Common s project what's next up2u and mcgraw hill

Updated Visions of Commons. 2016-09-20

• Commons Project. What’s next?

Synergies whit other projects,Submission of new project proposal to extend

support to CommonS’s IdeasCooperation with a publishing house

CommonS: How to improve our dissemination capabilities?

• We have been saying that:– We need to specify and better define our goals

and our sustainability capacity; that’s why we could find viable to present another Erasmus+ proposal (code name CommonS2)


• We have been saying that:– We may found interest cooperating with other

european networks with similar goals


• We have been saying that:– We may want to exploit at the best the platform,

the community and e-contents (Learning Paths) created to enhance dissemination of the platform

CommonS: How to improve dissemination? Better define

• We can better define our model of business:– By trying to cooperate with xAPI community

worldwide, and locally– Defining skills and competencies to let Digital

Collections interact with Informal Learning inside and outside Educational Institutions


• We can better define our model of business:– We can take the opportunity of cooperation with

Up2U, a project focused on secondary schools students and their orientation to Higher Education institutions

– Defining skills and competencies to let Digital Collections interact with Informal Learning inside and outside Educational Institutions


• We can better define our model of business:– Installing a small synergy with Up2U we can:

• Through Up2U, a project financed for the timespan 2017-2020, we should be able to ensure a bridge between CommonS1 and CommonS2…• Financing for instance the CommonSpaces platform

functions• Ensuring the sustainability of the Community activities• Work on a better definition of the business model for a

Start-up team that would sell services in the Educational Market

CommonS: How to improve dissemination? Publishing

• We have been saying that:– We need a publishing partner to marketing a

“premium” version of contents (in eBook or SmartBook format) derivative from “free” e-contents available under CC SA License

– We choose McGraw-Hill to start an agreement process since they have a meaningful European presence and since they are deeply involved in creating “educational services” such as the platform Connect, the SmartBook™ protocol (see below), and maybe more

CommonS: How to improve dissemination? Scaling-up

• We have been saying that:– We could find a way to cooperate with Up2U, via

Sapienza – Digilab – We can identify one ore more Proposal

(CommonS2, CommonS3) to sustain for have a continuity of ideas and goals with CommonS1

CommonS: How to improve dissemination? Scaling-up

• We have been saying that:– We could find a way to cooperate with Up2U, via

Sapienza – Digilab – We can identify one ore more Proposal

(CommonS2, CommonS3) to sustain for have a continuity of ideas and goals with CommonS1

CommonS: How to use SmartBook technology

• Smartbook™ is an eBook enhancement registered and distributed by McGraw-Hill– SmartBook implements some advanced features to transfer functionalities

of online learning to the traditional experience of a transportable Book


– SmartBook has 4 main channel of user interface:• Preview• Read • Practice• Recharge


SmartBook claims to be adaptable to profiled learning:

• Adapting to your learning style

• Creating a Personalized Study Path to fit your behavior

• Letting you assess your learning on the go

• Being able to interoperate with your preferred elearning platform

CommonS System at work for Sapienza