Aggregating Best-in-Class Green Open Educational Resources

Aggregating Best-in-Class Aggregating Best-in-Class Green Open Educational Green Open Educational ResourcesResources

Madalina Oana Ungur Madalina Oana Ungur Agro-Know Technologies (Greece)Agro-Know Technologies (Greece)

October 25, 2012October 25, 2012

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Introducing the authorsIntroducing the authorsAgro-Know Technologies Agro-Know Technologies ISKMEISKME

OER Commons Green OER Commons Green OER Commons AnalyticsOER Commons AnalyticsVisionVisionGreen topics & subtopicsGreen topics & subtopicsMaterial Type and FormatMaterial Type and FormatOpenly licensed, free to useOpenly licensed, free to use

What makes OER C Green different What makes OER C Green different for Teachers, for Learners, for Content Curators & Metadata expertsfor Teachers, for Learners, for Content Curators & Metadata experts

Training opportunitiesTraining opportunities

Madalina Ungur, Content ExpertMadalina Ungur, Content Expert

Agro-Know Technologies, GreeceAgro-Know Technologies, Greece

MScMSc in in Education, Technology Education, Technology && Society Society from the from the Graduate School of Education, Graduate School of Education, University of BristolUniversity of Bristol (UK) (UK)

[email protected] [email protected]

Dr. Vassilis Protonotarios, Dr. Vassilis Protonotarios, Agricultural BiotechnologistAgricultural Biotechnologist

Agro-Know Technologies, GreeceAgro-Know Technologies, Greece

PhD in Agricultural Biotechnology, Department of Agricultural BiotechnologyPhD in Agricultural Biotechnology, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, ,

Agricultural University of Athens (Greece)Agricultural University of Athens (Greece)

[email protected]@agroknow.gr

Agro-Know Technologies(Greece)

• Research-oriented SME• Knowledge-intensive technology innovation for

agriculture and rural development• Deployment and testing in various fields

education & training, commerce, public administration

• Active in international standardisation efforts (AIMS, EU CEN)

• Capacity building and networking events for agricultural stakeholders

Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (U.S)

• Independent non-profit research institute

• Open– Support of open and distributed knowledge

management and sharing tools and networks

• Study/research– New frameworks and models to transform teaching and

learning

• Build– Innovative trainings and professional

development workshops

OER Commons

In September, 2012In September, 2012 40,498 Resources40,498 Resources 43,670 Unique Visitors43,670 Unique Visitors

80.18% New Visitor / 80.18% New Visitor / 40,697 Visits40,697 Visits19.82%Returning Visitor / 19.82%Returning Visitor / 10,060 Visits10,060 Visits

Visitors/month (avg.)Visitors/month (avg.)In 2010 - 34,555 In 2010 - 34,555 In 2011 - 35,737In 2011 - 35,737In 2012 - 38,996In 2012 - 38,996

Top countriesTop countriesUnited States 55.16%United States 55.16%UnitedKingdom 5.23%UnitedKingdom 5.23%Canada 4.79%Canada 4.79%India 4.49%India 4.49%Philippines 2.58%Philippines 2.58%

OER Commons Green www.oercommons.org/green

Vision: To aggregate best-in-class green open Vision: To aggregate best-in-class green open educational resources on topics like climate change, educational resources on topics like climate change, pollution, and eco-culture from diverse providers pollution, and eco-culture from diverse providers around the globearound the globe. . 

Joint initiative since 2010Joint initiative since 2010Build on the renowned open learning network OER Build on the renowned open learning network OER

CommonsCommonsCo-design a vocabulary for categorising green learning Co-design a vocabulary for categorising green learning

resources resources Develop all aspects of the siteDevelop all aspects of the site

Green topics & subtopics

Material type & grade level

Openly licensed, free to use

What makes OER C Green What makes OER C Green differentdifferent

for Teachersfor Teachers

• 3800+ environmental resources with a teaching focus for all educational levels in various formats

• Use of open licenses (Creative Commons) enabling use, share, reuse and remix

• Quick and easy annotation through bookmarking button for all browsers• Open Author, online tool enabling teachers to create,

share and download resources• Rating and reviewing• Alignment of resources to Common core curriculum

standards

What makes OER Commons What makes OER Commons Green different Green different

forfor LearnersLearners

• Environmental resources from collections around the globe (e.g. PBS, MIT OpenCourseWare, Teacher’s Domain, NASA, Open University OpenLearn, Association for Biology Laboratory Education etc.)

• User feedback through social bookmarking, tagging, rating, reviewing; sharing through popular social networks

• Advanced search option and tag

clouds

What makes OER Commons What makes OER Commons Green differentGreen different

for Content Curators, metadata for Content Curators, metadata experts (1/2)experts (1/2)

Use of metadata to describe all resources

What makes OER Commons What makes OER Commons Green differentGreen different

for Content Curators, metadata for Content Curators, metadata experts (2/2)experts (2/2)

Use of clear curation policy and quality assurance process involving careful selection, annotation and review of resources:

1. check in relation to the scope of the collection 2. check against curation policy

3. metadata record creation

4. review by education and metadata experts

5. periodic checks of resources

What makes OER Commons What makes OER Commons Green differentGreen different

for Content Providersfor Content Providers

Visibility for your collection through the OER Commons Green to >30,000 users monthly

1. review resources

2. describe with metadata

3. publish and promote on OER C Green

Coming up...Coming up...Training opportunitiesTraining opportunities

AgEdWorkshop 2012AgEdWorkshop 2012 Pollenzo, Bra, Italy, October 25, 2012Pollenzo, Bra, Italy, October 25, 2012

Green learning resources from creation to publicationGreen learning resources from creation to publication Addressing teachers, trainers, advisors, content developers, Addressing teachers, trainers, advisors, content developers,

providers and publishers in environmental sciencesproviders and publishers in environmental sciences..

ONLINE Intro to ICT tools in agricultureONLINE Intro to ICT tools in agricultureOctober 29 – January 18, 2013October 29 – January 18, 2013

Use of ICT and Web2.0 tools for agricultural experimentsUse of ICT and Web2.0 tools for agricultural experimentsAddressing under- & postgraduate students and Addressing under- & postgraduate students and

all professionals in agriculture sciencesall professionals in agriculture sciences