Group 1 - Activity 2

VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

1. Description

This project is a course of development kit. It was among the first handbooks available in Lithuanian for teachers and trainers designing distance learning materials in Lithuania. This OER allow users to share and implement learning material online

2. Qualities

The main qualities of this instrument is that: is easy to use, reduces the cost of of the course creation, it has faster development and update cycles, it is compatible with others e-‐mails or learning environments and it present various design options. The method use differents materials like text, illustrations, self-‐test questions and answers, references to other text, video or audio files that enable you to create and to share a high quality of knowledge.

3. Innovation

It is a good project to designing learning materials in Lithuania.

4. Policy

37Current State of Advancement of OER in Lithuania Schools and vocational education and training institutions benefit from national support provided by the Ministry of Education and Science via e-‐school portal http://portalas.emokykla.lt run by the Education Information Technology Centre at the Ministry of Education and Science. School teachers are encouraged to modernize teaching curriculum, as well as curriculum itself, but the results are open for institutional access only. Nevertheless, software resources are open and available for all Lithuanian schools and education and training centres funded from the national budget.

5. Actors

The actors involved in this OER are teachers and learners

6. Iniciatives

The iniciative is to train to learnes and teachers on-‐line

7. Open educational practices

With the use of this website, you will adquire knowledge, strategies, skills and attitudes that will help you in order to use other OEr

8. Tools and repositories

An environment for e-‐mail. materials -‐ electronic books and distance learning courses -‐ creation. This tool material -‐ text, illustrations, self-‐test questions and answers, references to other text, video or audio files -‐ is transferred to the electronic form suitable for publication on the internet.

9. Strategies

Open resources, creation, comfort and easy access, variety of opinions

10. Barriers and enablers

Some barriers can be that you need access to internet and some skills in order to use it. The enablers are the creation and sharing of knowledge.

11. Keywords

handbook, virtual learning environment, virtual courses

WIKIPEDIA

1. Description

Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia, which is free of charge and without any restrictions to read, improved and completed by all people. Wikipedia to read more than two hundred languages, and page Lithuanian patterns are already more than 161 thousand articles and their number is constantly growing.

2. Quality

Wikipedia has a lot of information of many topics. It is free to Access, to share and to improve information.

3. Innovation

Is the biggest online enciclopedia and free of charge and without restrictions t oread

4. Policy

Wikipedia policies and guidelines are developed by the community to describe best practice, clarify principles, resolve conflicts, and otherwise further our goal of creating a free, reliable encyclopedia. There is no need to read any policy or guideline pages to start editing. The five pillars is a popular summary of the most pertinent principles.

5. Actors

Everyone can join of this website

6. Iniciatives

To show and improve the information off a lot of topics. Create knowledge with a easy use and Access to the information


With Wikipedia, you can add information, modificate and contrast it in a open environment.


wiki dictionary, wiki citations, wiki news, wikimedia commons, wiki resources, wiki books, wiki species, and metawiki for project coordinating.

9. Strategies

To create, to improve, to share, to constrast opinions.


Some barriers of Wikipedia is that the number of editors and the renovation of the information is decreasing. The enablers are the free Access and the variety of information

11. Keywords

Repository, free information, variey of editors and information

MOODLE

1. Description

Learning environment for teachers and trainers to develop their very basic skills and competences

2. Quality

were developed to facilitate teachers and trainers at higher education, vocational education and training institutions, as well as the centres of education to design curriculum conception. According to theoretical model, online tools were designed to support teachers and trainers in application of the model during preparation of online course curriculum conception. The tools were integrated neither with existing learning management systems, nor with virtual learning environments

3. Innovation

Supporting acces to information, preparation of units and facilitate de assesment

4. Policy

Moodle is another virtual learning environment provided as infrastructure for previous LieDM network, and current LieDM association institutions. It is installed on LieDM association server at http://moodle.liedm.net. Administration of users and resources is provided to association members for free. Thus open source software, as well as open access to administration and help should be mentioned here as OER. During the implementation of European Social Fund project “Integral Development of Operability of Lithuanian Distance Learning System” a lot of products were developed to modernize curriculum

5. Actors

LieDM association, learnes, teachers

6. Iniciatives

To modernize curriculum, to facilitate the Access to information and assesment


To support teachers and trainers in application of the model during preparation of online course curriculum conception


Text, images, videos, self-‐assesment

9. Strategies

Open resources, to share information, to evaluate


The main barrier is that it have a restricted access system for registered users only. The enablers is that users can find, change, post and evaluate information

11. Keywords

Distance learning system, modernize curriculum, learning resources

LITHUANIAN ACADEMIC LIBRARY NETWORK

1. Description

Project funded to create Lithuania’s academic virtual library through the automation of libraries, unification of search and access to information sources and virtual services

2. Quality

Unification of libraries in Lithuania in order to have free access to the sources

3. Innovation

Unification and free Access to sources

4. Policy

The project was funded by the lithuanian Ministry of Education and Science through ITMiS and then through LVU program. In 2010, LABT linked together the libraries of 16 universities, 18 colleges, 39 research institutions of science and the Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.

5. Actors

Institutions, teachers, learners

6. Iniciatives

Automation of libraries, unification of search and access to information sources and virtual services


The Lithuanian Scientific Library Association is a legal body attracting resources to the LABT network. The Association is subscribed to a variety of data bases for academic research and studies


LABT practices can be treated as ICT tool for education only.

9. Strategies

Search, configuration, print

10. Current barriers and enables

In LABT case, the provision of access to full-‐texts by commercial publishers through digital libraries is not a pure example of OER repositories, because this access is paid for (not by the user, but by the library consortium) and the texts are copyright-‐protected.

There are other ICT tools and practices suggested for educational institutions, teachers and trainers, but they are not numerous. Video interactive lecturing and support system (ViPS) can be mentioned here as one of them.

11. Keywords

Digital library, search sources, unification of sources

MOOC – UniNettuno

1.Description: It is the first MOOC in italian which connects different university in Europe 2.Quality: -‐ Courses in different languages (Italian, English, French, Arabi) -‐ Different subjects (communication, engineering, law, psychology, economy, humanities) -‐ Easy to use -‐ In 2010 it gets the quality certificate for the best model of e-‐learning in Europe 3.Innovation: -‐ You will pass the barriers of space and time -‐ Live streaming, social network and social media 4.Policy: -‐ Grants from the MIUR (Ministry of Education, University and Research) 5.Actors: -‐ Teachers and Students 6.Initiatives: -‐ Researches in each subjects and Encouraging e-‐learning activities 7.Practices -‐I haven’t got direct experience, so I don’t know which kind of knowledge you can have about OER 8.Tools: -‐ Distance learning courses -‐ Video -‐ Live streaming 9.Strategy: -‐ Free access 10.Current barriers and enablers: -‐Internet -‐Skills 11.Keywords -‐MOOC -‐Italy -‐ E-‐learning

OCW – English for Communication Studies 1.Description: It’s an Open Course Ware in order to prepare English exam: here you can find simulations of the test. It has been created by University of Pavia 2.Quality: -‐Easy to use -‐Useful 3.Innovation: -‐ Evaluation in the absence of a teacher 4.Policy: -‐Teachers provide to add material 5.Actors: -‐Teachers -‐Students 6.Initiatives: -‐Test -‐Materials 7.Practices -‐You learn how to use this kind of platform 8.Tools: -‐Simulations 9.Strategy: -‐Registration 10.Current barriers and enablers: -‐Internet -‐ You must be registered at the university -‐You cant take the test of other courses 11.Keywords: -‐OCW -‐University

WIKI – BlogSpot 1.Description: The blog is run entirely by students under the supervision of a professor. The content aims to promote the museum system of the university 2.Quality: -‐Easy to use -‐Easy language -‐Content from university, newspaper, television news 3.Innovation: -‐Students can teach to other people 4.Policy: -‐Students and teacher provide to create and update the blog 5.Actors: -‐Teachers -‐Students 6.Initiatives: -‐Creating knowledge among peers 7.Practices -‐You learn how to use this kind of platform and how to share the same material on different social media 8.Tools: -‐Wiki -‐News -‐Feed RSS 9.Strategy: -‐Everybody can read and comment the content 10.Current barriers and enablers: -‐Internet -‐Skills -‐Targeted content 11.Keywords: -‐WIKI -‐Peer education

PRESENTATION 1.Description: Slides have been shared on different websites, so you can read and share it on different social media 2.Quality: -‐Easy to use -‐Easy language -‐Share -‐People can know the source and interact with him/her 3.Innovation -‐Opening -‐Overcoming the limits of space and time 4.Policy: -‐Teachers provide to upload new materials 6.Initiatives: -‐Share -‐Comment 7.Practices -‐You learn how to use this kind of platform and how to share the same material on different social media 8.Tools: -‐Slides -‐Video -‐Photo 9.Strategy: -‐Opening -‐Sharing 10.Current barriers and enablers: -‐Internet -‐Skills -‐Copyright 11.Keywords: -‐Slides -‐Sharing

ZAPPIENS

1. Description

It’s an aggregation site with portuguese educational, scientific, cultural or artistic videos produced preferably in a school environment. It’s managed by the Portuguese NREN.

2. Qualities

Curation of contents to assure quality.

3. Innovation

Not reported.

4. Policy

Publishing available to all the education institutions in Portugal.

5. Actors

The actors involved in this OER are teachers, learners and technicians.

6. Iniciatives

The iniciative is to share knowledge in portuguese language.


With the use of this website, you will adquire knowledge, strategies, skills and attitudes that will help you in order to use other OEr.


Audiovisual content.

9. Strategies

Support the quality of creation.


Audiovisual knowledge required to assure quality.

11. Keywords

video repository

UNICAMP

1. Description

It’s a OpenCourseWare website from the brazillian university UNICAMP.

2. Quality

Free courses.

3. Innovation

Not refered.

4. Policy

Not refered.

5. Actors

Everyone can join of this website

6. Iniciatives

Not refered.


Free access.


Documents ant tutorials.

9. Strategies

Share knowledge.


The courses are only available in portuguese.

11. Keywords

Opencourseware.

MIÚDOS SEGUROS.NET

1. Description

It´s an educational blog that helps families, schools and communities to promote the online safety of children and youth.

2. Quality

Developed by a specialist in the field.

3. Innovation

Not refered.

4. Policy

It’s an aggregation site with a curation made by a child safety specialyst.

5. Actors

Child safety specialists and families.

6. Iniciatives

Not refered.


Free content available.


Text, images, videos.

9. Strategies

Open resources, to share information.


Not refered.

11. Keywords

Free resources.

EaD

1. Description

It’s the first portuguese MOOC.

2. Quality

It’s free.

3. Innovation

Not refered.

4. Policy

Not refered.

5. Actors

Institutions, teachers, learners.

6. Iniciatives

Free MOOC.


Free resources.


Text, images and video.

9. Strategies

Free access.

10. Current barriers and enables

Lack of updating and renovation.

11. Keywords

MOOC