The document summarizes the EPICS project, which researched creating an educational platform for cultural heritage. The platform would develop modules for aggregating, manipulating, and distributing digital cultural heritage content and transforming it into learning objects. The project involved 9 companies, 6 research groups, and took place over 215 months with a budget of over 1.8 million euros. A key goal was transforming digital heritage objects into learning objects that could be used across educational platforms, classrooms, libraries, and mobile devices. The project delivered knowledge in areas like user research, legal issues, and educational transformation of technology. It also aimed to have a positive effect on heritage education and reuse of digital cultural content.

1. Bart De NilStafmedewerkerFARO13 mei 2011 | iMinds 2011 Gent

2. Evolution 1: ‘Digitize or Die’Increasing number of Flemish projects on digitizing, aggregating and distributing cultural heritage.Symbol and stimulus: Europeana

3. Evolution 2: ‘e-learning’Flemish teachers share their class material on online platforms such as Klascement or Smartschool. Learning objects are increasingly used on digiboards and teachers communicate with each other and the students in e-learning environments.

4. 1 + 2 = heritage educationResearch shows that both the heritage and education sector have a real need for ICT instruments for heritage education.

5. EPICS in one (long) sentenceAn IBBT project that researches the creation of an educational platform for cultural heritage, that will develop innovative modules for aggregating, manipulating, distributing digital cultural heritage and transform them into learningobjects. E-learningPlatform In the CulturalheritageSector

6. Inspiration: ED*IT (since 2011 Les2.0)NederlandsInstituutvoorBeeld en Geluid project Beeldenvoor de ToekomstContent: Public broadcaster, Beeld en Geluid,SchoolTV‐beeldbank, Nationaal archief,Naturalis, Anno, Museum Volkenkunde,Rijksmuseum van Oudheden en Kennislink

7. Inspiration: ED*IT – screenshot

8. ChallengesTranforming digital objects to learning objects.Directing content from the cultural heritage sector to educational platforms. Tools to convert heritage content into learning packages Solutions for distributing all of this to very diverse user environments (classrooms, home, mobile).Eg ‘playful learning’ using digital content in the classroom and in a mobile environment. Legal aspects.

9. DigitaalcultureelerfgoedEPICS platformDidactiserenOpslagMash upsbewerkingstoolsLegal aspectsUser researchBestaande e-leerplatformenE-leeromgevingenKlaslokaalOpenbarebibliothekenMobieletoestellenSchematic

10. General information215 months of effort

11. budget: > 1.8 miljoen €

12. 9 companies/institutes

13. 6 research groups

14. 1 november 2009 till 31 october 2011PartnersHeritage and educationResearch groupsFARO MMLab-UGVIOE EDM-UHBibnet IBCN-UGDigitaal Erfgoed Nederland ICRI-KUL Playlane SMIT-VUBSmartbit Pedagogie-UGErfgoedcel CO7In FlandersFieldsProject lead: Bart De Nil (FARO)Research lead: Gert Nulens (SMIT)IBBT follow up: Nico Verplancke

15. DemonstratorTracking 11-year old Jeanne Mesdom through Ieper in the beginning of 1914.

16. Movies Test in IeperEPICS-platform: http://vimeo.com/29718787Mobile route: http://vimeo.com/29716885