Building successful educational repositories
EdReNe’s consolidated recommendations report sums up the key points that have emerged during discussions and presentations throughout the three year project period of the EdReNe network. The conclusions are presented as recommendations targeting most of the stakeholders of educational repositories. Recommendations are grouped according to the four major themes: Repository strategies, Engaging users, Rights Issues, and Standards and interoperability…
(read more in EdReNe Consolidated recommendations report)
(read more in EdReNe Consolidated recommendations report)
Bringing the buzzing teacher room online
Many educational repositories are in the process of adding community features with the intention to build a more active and engaged user community. Competent and engaged community management and implementing best-of-breed designs for repository functionality are key to success …
(read more in synthesis report on Engaging Users)
(read more in synthesis report on Engaging Users)
Planning for success – repository strategies
Make sure you have a clear business case for your repository, engage early with all relevant stakeholders, have a strong focus on integration, open standards and build upon existing communities of practice. These are some of the recommendations for building and maintaining a succesful educational repository…
(read more in EdReNe synthesis report on Repository Strategies)
(read more in EdReNe synthesis report on Repository Strategies)
Are current standardization bodies in sync with actual user needs?
It seems striking that many of the most successful repository initiatives – measured in terms of active users – have not heavily engaged with educational technology standards … This leads to the question of whether current standardization bodies and organisations are in sync with actual user needs…
(read more in EdReNe synthesis report on standards and interoperability)
(read more in EdReNe synthesis report on standards and interoperability)
Copyright legislation is not in tune with educators’ expectations
The most general conclusions that can be drawn from the discussions so far are that current copyright legislation is not in tune with what would be expected and considered fair in relation to education, and that currently the strongest and most often heard response from the educational sector is to use open licensing while waiting for a reform of copyright law…
(read more in EdReNe synthesis report on rights issues)
(read more in EdReNe synthesis report on rights issues)
Proceedings from recent EdReNe events
» 4th Strategic seminar, Barcelona, Spain
» 3rd expert workshop on engaging users, Linz, Austria
» 3rd expert workshop on repository strategies, Sestri Levante, Italy
» 2nd expert workshop on rights issues, Warwick, England
» 2nd expert workshop on standards and interoperability, Oegstgeest, Netherlands
Who we are and what we do
| EdReNe brings together members from webbased repositories of learning resources with content owners and other stakeholders within education. We share, develop and document strategies, experiences and solutions on the organisation, structuring and functionality of repositories. The overall goal is to improve the provision of and access to learning resources. Download as Powerpoint Download as PDF |
Educational Repositories
– download our State of the Art report and see current national overviews of European educational repositories
– download our State of the Art report and see current national overviews of European educational repositories
