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Creating and distributing content. Table of contents. Introduction From Database-publishing to the “Educational Content Catalogue” (ECC) Principles of the ECC What is next?. Introduction. Marco Meurink Marketingmanager Member Managementteam Experience: Distance-education/E-learning
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Table of contents • Introduction • From Database-publishing to the “Educational Content Catalogue” (ECC) • Principles of the ECC • What is next?
Introduction Marco Meurink Marketingmanager Member Managementteam Experience: • Distance-education/E-learning • Educational Publishing
Introduction Ontwikkelcentrum • Dutch foundation • Founded in 1993 • Original objective: create educational tools for agricultural territory • www.ontwikkelcentrum.nl
Introduction Ontwikkelcentrum • 20 employees • 1000 publications • ECC (20.000 LO’s, 40.000 users) • Projectmanagement & consultancy for educational publishers, schools, companies, Europe
The initial database SGML The initial database: • Content encoded in SGML • Automatic lay-out • Publication ‘on paper’ (books)or as pdf on cd • Custom made becomes possible
ECC From August 15th, 2006: • All content contains metadata (in the form of factsheets) • Metadata is harvested • Users have a log-in account • Users have acces to content directly from the database
ECC: why? Changes in schools demand new learning materials; students • follow individual learning-routes • spend time outside the walls of the school building • decide what information they need, and when • multimedia and interaction
ECC: what • 20.000 learning objects (text, movie, QMP, simulation) • Our own materials • Contentbroker: third-party-content • Ready-made arrangements • Users can make their own arrangements • Downloadable and open • Scorm-output for Learning platforms
Use of Metadata • International standard: IEEE-LOM • Dutch Standard: ContentZoekProfiel • Extra: Green ContentZoekProfiel • The harvester collects metadata, not full text.
Groenkennisnet Educational Content Catalogue Livelink harvester XML PDF WMV Etc. PDF HTML WMV XML PDF WMV Etc. Who’s next?? Database Ontwikkelcentrumm Artik+ (Library Wageningen University) Teleblik (public broadcasting companies) ECC: a picture
Future steps • Social tagging and Metadata? • User Generated Content • Supporting Implementation • Assisting other publishers and schools • From students to employees • European experience-exchange • Expanding Community-businessmodel