The Le@rning Federation A collaborative initiative of the Government of Australia, the Australian states and territories and New Zealand governments managed by Curriculum Corporation Acquire digital content to support curriculum needs of schools Provide required infrastructure to distribute this material to schools The material is available free to all schools through education jurisdictions and sectors

A collaborative initiative of the Government of Australia, the Australian states and territories and New Zealand governments managed by Curriculum Corporation

Acquire digital content to support curriculum needs of schools

Provide required infrastructure to distribute this material to schools

The material is available free to all schools through education jurisdictions and sectors

Successful ingredients Simple tools Engaging content Well trained teachers Robust infrastructure

Current practice Engage with cultural institutions Select content manually Transform for educational purposes Attach a presentation layer and publish Issues Time consuming Labour intensive Expensive Limited output Not sustainable

Engage with cultural institutions

Select content manually

Transform for educational purposes

Attach a presentation layer and publish

Issues

Time consuming

Labour intensive

Expensive

Limited output

Not sustainable

Changing business model

Harvesting metadata OAI – PMH or RSS 2.0 – Open Search ATOM / RSS 2.0 ANZ-LOM (IEEE – LOM)

Why explore this as a model? And what are the implications for education value?

The Challenge: managing change Museums System infrastructure that facilitates file transfer IP – streamline copyright and licencing processes Database fields to accommodate education description Develop Metadata - quality and quantity with this audience in mind TLF Metadata harvest system software Manage a variety of content distribution standards QA process and publish process Metadata exchange with museums Schools Access to content that resides online at museum websites One stop shop for teachers and students

Museums

System infrastructure that facilitates file transfer

IP – streamline copyright and licencing processes

Database fields to accommodate education description

Develop Metadata - quality and quantity with this audience in mind

TLF

Metadata harvest system software

Manage a variety of content distribution standards

QA process and publish process

Metadata exchange with museums

Schools

Access to content that resides online at museum websites

One stop shop for teachers and students

Agreement on Standards & Protocols Agreed Transfer Protocols RSS 2.0 via Open Search OAI PMH (Open Archives Initiative) Atom 2.0 (future) Metadata Profile ANZ-LOM (interpretation of IEEE LOM) Metadata Fields 28 mandatory metadata fields – (Dublin Core, LOM, ISO controlled vocabularies)

Agreed Transfer Protocols

RSS 2.0 via Open Search

OAI PMH (Open Archives Initiative)

Atom 2.0 (future)

Metadata Profile

ANZ-LOM (interpretation of IEEE LOM)

Metadata Fields

28 mandatory metadata fields – (Dublin Core, LOM, ISO controlled vocabularies)

Contact Details Jen Aughterson The Learning Federation / Curriculum Corporation Level 5, 440 Collins Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia t: +61 3 9910 9871 m: +61 414 662 461 e: jen.aughterson@thelearningfederation.edu.au

Jen Aughterson

The Learning Federation / Curriculum Corporation

Level 5, 440 Collins Street

Melbourne, Victoria 3000

Australia

t: +61 3 9910 9871

m: +61 414 662 461

e: jen.aughterson@thelearningfederation.edu.au