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Share.TEC - an overview of the project

Giorgio Olimpo, Stefania BocconiITD-CNR, Italy

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TEACHER EDUCATION TODAY

• A treasure of competencies, resources, cultural specificities within each box• Barriers preventing exchange, sharing, reuse• Meeting what is different: not only saving efforts but a powerful factorof (multi)cultural growth

• Many treasures waiting to be unlocked

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Share.TEC PURPOSE

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unlock teacher education resources & expertise

build a teachereducation hub

bridge culturaldifferences connect teacher

education networks

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Share.TEC FEATURES

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Useradaptive

Capable of growing(extensible,

self-enhancing…)

Sustainable Not only TE contents,people too

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ADAPTIVITY

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Multilingual/multiculturalBased on

users’ profiles

Individualhistory-sensitive

CollectiveHistory-sensitive

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THE SYSTEM CAN GROW AND IMPROVE

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Harvestingfrom “foreign” repositories

(interoperability)

Self-enhancement of system performance

User enhancements(resources, experiences,

ranking…)

Nurture expansion of user networks

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CONNECTING PEOPLE

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Connections based onuser profiles

Connections based on user histories

Bookmarksharing

Queries on user profiles

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FACTORS INFLUENCING SUSTAINABILITY

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Open contents+

Commercial contentsSystem can grow

and improve

Market policies Fostering usercommunities

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A SCENARIO

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Actor: Prof. Francisca Pedroso,teacher educator

Context: Madrid School ofEducation

Situation: New course “TechnologyEnhanced Learning inPrimary School”

Needs: Find suitable resources (TE- focused, authoritative,media-rich, reusable)

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The difficult path of finding TE resources

• Locate & browse different web sites in search ofTE resources (multiple registrations)

• Different languages, references to “alien”educational contexts/education systems, generic terminology, sketchy metadata

• Poor/unsuitable results

• Lose track of results obtained in various websites (dispersion, overload)

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• Single access point dedicated specifically to TE resources

• preferred working language• TE terminology• location of resources from “foreign” education systems • suitable TE-focused metadata

• Personalised services for accurate search results • Pool of TE resources enriched with experiential

annotation• Adding own resources• Peer recommendations• Bookmark sharing, peer contacts, networking,

• Single access point dedicated specifically to TE resources

• preferred working language• TE terminology• location of resources from “foreign” education systems • suitable TE-focused metadata

• Personalised services for accurate search results • Pool of TE resources enriched with experiential

annotation• Adding own resources• Peer recommendations• Bookmark sharing, peer contacts, networking,

Finding TE resources in Share.TEC

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Unified access to TE-specific resourcesUser-focused servicesA core of tested TE content A hub for EU TE communities

The Share.TEC vision