorations and inquiry-oriented activities, dynamic simulations and experiments, educational games

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Based on DSpace open source repository management system Significant extensions and customizations in order to meet the requirements of Photodentro LOR: Implementation of the Photodentro LOR IEEE LOM AP Graphical user interface custom workflows and forms for metadata authoring process http://

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