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Schools Portal Repository Some figures Principles and practices Challenges Future plans. José Moura Carvalho, DGIDC, Portugal | jose.moura.carvalho@dgidc.min-edu.pt EdReNe , 4th Strategic Seminar , Barcelona, 24-26 March 2010. www.portaldasescolas.pt. The Schools Portal - Portugal.
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Schools Portal • Repository • Some figures • Principlesandpractices • Challenges • Futureplans José Moura Carvalho, DGIDC, Portugal | jose.moura.carvalho@dgidc.min-edu.pt EdReNe, 4th StrategicSeminar, Barcelona, 24-26 March 2010 www.portaldasescolas.pt
The Schools Portal - Portugal • Currentsections • Schools • Resources • News • “e-littleschools” www.portaldasescolas.pt
The Schools Portal - Portugal Mostrecent Mostvoted Mostvisited Tags Validated www.portaldasescolas.pt
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The Schools Portal - Portugal Resources www.portaldasescolas.pt
Some figures • RepositorylaunchedinJune 2009 • 9,000 registeredteachers; • 1,500 resourcesinall; 900 validatedones; • 1,500,000 scannedpagesof magazines andnewspapersfrom 1910 to today; • 33,000 uniquevisitors a month; • Mostvisitedresources: Science, Maths, History, Primaryeducation; • Mostvotedresources: History, English, Geography, Primaryeducation . www.portaldasescolas.pt
Principlesandpractices • Adoptionofinternational standards andspecifications: • LRE metadataapplicationprofile v4; • OAI-PMH; • SQI; • Translationof LRE Thesaurus into PT; • Promotionof Creative Commonslicenses; • No packagedcontent (SCORM, Common Cartridge). www.portaldasescolas.pt
Principlesandpractices • Contentandmetadata are validated: • Scientificmistakes, genderproblems, languageappropriate to learninglevel, etc.; • Metadataischecked for inaccuracies; • Teamof±30 teachers, trainedintheevaluationofDLRs; • Checklistincludescontentandmetadata. www.portaldasescolas.pt
Principlesandpractices • Openaccess to teacher-createdcontent; • Access to registeredteachersonly for othercontent (a sectioncontainingabout 1,500,000 articlesfromnewspapersand magazines from 1910 to today); • Searchinthe LRE portal isnowpossible. www.portaldasescolas.pt
Some challenges • DisseminateinformationontheSchools Portal; • Getteachers to contributecontent more widely; • Buildusercommunitiesaroundsubjectareasandtranscurricularareas; • Prepare informationandpromotethe use of Creative Commonslicenses. www.portaldasescolas.pt
Futureplans • Sectionson: • educationalblogsmaintainedbyteachers; • opensource software and Web 2.0 tools; • “Dedicatedsections” (mobile technologies, use of GIS, etc.); • Materialsandinitiativeson Creative Commonslicenses; • More collaborativetools (subjectareas, forums, etc.); • Incentives to teachers to createDLRs; • Protocolswith media companies. www.portaldasescolas.pt