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Enhancing Education: The Schools Portal in Portugal

Explore the Schools Portal in Portugal, featuring resources, figures, principles, challenges, and future plans in education. Learn about the repository, validated content, user communities, and open access initiatives.

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Enhancing Education: The Schools Portal in Portugal

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  1. Schools Portal • Repository • Some figures • Principlesandpractices • Challenges • Futureplans José Moura Carvalho, DGIDC, Portugal | jose.moura.carvalho@dgidc.min-edu.pt EdReNe, 4th StrategicSeminar, Barcelona, 24-26 March 2010 www.portaldasescolas.pt

  2. The Schools Portal - Portugal • Currentsections • Schools • Resources • News • “e-littleschools” www.portaldasescolas.pt

  3. The Schools Portal - Portugal Mostrecent Mostvoted Mostvisited Tags Validated www.portaldasescolas.pt

  4. The Schools Portal – Portugal Tags Tagcloud www.portaldasescolas.pt

  5. The Schools Portal - Portugal Resources www.portaldasescolas.pt

  6. Some figures • RepositorylaunchedinJune 2009 • 9,000 registeredteachers; • 1,500 resourcesinall; 900 validatedones; • 1,500,000 scannedpagesof magazines andnewspapersfrom 1910 to today; • 33,000 uniquevisitors a month; • Mostvisitedresources: Science, Maths, History, Primaryeducation; • Mostvotedresources: History, English, Geography, Primaryeducation . www.portaldasescolas.pt

  7. Principlesandpractices • Adoptionofinternational standards andspecifications: • LRE metadataapplicationprofile v4; • OAI-PMH; • SQI; • Translationof LRE Thesaurus into PT; • Promotionof Creative Commonslicenses; • No packagedcontent (SCORM, Common Cartridge). www.portaldasescolas.pt

  8. Principlesandpractices • Contentandmetadata are validated: • Scientificmistakes, genderproblems, languageappropriate to learninglevel, etc.; • Metadataischecked for inaccuracies; • Teamof±30 teachers, trainedintheevaluationofDLRs; • Checklistincludescontentandmetadata. www.portaldasescolas.pt

  9. Principlesandpractices • Openaccess to teacher-createdcontent; • Access to registeredteachersonly for othercontent (a sectioncontainingabout 1,500,000 articlesfromnewspapersand magazines from 1910 to today); • Searchinthe LRE portal isnowpossible. www.portaldasescolas.pt

  10. Some challenges • DisseminateinformationontheSchools Portal; • Getteachers to contributecontent more widely; • Buildusercommunitiesaroundsubjectareasandtranscurricularareas; • Prepare informationandpromotethe use of Creative Commonslicenses. www.portaldasescolas.pt

  11. Futureplans • Sectionson: • educationalblogsmaintainedbyteachers; • opensource software and Web 2.0 tools; • “Dedicatedsections” (mobile technologies, use of GIS, etc.); • Materialsandinitiativeson Creative Commonslicenses; • More collaborativetools (subjectareas, forums, etc.); • Incentives to teachers to createDLRs; • Protocolswith media companies. www.portaldasescolas.pt

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