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The Story of a Portal
IIEP’s response to the learning issue …
… to serve the needs of UNESCO Member States
Classroom
displays
Language of instruction
ICTProvide objective information and analyses on learning issues
What are the policy options for improving learning outcomes?
How does a Ministry of Education choose from the many tools and approaches that exist?
School grants
Prepared teachers
Teaching learning
materialsIn-service training
School facilities
School-ready
chidren
What is learning Improve learning
Tools for planners Monitor learning
One entry point to give education actors the tools to understand and participate in planning for improved learning outcomes
An ambitious beginning
Multilingual ParticipativeState of the art
Innovative technology: a semantic portal
?
Innovative technology UNESCO
ThesaurusGlossary
IIEP Classification
Linked data
Glossary
UNESCO Thesaurus
IIEP Classification
Linking data
The portal’s content web pages are tagged using IIEP’s library classification topics and terms from the glossary
Linking data
Phase 1: the back end
Project specifications were sent to 5 providers
3 out of 5 decided to present a joint proposal
Phase 2: the front end
Web design and CMS
Learning Portal
Theory versus reality
Multiple funders = multiple reporting formats
Multiple contributors
New working methods for Information Services team
No clear overall management
NO TIME
“Semantic Web Cake” by Tim Berners-Lee (the inventor of the World Wide Web)also known as Semantic Web Stack
An innovative technology… for librarians
(…not a piece of cake)
Timeline
Phase One - repositoryNov 2012: call for expressions of interestMarch 2013: choose providerJan – March: develop and test
Phase two - CMSJan 2014 : call for expressions of interestMarch 2014 : choose provider n°2May 2014: develop prototypeJune 2014: testing phaseJuly 2014: end of developmentEnd July 2014: transfer and launch
Achieved
Phase One - repositoryNov 2012: call for expressions of interestMarch 2013: choose providerJan – March: develop and test
Phase two - CMSJan 2014 : call for expressions of interestMarch 2014 APRIL : choose provider n°2May 2014 JUNE-JULY : develop prototypeJune 2014 SEP-OCT: testing phaseJuly 2014 FEB 2015: end of developmentEnd July 2014 END 2015: transfer and launch
Planned
Branding
Well received
Most appreciated feature …
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Phase 3: 2016-
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