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Recent seminars
9th EdReNe conference "Digitisation of the curriculum".
10 - 11 December 2012, in The Hague, The Netherlands.
The seminar was organised by SLO, OU (Open University of the Netherlands) and Kennisnet.
See seminar website.
Building successful educational repositories
Stakeholders of educational repositories are advised by EdReNe's consolidated recommendations report, which sums up the key points grouped according to four major themes: Repository strategies, Engaging users, Rights Issues, and Standards and interoperability. (read more in EdReNe Consolidated recommendations report)
Are current standardization bodies in sync with actual user needs?
Many of the most successful repository initiatives - measured in terms of active users - have not heavily engaged with educational technology standards … does this indicate that current standardization bodies are not in sync with actual user needs …
(read more in EdReNe synthesis report on standards and interoperability)
Bringing the buzzing teacher room online
Community features are added to educational repositories 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)
Recent seminars
Minutes from 8th EdReNe seminar,
7 - 8 May 2012 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Digital learning resources: reflections on practice, ISO Metadata for Learning Resources, Quality criteria and eQNet “travel well” resources, Mixing open/own learning objects into the publishers’ textbooks…
Organised by DGIDC – Ministry of Education, Portugal
Planning for success – repository strategies
A successful educational repository requires a clear business case, early engagement with all relevant stakeholders, a strong focus on integration, open standards and build upon existing communities of practice …
(read more in EdReNe synthesis report on Repository Strategies)
Copyright legislation is not in tune with educators’ expectations
The EdReNe discussions illustrate that current copyright legislation is not in tune with what would be expected by the education sector using open licensing while waiting for a reform of copyright law …
(read more in EdReNe synthesis report on rights issues)
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
See current national overviews of European educational repositories
Download the EdReNe leaflet
