Ndla oecd jan 2015

Nasjonal digital læringsarena Norwegian Digital Learning Arena

• Population – 5 million

• Official languages – Bokmål– Nynorsk

• Administrative Diversion– 19 Counties

• County responsibility – Upper secondary school– 200 000 pupils/apprentices– Free learning resources

Nasjonal digital læringsarena Norwegian Digital Learning Arena

Free and open digital learning resources for all, on all subjects at upper secondary level

Teachers and pupils participating and contributing to their own learning recourses

Nasjonal digital læringsarena Norwegian Digital Learning Arena

Key results

• 98 % of all teachers know NDLA• Over 60 % use NDLA in their teaching• Over 50 % use NDLA often• High scores for value and quality• High level of private and public cooperation

– Suppliers from all levels are involved – 66 % of budgets are spent in the open marked

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Traffic in totalHighest traffic in Norway for Digital Learning Resources

Annual costs of NDLA

55 per student

1,3 per student/subject

66% of NDLA’s budget is used in the open marked

Keys factors

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• A public commitment with long-term financial backing

• The involvement of teachers is essential, in the whole process– Release the teachers competence through new challenges

• Open licensing, meta data and open formats is key

• Don’t always invent - integrate with what's already working

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How could this happen in Norway?

Too richToo few Strong unionsPowerful publishersPlenty of good textbooksLack of political goals

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Preconditions

Structural shift

• Legislation

• Economy

• Technology

• Inspiration

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The power of Inspiration

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NDLA's international goal is to be part of a network of related initiatives

- and through partnership increase global learning benefits

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Pedagogical Ambitions Accessibility Flexibility and freedom to choose

instructional methods Right to (re)use and share the learning

resources ! Up to date learning resources in

dialogue with the users

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Technical characteristics

Open Standards Service oriented approach High level of granularity Web 2.0 / SoMe technology Dynamic development of the repository

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2 layered approach

1. Editorial staff and Private companies produces quality assessed learning resources

2. Learners contributeShares their own workRemixes and comments