EdReNe - a brief presentation and status

The EdReNe Network Repositories Bridge the Gap between Resource Providers and Users EdReNe is a thematic network c o-funded by the European Union , through the eContent plus programme

Repositories address the missing knowledge of
users about opportunities and resources (“where are the learning resources”)
content providers ( “where are the users”)
Role of repositories of learning resources

Repositories of learning resources
Repositories are key disseminators of information of available learning resources
In repositories users search or browse for relevant resources (text books, websites, digital learning resources etc.) among the vast supply on the market
External bases with collections and materials Producers: Register, update, upload, search, read statistics on usage Teachers, librarians, students etc.: Search, browse, download, upload, feed-back Repository

EdReNe brings together members from
web-based repositories of learning resources with
content owners and
other stakeholders within education
The members share, develop and document strategies, experiences, practices, solutions, advice, procedures etc. on the organisation, structuring and functionality of repositories.
The overall goal is to improve the provision of and access to learning resources.
EdReNe is a Thematic Network

EdReNe – thematic network of central actors
Founding members
UNI•C ( Denmark)
EUN – European Schoolnet ( Europe )
EENET - European Expert's Network for Education and Technology ( Europe)
Menon Network ( Europe)
EDEN - European Distance and E-Learning Network ( Europe)
FWU - Institut für Film und Bild in Wissenschaft und Unterricht ( Germany)
EAPC - Public Administration School of Catalunya ( Spain)
TLF - Tiger Leap Foundation ( Estonia)
UNI-LJ-FMF, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Uni. of Ljubljana ( Slovenia)
ITC - Centre of IT in Education ( Lithuania)
MSU - The Swedish National Agency for School Improvement ( Sweden)
ENIS Austria ( Austria )
NCTE –National Centre for Technology in Education ( Ireland )
Kennisnet – Sticting Kennisnet Ict op School ( The Netherlands )
Becta - British Educational Communications and Technology Agency ( UK )
CNDP - Centre National de Documentation Pédagogique ( France )
Giunti Interactive Labs ( Italy )
BFU- Brancheforeningen for undervisningsmidler ( Denmark )
bit media eLearning solutions ( Austria )
AIE - Associazione Italiana Editori ( Italy )
EduLearn ( Portugal )
sDae - Sociedad Digital De Autores Y Esitores ( Spain )
IML - Umeå University Department of Interactive Media and Learning ( Sweden )
Associated members
Utdanning.no ( Norway )
Utdanningsdirektoratet ( Norway )
VETAMIX ( Finland )
Lektion.se ( Sweden )
Intrallect Ltd (UK)
SLO - Netherland’s Institute for Curriculum Development ( The Netherlands )
CTIE - Centre suisse des technologies de l'information dans l'enseignement ( Switzerland )
APS IT- diensten ( The Netherlands )
TLU-CET - Talinn University ( Estonia )
CTE - Centre de technologie de l'éducation ( Luxembourg )
Ontwikkelcentrum ( The Netherlands )
LTScotland , Learning and Teaching Scotland ( UK )
Encyclopaedia Britannica Education ( UK )
DGIDC – Ministry of Education ( Portugal )

develops practical guidelines and recommendations on educational repositories
will establish a lasting collegial network of European repository nodes and stakeholders .
Main outputs:
a comprehensive website ( www.edrene.org ) with recommendations, documentation, templates, roadmaps and documents describing issues, state-of-the-art offering solutions
Existing repositories can cut some corners, and new repositories may have a less costly and much less complicated path in life.
EdReNe

EdReNe’s phases of work
Phase one (~ from first year)
identify, study and prioritise issues
identify relevant stakeholders and engage them
discuss access, use and exploitation
Phase two (~ from second year (now))
extract a number of best practice cases
make these transferable to different European settings
Phase three (~ third year) multi-stakeholder consensus-building process
move from best solutions via general issues to policy recommendations
disseminate project results
prepare sustainable continuation of the work

The three main pillars are
Four strategic seminars
where decision makers meet and exchange information
– feedback from expert workshops will be presented, discussed and condensated
Ten expert workshops
for expert level representatives and invited external experts
- specific aspects of repository “life” will be discussed
Web forum
prime dissemination platform of the network
- facilitate communication, discussions, exchange of knowledge and information and co-production of documentation

A basic list of issues sets the agenda
How do you establish a repository of learning resources together with producers and users
Everyday organisation and management of a repository
Optimising number of titles and users
Quality frameworks and criteria
Networking repositories
Functionalities and features of a repository
Pedagogical metadata and links to curriculum
Management of IPR screening and clearance
Role of repositories in the new web environment

The EdReNe series of strategic seminars and expert workshops April 10 Jan 10 July 09 Jan 09 July 08 Jan 08 july 07 May 07 Expert workshops: Rights issues Engagement of producers and users, operational level Standards and interoperability Repositories and resources, general level Strategic seminars on Policies and Strategies

EdReNe - December 2008
First strategic seminar 11 – 13 June 2007, Naples, Italy
WS 3.1, 4 – 5 December 2007, Brussels, Belgium
Repositories and resources, repository strategies at general level
WS 4.1, 8 – 9 January 2008, London, UK Standards and interoperability
WS 5.1, 2 – 3 October 2007, Aarhus, Denmark Engagement of producers and users, operational level
WS 6.1, 4 – 5 March 2008, Ljubljana, Slovenia Rights issues
Second strategic seminar 9 – 11 June 2008, Lisbon, Portugal
WS 3.2, 16 – 17 September 2008, Tallinn, Estonia
WS 5.2, 20 – 22 October 2008, Alsace, France

The expert workshops series - Issues that topped the agenda
WS 3.1 Repositories and resources, strategies general level
Quality assurance strategies (editorial policies, technical quality assurance)
Connecting and cooperating with existing repositories
Educational repositories in a Google world
Identifying successful policy actions (government support, public-private partnerships)
Brussels, Belgium, 4 – 5 December 2007
WS 3.2 Repositories and resources, strategies general level II
Quality assurance strategies (editorial policies; technical quality assurance)
Identifying the decisive benefits that trigger repository use by important target groups: professional publishers, public institutions, teachers…
Connecting and cooperating with existing repositories
The cost of building and maintaining a repository
Strategies for involving key actors in development process
Tallinn, Estonia, 16 – 17 September 2008

WS 5.2 Engagement of producers and users, operational level II
My repository - the need for personalization (profiles; reviews; collections; automatic recommendations…)
Building your own content from repository resources (allowing teachers to combine content from different producers)
Analyzing repository use (statistics; identifying popular functions; interpreting search strings and results; user surveys; characterization of user types)
Implementation of user generated metadata (evaluations; reviews; tagging; collaborative filtering; information on actual usage...)
Ensuring ease of use (identifying/ developing design patterns; usability; wizards...)
Alsace, France, 20 – 22 October 2008
WS 5.1 Engagement of producers and users, operational level
Ensuring ease of use (usability, wizards, help and support…)
Web 2.0 and repositories? (shared queries, social book marking, tagging…)
My repository - the need for personalization (profiles, reviews, collections…)
Aarhus, Denmark, 2 – 3 October 2007

WS 6.1 Rights issues
Providing guidelines for users/teachers/producers
Rights management (Digital Rights Management, Creative Commons, Protection of rights, Identity management…)
Rights clearance practices
Strategies for providing copyright cleared material for education
Ljubljana, Slovenia 11 -12 March 2008
WS 4.1 Standards and interoperability
Metadata standards (application profiles, strategies for vocabularies, curriculum mapping)
Providing best practice examples of the use of standards with proven benefits - and examples not to follow
Facilitating exchange of metadata
across repositories and
between repositories and VLE/LMS
Management Systems (LMS)
London, UK, 8 – 9 January 2008

EdReNe - second year
New version of the
State of the Art report on educational repositories November 2008
Looking for trends, evidence of success and impact (quantity and/or quality)
Current status of European educational repositories
January 2009
Templates for agreements between repositories and content owners/providers …
Parallel to this work, the members
Continue to address how to establish and operate a successful repository with many titles and many users
Find best practice examples, transferable to other European settings
Collaborate outside of events and on other issues than repositories

SoA: “ Huge variety of repositories across Europe”
Catalogues of descriptions (metadata, links)
Catalogues and Containers of content (metadata & data)
Networks of repositories
Digital resources - All types of resources
Free content – Commercial content
For everybody – Membership based (login)
Validated/screened (quality assurance, rights management)
Some facilitate feedback
Target: schools, further/higher ed., homes

Outcomes of the workshops also include
A draft collection of repository design patterns , describing best practice examples of repository functionality and interface design.
An overview of current quality assurance strategies of major European repositories – and how these could be further developed
Survey results on how repositories currently employ and interact with Google technology , and what major new players/technological trends could influence educational repositories in the near future.
Survey results on the current case for automatic metadata creation and where emphasis should be put to further develop this area in order to minimize costs while still ensuring as detailed (descriptive and other) metadata as possible
A detailed mindmap providing input for the continued discussion on how to most effectively deal with rights issues relating to educational repositories , along with an example collection on how, where and when to provide information to repository users on rights issues .
* Available to members at the EdReNe Members zone

Scheduled events March 2010 Barcelona, Spain Final Strategic seminar (IV) October 2009 Linz, Austria Expert workshop WS 5.3 (engaging users, operational) 21 – 22 September 2009 Sestri Levante, Italy Expert workshop WS 3.3 (strategies, general) May 2009 Stockholm, Sweden Strategic seminar III (policy level) March 2009 Birmingham, UK Expert workshop WS 6.2 (rights) 25 – 27 February 2009 Oegstgeest, Netherlands Expert workshop WS 4.2 (standards/interoperability) Date Location Name

Do you wish to join EdReNe?
EdReNe invites all stakeholders interested in sharing experiences and opinions on repositories of learning resources to join the network as associated members.
An associate member participates in the work and events as any other member.
Consult www.edrene.org
Contact [email_address] or [email_address]
The network is co-funded by the European Union, through the eContent plus programme Disclaimer The content of this presentation is the sole responsibility of the thematic network members. It does not represent the opinion of the European Community and the Community is not responsible for any use that might be made of information contained herein.

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