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29 Nov 201329 Nov 2013Madalina Oana UngurMadalina Oana UngurAgro-Know TechnologiesAgro-Know Technologies

Madalina Oana UngurBusiness Development Manager, Agro-Know Technologies, Greece

MSc with distinction in ‘Education, Technology and Society’, Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol, UK

Thesis: Investigating OER engagement, challenges and concerns in the context of a multidisciplinary undergraduate Science course at the University of Bristol

mada@agroknow.gr

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Welcome and Introductions

About Agro-Know Technologies

a fast growing company specializing in knowledge management practices and services, promoting research and innovation in agricultural domain.

deep knowledge and know-how on organizing innovative and engaging events and training, tackling given challenges on green issues.

Our VisionTo capture, organize and add value to the world’s agricultural information and make it universally accessible, useful and meaningful through innovative tools, services and applications.

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Ag-knowledge aggregation & sharing solutions

Agenda

•About Agro-Know Technologies

•Educational context of GLN

•Introducing Green Learning Network

•Discovery Microsites

•Pathway Authoring Tool

•Conclusion

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“The education landscape is changing dramatically, from school to university and beyond: open technology-based education will soon be a 'must have', not just a 'good-to-have', for all ages.” Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth

“Education must be connected to real life; it cannot be a parallel universe. Young people want to use digital technology in every aspect of life.” Neelie Kroes, Commission Vice-President

Brussels, 25 September 2013

The Commission launches 'Opening up Education' to boost innovation and digital skills in schools and universities

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Need to acknowledge cost-efficient solutions, and avoid waste of resources e.g. teachers around the world preparing the same lesson; reduce families’ spending on educational materials

Need for innovative organisations, innovative teachers and innovative learners - it is not sufficient anymore to just provide technology

Opening up Education initiative proposes more action in three areas: - open learning environments - open educational resources - connectivity and innovation

Opening up Education, 2013Solutions?

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Introducing

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Green Learning Network

• A data pool providing access to digital collections of educational materials on agricultural, biodiversity, environmental sciences and sustainability topics for school, adult/vocational and academic teaching and learning;

• > 20,000 high quality educational resources from 23 institutions from 12 countries

• well structured descriptions, curated and validated by both information scientists and subject experts.

• Educational metadata application profiles: Organic Edunet LOM AP

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What is the Green Learning Network?

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• Universities and Research communities• Professional and Business communities• Schools• Museums, Aquariums, Botanical Gardens, science

centres

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Who can benefit from the Green Learning Network?

1. Discovery microsites

Helping teachers and learners discover and use resources

Case study 1:Organic.Edunet

Case study 2:Microsites for natural history museums

2. Educational activity authoring tool

Enabling teachers to create and share build on open web resources

Case study:Pathway Authoring Tool

3. Creativity Accelerator

Fostering dialogue between students, teachers and policy makers through creative events

Case study: Green Ideas events

How can the Green Learning Network help teachers and learners?

1. Discovery microsites

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How can the Green Learning Network help teachers and learners? (1/2)

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A closer look at a Discovery microsites powered by Green Learning Network

http://agsharedemo.agroknow.gr/

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Scenario 1: Let’s imagine…

I am a biology teacher in a primary school and I want to organise my next lesson outdoors, exploring with my pupils a local water ecosystem…

I would need resources to help me organise this lesson… Where can I find great environmental resources for school pupils?

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Go to: http://organic-edunet.eu, click on School

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Select the ‘Open Air Classroom’ category

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Find and study resources in detail

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Scenario 2: Now let’s imagine…

I am a natural sciences teacher and for my lesson on Insects I want to show my pupils a nice collection of images of insects. The handbook includes only a few images and the school doesn’t have more resources…

Where can I find a great collection of images of Insect to show my pupils?

Natural Europe Cultural collection powered by GLN

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Go to: http://greenlearningnetwork.org/natural-europe/cultural/, Click on Zoology

Recommended specimens from

European museums

Keyword Search

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Select Media type: Image; Classification: Insects

376 results

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Select and study resources in detail

2. Pathway Authoring Tool

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How can the Green Learning Network help teachers and learners? (2/2)

How can Educational pathways help teachers? •Aim to bridge classroom and museum learning•Embed learning in a context that allows the preparation of the learner before and after the museum visit (on site or virtual) •Ensure proximity between the curriculum and teaching methods on the one hand, and the learning environment on the other•Integrate technology and OER in the learning process•Empower teachers to create, publish and share own materials

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Once again, let’s imagine…

I am an environmental sciences teacher and I would like to plan a visit to the Botanical Garden to show my pupils the beautiful plans, but also make sure they learn something.

I would like to combine this with my lesson on plant morphology, but I am not sure how…

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A few solutions…

• Access the website of your local Botanical Garden to search for tips and resources

• Explore out the Green Learning Network collection of Educational pathways to find similar activities and resources http://greenlearningnetwork.org/natural-europe/educational/

• Create your own customised educational activity using the Pathway Authoring Tool

What is the Pathway Authoring Tool?

•a web based tool that can be used to build complex web resources with a story like structure•can be used to model educational and researcher activities•includes a digital library of resources that authors can manage and use as a data pool to build their stories •digital library can be enriched with resources from external data sources e.g. Europeana and social sites e.g. YouTube, SlideShare•authors can create their own structure for the web resource or select from a list of predefined structures•currently hosting >80 educational pathways for school learning and adult learning

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Pedagogical approach behind Inquiry-based learning•understand the topic investigated and consolidate knowledge by collecting and interpreting information, discussing, reflecting and presenting their findings•encouraging interaction and collaboration between students

Resource-based learning•a student-centred approach encouraging hand-on interaction and use of OER•the role of the teacher is to guide and assist the learner

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Using the Pathway Authoring Tool teachers can create their own pathways

http://education.natural-europe.eu/natural_europe/admin/users/login

Edit each section of the pathway

Upload images and insert supporting material

After saving and publishing, this is how your Educational Pathway will look like

Supporting materials from Europeana, Wikipaitings, OER repositories

OER

National Museum of Natural History and Science – University of Lisbon The Jura-Museum Eichstätt

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Other examples of educational pathways

Microsite for Estonian Natural History Museum + Educational pathways

http://greenlearningnetwork.org/estonian-nhm/edu

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We would like to…

•Expand our agro-biodiversity data pools with high quality collections from diverse sources, e.g. ODS federation. Get in touch with us if you would like to contribute and promote your resources through GLN!

•Provide educational solutions to new communities – Get in touch if you’re a teacher or represent a teaching community!

•2013 New LLP project: Green Learning Network coordinated by Agrosup Dijon - focused on getting together the institutions/groups working with green content at any level – Get in touch to join the network!

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Conclusions and invitations

Thank you!

mada@agroknow.gr

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