labelling digital learning materials so that teachers can find them
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November 2007, Berlin: Online Educa.TRANSCRIPT
Labeling (digital) learning materials so that teachers can find and use them
Wim de BoerDutch Institute for Curriculum Development (SLO) The Netherlands
Online Educa 2007, Berlin
SLO
• Netherlands Institute for Curriculum Development
• in the field of policy, science and practice
• primary, secondary and vocational education
• curricula (plans for learning) for all levels
Dutch education system
Centralised or decentralised policy?
PAST
PRESENT
FUTURE
centralized decentralizedX
ENG
CAL
B/FL
ENG
G/NW
G/NW
HUN
HUN
??
NET
NET
SWE
X X XX X X
B/FL
SWE
??
CAL
?
FIN
X
POR
X
POR
FIN? ?
?
XG/SH
G/SH
Trends in resources
• new learning...• new developers: also
(groups of) teachers• digitalisation• smaller entities• need for materials that
teacher can arrange themselves
but: where can we find resources and how?
subject keyword theme schooltype age publisher
Belgium: www.klascement.net x x x
England: www.schoolzone.co.uk x x x x
www.teem.org.uk x x x x
www.curriculumonline.gov.uk x x x x
Japan: www.nicer.go.jp/english x x x x
Scotland:www.ltscotland.org.uk/5to14. x x x x
Germany: www.gei.de. x x x
# of times used: 6 6 5 4 3 2
http://edrene.org/
In the Netherlands
• many sites with many different materials
• categorised on theme, course and level
• But also: a standard for categorising (digital) learning resources based on IEEE Learning Object Metadata (LOM) standard
• Initiative to harvest: Edurep project
DB 2
DB 1
DB 3
harvest DB
compulsorily fields
1.1 Identification 4.1 Format
1.1.1 Catalog 5.2 Learning resource type
1.1.2 Entry 5.5 Intended end user role
1.2 Title 5.6 Context
1.3 Language 5.7 Typical age range
1.4 Description 6.1 Costs
1.5 Keyword 6.2 Rights and other restrictions
1.8 Aggregation level 6.3 Description
2.1 Version 9 Classification
2.2 Status
classification
• goal
• level
• course
• “program”
state of affairs
• 5 new lists, varying from 4 to 1000 elements
• evaluation:
– teachers, that look for materials
– publishers/suppliers that have to give the metadata
• questions: relevant, useful, complete?
educational resource researchpreliminary results
• Use of materials within a year:– 65% of the time only materials of publishers– 22% of the time in combination with other materials– 14% of the time only other materials
– 70% of the time only paper– 20% a combintation– 10% only digital
• >40% uses an ELO (CMS)
educational resource researchpreliminary results
• Searching for extra materials: 6% daily, 32% weekly, 46% monthly ; 15% (almost) never
• time spend: 30% 5-15 min; 67%: more
• important reason for searching:
– teachers like it
– don’t think that educational methods are sufficient
– want to connect to childrens level and experience
• important criteria: availability and adaptability
• 75% would use a site where an complete overview of publishers materials would be available
• 80% would like a site where an complete overview of additional materials would be available
dilemmas, questions
• will publishers accept the standard?
• will publishers fill-in all fields?
• what is the quality of the metadata?
• what do teachers really need when searching for resources? (role of ELO?)
• when/how will they use them (afraid to let the educational method loose...? time constrains?)
Questions?
More information:
www.slo.nl/international
