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LangOER – EdReNe Conference‘Open Education: promoting diversity for European Languages’ Brussels, 26 - 27 September 2016

New networking opportunities

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gA networking session

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gGoal

LRE

EdReNe Networkstronger synergies

issues and challenges related to Educational Repositories and OERs

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gAgenda

LRE Subcommittee (Operational Model, Funding & Governance)EUN/LRE proposal

Open DiscussionLRE proposal / Other suggestions by EdReNe members for how networking opportunities can be enhanced

Issues and challenges related to Educational Repositories and OERs

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gLearning Resource Exchange (LRE) for schools

Developed by EUN to provide MoE with access to a network of learning content repositories

A Pan-European Service: Resources that “travel well”

Launched in December 2008

> 240.000 OERs from 69+ content providers

Its evolution has been supported by MoE in Europe and EC-funded projects

LRE in a nutshell

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gLRE Operational Model (Funding & Governance)• MoE in the Subcommittee are Founding

Members (annual membership fee of €7,000)

• Regions and industry can become LRE Associate Members

(€7,000 per annum)• Smaller organizations – LRE Subscription Members (€2,000 for the first year)

• Changes to statutes of LRE governance require agreement of a majority of Founding Members (MoE)

• Chair elected every two years

• Members have two ftf meetings and some online meetings

• European Schoolnet provides the Secretariat

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gLRE subcommittee members (2016)7 Founding Members (MoE)

1. ANSAS (former INDIRE) (IT)2. Computer Technology Institute & Press - Diophantus (CTI) /

Hellenic Ministry of Education (GR)3. Kennisnet (NL)4. Klascement, BE/FL5. Portuguese Ministry of Education (PT)6. Swedish National Agency for Education (Skolverket) (SE)7. Swiss Agency for ICT in Education (CH)

Contribute to the development of annual LRE work plan and the long-term LRE development strategy

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gLRE Strengths

LRE is Subcommittee of the European SchoolNet - A Network of MoE (contacts with relevant authorities)

LRE has annual budget (7K annual membership fee) and Secretariat by EUN

LRE develops annual work plan

LRE has an infrastructure (LRE portal, > 245.000 OERs that ‘travel well’)

LRE has strong technical expertise in Learning Objects, Metadata Schemes, Standards and Interoperability

LRE has long standing experience In evaluating OER collections and enriching OERs with metadata

LRE can host ftf meetings, organize and run webinars, conduct studies, publish books, etc.

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gLRE Weaknesses

Only 7 members – MoE (limited networking opportunities among members)

LRE infrastructure not fully exploited Low use of LRE portal and widget (& low promotion)

The OER landscape is now very different than when EUN launched the LRE (new directions needed)

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g EdReNe Network

Large Network

Expertise in Educational Repositories

Annual events / conferences – Sharing of best practices

> 35 members (public & private sector) - many opportunities for networking among members

Diversity: Content providers, business partners, non-profit institutes, governmental organizations etc.

No Budget

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gLRE Survey Results 2016

EUN should explore how closer synergies could be developed with

the EdReNe network,particularly with regard to technical issues related to the management of

learning content repositories

A clear majority of LRE members strongly agreed with this proposal

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gEUN/LRE Proposal

Possibility for the EUN LRE Secretariat to help organize joint events and activities

Two face-to-face meetings per year?Two online meetings/webinars?Topics to be decided by LRE/EdReNe members

Not proposing a change to LRE governance model or a formal merging of the LRE and EdReNe

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Questions?

EUN/LRE Proposal

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gDISCUSSION ISSUES (1)

What are the key issues (technical, pedagogical) that educational repository owners now face?

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gDISCUSSION ISSUES (2)

How can we better address these in a period when funding opportunities are more limited?

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gDISCUSSION ISSUES (3)

What topics should EdReNe focus on over the next 12 months:• in face-to-face meetings?• via online

meetings/webinars?• via other methods of co-

operation?