K-12 LORs, Too LIttle, Too Late?
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Learning Object Repositories
Is it too little, too late for K-12 ???
Eleanor Liddy
Open School BC
Where it all Began - A Brief History of Learning Object Repositories
In 2000 - 20+ different learning object repository projects and initiatives in Canada
Post secondary focus - CAREO, CLOE,POOL,Savoir, TILE, etc
K-12 projects were limited to SchoolNet, and those funded by districts/provinces
What was Happening in K -12?
Rapid growth in the number and interest
in online learning programs
Each province/district implementing their
own program
Lack of resources for teachers and no
easy way to share
Let’s not Reinvent the Wheel!
*@#&% Metadata !
Endless debate about standards, tags, definition of learning object, interoperability, reusability, etc
Countless $$ spent addressing these issues
Edusource established to create a network of linked repositories, tools across Canada
Results???
Results???
And us?
AOC (Alberta Online Consortium), BC Campus and Open School issued joint RFP for LOR software
Criteria - demonstrated functionality and robustness, customizable, ability to link to any common LMS
Successful proponent - Equella (The Learning Edge) from Australia.
Challenge for OpenSchool BC
Problem: How do you create a Learning Object Repository without funding????
Solution: Use teachers!!
Goal is/was to create a space where educators can share,
exchange and review digital resources. Content can
range from full units in html, to worksheets in Word,
flash animations, interactive resources, images, maps,
podcasts, pdf files, lesson plans, ……!
Educators’ Resource Centre
Piloted with 8 districts
Asked pilot teachers to contribute
items
Made it available to all teachers in
BC at no charge
Seeded with content from Open
School, COOL School, other orgs
What actually happened?
Official launch in April 2006 Sept 2006
Number of downloads >200 Number of teacher contributions = 2
Why?
Logging In
http://erc.openschool.bc.ca/institutions.do
Maybe not enough, but not too late!!
Contact Information
Educators’ Resource Center
http://erc.openschool.bc.ca/
Open School BC
http://www.openschool.bc.ca/
View samples of online courses
Eleanor Liddy
Open School BC
Tel: 250 356 1118