Networking learning communities: Open Educational Resources Riina Vuorikari Senior Research Analyst European Schoolnet

Riina Vuorikari Senior Research Analyst European Schoolnet

European Schoolnet (EUN) 31 Ministries of Education (MoE) in Europe Created in 1997 Leads the way in bringing about change in schooling through the use of new technology Tiger Leap Foundation as Estonian partner

31 Ministries of Education (MoE) in Europe

Created in 1997

Leads the way in bringing about change in schooling through the use of new technology

Tiger Leap Foundation as Estonian partner

http://www.eun.org

http://www.etwinning.net

http://lreforschools.eun.org

http://www.etwinning.net

Learning Resource Exchange for schools http://lreforschools.eun.org Learning Resource Exchange - Riina Vuorikari 03/03/2009 Conventional search «From teachers to teachers» Tags in multiple languages Ratings and comments by the European Commission’s eContentplus Programme

Learning Resource Exchange for schools http://lreforschools.eun.org Learning Resource Exchange - Riina Vuorikari 03/03/2009 Add to Favourites Add a tag

Learning Resource Exchange for schools http://lreforschools.eun.org Learning Resource Exchange - Riina Vuorikari 03/03/2009 Access all my resources

Learning Resource Exchange for schools http://lreforschools.eun.org Learning Resource Exchange - Riina Vuorikari 03/03/2009 Access some of my resources

So, why are bookmarks important? Keep found things found! Help you store, organise, share and search easily You can use tags to help you re-find them Learning Resource Exchange - Riina Vuorikari 03/03/2009

Keep found things found! Help you store, organise, share and search easily

You can use tags to help you re-find them

Learning Resource Exchange for schools http://lreforschools.eun.org Learning Resource Exchange - Riina Vuorikari 03/03/2009 Access all my resources

So, why are bookmarks important? Keep found things found! Help you store, organise, share and search easily You can use tags to help you re-find them Bookmarks on the Web are public Helps putting together likeminded people Learning Resource Exchange - Riina Vuorikari 03/03/2009

Keep found things found! Help you store, organise, share and search easily

You can use tags to help you re-find them

Bookmarks on the Web are public

Helps putting together likeminded people

So, why are bookmarks important? Learning Resource Exchange - Riina Vuorikari 03/03/2009

Bookmarks create connections!

Bookmarks create connections!

Digital traces to follow!

by Stiphy “ Social” makes trails visible..

and shows where to do go

LRE Connections : Tags connect resources Visualisation on ManyEyes Learning Resource Exchange - Riina Vuorikari 03/03/2009 Resources with user tag «interactive» Tag «interactive»

LRE Connections : content connecting people across-borders Learning Resource Exchange - Riina Vuorikari 03/03/2009 Austria Hungary Estonia Belgium Finland Resource that «Travels well»

“ Travel well” learning resources A resources that a teacher from different countries find useful Despite its language or origin These resources cross language, pedagogical and cultural borders

A resources that a teacher from different countries find useful

Despite its language or origin

These resources cross language, pedagogical and cultural borders

Soon 60 000 schools are part of eTwinning! About 1 in 7 schools in Europe Estonia: 83% of schools are part of eTwinning

Soon 60 000 schools are part of eTwinning!

About 1 in 7 schools in Europe

Estonia: 83% of schools are part of eTwinning

EUN Connections : eTwinning school collaboration - connnecting schools and learners Learning Resource Exchange - Riina Vuorikari 03/03/2009 eTwinning schools collaborative projects

EUN Connections : eTwinning school collaboration Learning Resource Exchange - Riina Vuorikari 03/03/2009

EUN Connections : eTwinning school collaboration Learning Resource Exchange - Riina Vuorikari 03/03/2009

isolated groups interacting mostly amongst themselves

closeness: the shortest distances between each individual and every other person in the network

Learning 2.0 enables that people, teachers, peer learners, subject experts, etc. can help build new ‘communities of practice’ on local and global scale

enables that people, teachers, peer learners, subject experts, etc. can help build new ‘communities of practice’

on local and global scale

Skills needed: collaborate and navigate the networks Increasingly, educational activities in both schools and higher education involve collaboration with other institutions, teachers and learners. Collaboration and networking serves as a “new resource” to support and enhance specific learning goals!

Increasingly, educational activities in both schools and higher education involve collaboration with other institutions, teachers and learners.

Collaboration and networking serves as a “new resource” to support and enhance specific learning goals!

New skills needed for teachers ? Educators should be able to perceive the Internet and its different networks as a rich resource that can support and enhance learning and teaching of the future generations. Message for policy makers: This type mindset should be explicitly supported by leadership at the institutional and system level!

Educators should be able to perceive the Internet and its different networks as a rich resource

that can support and enhance learning and teaching of the future generations.

Message for policy makers: This type mindset should be explicitly supported by leadership at the institutional and system level!

social bookmarks Metadata LOM tags folksonomy social tagging multi-linguality social classification thanks ! for your attention learning resources eTwinning user communities discover resources and items questions ? teachers social navigation social traces paths , trails http://lreforschools.eun.org