NCP meetingNCP meetingJan 27-28, 2003, BrusselsJan 27-28, 2003, Brussels

Colette MaloneyColette MaloneyInterfaces, Knowledge and Content technologies, Interfaces, Knowledge and Content technologies,

Applications & Information MarketApplications & Information MarketDG INFSODG INFSO

Technology-enhanced LearningAccess to Cultural Heritage

Scope & focus in 2003

Technology-enhanced Learning and Access to Cultural Heritage

Technology-enhanced Learning and Access to Cultural Heritage

Objective: To develop advanced systems and services that help improve access to Europe‘s knowledge and educational resources (including cultural and scientific collections) and generate new forms of cultural and learning experiences

Outline Outline

Part 1. Technology-enhanced Learning

Part 2. Access to Cultural Heritage

Part 1

Technology-enhanced Learning

Focus - integrating ICT in education and training environments and

processes

Technologies:

• Tools for learning object production; repositories of reusable learning objects,

assembly of personalised courses, metadata

• Platforms supporting the use of virtual and remote labs

• Computer Supported Collaborative Learning environments

Supporting innovation in learning through:

• New organisational scenarios for universities & schools

• New experimental delivery systems for Life-long Learning

• New pedagogical approaches

• Underpinned by open platforms, systems and tools

Technology-enhanced LearningIST 1998 - 2002

Improving the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of learning, for individuals and organisations, independent of time,

place and pace, through the development of open systems and services in support of ubiquitous, experiential and

contextualised learning and virtual collaborative learning communities. Work combines advanced cognitive and knowledge-based approaches with new media, including

virtual and augmented reality, virtual presence and simulation, takes account of technological, pedagogical as well as organisational aspects, and aims at demonstrating

next-generation learning solutions in sizeable field experiments.

Technology-enhanced Learning in Workprogramme 2003-04

PrinciplePrincipleIntrinsic links of

- pedagogical

- technological

- organisational

aspects

Target GroupsHigher

education…….

Organisational

Pedagogical Technical

Technology-enhanced Learning

Focus on the learning process and where we have the most impact

ApproachApproach

Collaborative LearningVirtual

Communities

Collaborative LearningVirtual

Communities

Ubiquitous AccessUbiquitous Access

KnowledgeCreation,

Management...

KnowledgeCreation,

Management...

Learning ResourcesLearning Resources

INDIVIDUALS

ORGANISATIONS

Technology-enhanced Learning

Research foci Leading edge technology (eg broadband, mobile,

GRIDs, ubiquitous computing) to be applied according to insights from pedagogical research

Interoperability of technology components for new architectural models using commodity products

Knowledge modelling, representation and visualisation for learning - creating interoperable and widely accessible knowledge pools

Computer Supported Collaborative Learning - flexible communities of practice

Technology-enhanced Learning

Improve quality and learning-effectiveness Reflect the nature of learning as a social

process (collaboration, interaction, tacit knowledge)

Support learners to construct their own knowledge according to their learning needs

Link organisations objectives and learning goals of individuals

New pedagogical approaches that ‘blend’ new and old ways of learning

ChallengesChallenges

Technology-enhanced Learning

Part 2

Access to Cultural Heritage

Emergence of large-scale, inclusive cultural landscapes where Europe’s digital heritage is globally visible, interacts intelligently with users, and persists over time

Prevent loss and restore access to Europe’s essential cultural and scientific resources that are in obsolete formats or are too rare or fragile for regular physical access

Objectives for 2010 Objectives for 2010

Access to Cultural Heritage Access to Cultural Heritage

Measurable impact:

European wide approach to deposit new digital content within 10 years

Reduce by 50% the cost of digitization within 5 years

Assured protection from loss of digital resources within 10 years

Advanced digital libraries services, providing high-bandwidth access to distributed and highly interactive repositories of European culture, history and science

•Focus on shared test-beds and increased cultural-research cooperation

Digital library services Digital library services

IP NoE STRP

Highly recommended Highly recommended Not recommended

Environments for intelligent heritage and tourism, re-creating and visualising cultural and scientific objects and sites for enhancing user experience in cultural tourism

•Focus on enhancing user experience

•Addressing common (not specific) needs of Europe’s

museums, monuments, sites, etc., •An effective network should include take-up in NoEs

and/or “demo” projects under STRP

Intelligent heritage and tourism Intelligent heritage and tourism

IP NoE STRP

Not recommended Highly recommended Possible

Advanced tools, platforms and services in support of highly automated digitisation processes and workflows, digital restoration and preservation of film and video material, and digital memory management and exploitation

•Focus on structuring new research communities around preservation

•Substantially reduce the cost of digitisation•Provide an industrial platform for film and video

restoration and preservation

Preservation and digitisation Preservation and digitisation

IP NoE STRP

Highly recommended Highly recommended Not recommended

Working on topics such as:•Middleware and distributed systems•Knowledge management and information handling•Content authoring•Trust and security•Internet-based technologies•Mobile technologies•Multimodal interfaces•Language technologies•Visualisation and virtual/augmented/mixed reality

Always focusing on integration into systems that can be tested in the real-world and can solve real-world problems

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Where is the research focus? Where is the research focus?

Protection and conservation of physical objects, monuments, sites, etc., except where they direct link to digitally enhanced user experiences

Generic technology development without any context or relevance to the problems of Europe’s cultural institutions

Projects addressing a particular object, monument, site, or dealing with dealing with specific thematic collections

Projects trying to cover everything – eLearning, tourism, eCommerce, etc.

Projects lacking strategy/policy impact

Out of Scope Out of Scope

Key messages:

• No lower threshold on size, just ambition

• Ambition: tangible significant impact on a wide spectrum of core stakeholders

• Generate knowledge, and new collaborations

• Integration for DL: value-chain, existing “national” collections, public-private funding, training, end-user involvement

• Integration for preservation: public institution-private company, multidisciplinary, demonstration, international cooperation, institutional buy-in, building a research community

Should be THE project in the field

Integrated projectsIntegrated projects

Key messages:

• Integration for DL: joint training, interactive working, shared use of infrastructure, national programme commitment, create pan-European platform, common approaches, interoperability, open standards, exchange of expertise

• Integration for intelligent heritage: create pan-European platform, common approaches, interoperability, open standards, demo’s and take-up, develop technology roadmaps

• Integration for preservation: joint management of knowledge portfolio, staff exchange, common legal structures, long-term objectives, new research opportunities, concentration of resources, common approaches, develop policy roadmaps

• Integration for digitisation: joint training, includes national funders, Ministerial commitment, create pan-European platform, common approaches, interoperability, open standards, “good” and “best” practice guidelines

Networks of excellence Networks of excellence

No. ofprojects

Fundinglevels(M€)

No. ofpartners

Timescale(years)

Timewindow(years)

I P 3-4 5-12 >9 up to 4 5-10

NoE 3-4 3-6 10 “core” up to 5 5-15

STRP 3-51-2

“demo”3-4 up to 2 2-5

SSA 1 1-2 up to 3 0-3

2/3 of budget earmarked for new instruments some 8-10 proposals likely to be retained for funding … highly selective

process!

Using the instruments Using the instruments

Finding a way to extend an existing project

Having lots of “sleeping” partners

Covering the map of Europe with nodes, etc.

A loose group of like minded individuals

Re-submitting a rejected proposal from past/other programmes and asking for 3-times as much funding

Trying to “federate” different groups without any coherence, just because the “Commission wants it”

Making a good small research project look like an IP by tripling everything

Ambition is not ….Ambition is not ….

Further Information

Cultural Heritage in IST http://www.cordis.lu/ist/ka3/digicult

Technology-enhanced Learning in IST http://www.cordis.lu/ist/ka3/eat http://www.proacte.com

Knowledge technologies: http://www.ktweb.org

Human Language technolgies www.hltcentral.org

EC staff in Luxembourg:http://www.cordis.lu/ist/directorate_e/index.htm