New networking opportunities Elina Megalou

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LangOER – EdReNe Conference
‘Open Education: promoting diversity for European Languages’
Brussels, 26 - 27 September 2016
New networking opportunities

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A networking session

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Goal
LRE
EdReNe Network
stronger synergies
issues and challenges related to Educational Repositories and OERs

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Agenda
LRE Subcommittee (Operational Model, Funding & Governance)
EUN/LRE proposal
Open Discussion
LRE proposal / Other suggestions by EdReNe members for how
networking opportunities can be enhanced
Issues and challenges related to Educational Repositories and OERs

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Learning Resource Exchange (LRE) for schools
 Developed by EUN to provide MoE
with access to a network of
learning content repositories
 A Pan-European Service: Resources
that “travel well”
 Launched in December 2008
 > 240.000 OERs from 69+ content
providers
 Its evolution has been supported
by MoE in Europe and EC-funded
projects
LRE in a nutshell

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LRE Operational Model (Funding & Governance)
• MoE in the Subcommittee are Founding Members
(annual membership fee of €7,000)
• Regions and industry can become LRE Associate Members
(€7,000 per annum)
• Smaller organizations – LRE Subscription Members
(€2,000 for the first year)
• Changes to statutes of LRE governance require agreement of
a majority of Founding Members (MoE)
• Chair elected every two years
• Members have two ftf meetings and some online meetings
• European Schoolnet provides the Secretariat

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LRE subcommittee members (2016)
7 Founding Members (MoE)
1. ANSAS (former INDIRE) (IT)
2. Computer Technology Institute & Press - Diophantus (CTI) / Hellenic Ministry of
Education (GR)
3. Kennisnet (NL)
4. Klascement, BE/FL
5. Portuguese Ministry of Education (PT)
6. Swedish National Agency for Education (Skolverket) (SE)
7. Swiss Agency for ICT in Education (CH)
Contribute to the development of annual LRE work plan
and the long-term LRE development strategy

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LRE Strengths
LRE is Subcommittee of the European SchoolNet - A Network of MoE (contacts with relevant
authorities)
LRE has annual budget (7K annual membership fee) and Secretariat by EUN
LRE develops annual work plan
LRE has an infrastructure (LRE portal, > 245.000 OERs that ‘travel well’)
LRE has strong technical expertise in Learning Objects, Metadata Schemes, Standards
and Interoperability
LRE has long standing experience In evaluating OER collections and enriching OERs with
metadata
LRE can host ftf meetings, organize and run webinars, conduct studies, publish books, etc.

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LRE Weaknesses
Only 7 members – MoE
(limited networking opportunities among members)
LRE infrastructure not fully exploited
Low use of LRE portal and widget (& low promotion)
The OER landscape is now very different than when EUN
launched the LRE (new directions needed)

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EdReNe Network
Large Network
Expertise in Educational
Repositories
Annual events / conferences –
Sharing of best practices
> 35 members (public & private
sector) - many opportunities for
networking among members
Diversity: Content providers,
business partners, non-profit
institutes, governmental
organizations etc.
No Budget

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LRE Survey Results 2016
EUN should explore how closer synergies could
be developed with the EdReNe network,
particularly with regard to technical issues related
to the management of learning content repositories
A clear majority of LRE members
strongly agreed with this proposal

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EUN/LRE Proposal
Possibility for the EUN LRE Secretariat to help organize joint
events and activities
Two face-to-face meetings per year?
Two online meetings/webinars?
Topics to be decided by LRE/EdReNe members
Not proposing a change to LRE governance model or a formal
merging of the LRE and EdReNe

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Questions?
EUN/LRE Proposal

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DISCUSSION ISSUES (1)
What are the key issues (technical,
pedagogical) that educational
repository owners now face?

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DISCUSSION ISSUES (2)
How can we better address these in a
period when funding opportunities are
more limited?

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DISCUSSION ISSUES (3)
What topics should EdReNe focus on over
the next 12 months:
• in face-to-face meetings?
• via online meetings/webinars?
• via other methods of co-operation?