Speakers: Lynne Sergeant and Corinne Bitoun
Presentation at the Eldis 20th Anniversary event "Learning from 20 years of digital knowledge sharing for global development" held at IDS on Thursday 15 September 2016 and Friday 16 September 2016.
3. … to serve the needs of
UNESCO Member States
Improved Learning?
Classroom
displays
Language of
instruction
ICT
Provide objective information
and analyses on learning issues
What are the policy options for
improving learning outcomes?
How does a Ministry of
Education choose from the
many tools and approaches
that exist?
School
grants
Prepared
teachers
Teaching
learning
materials
In-service
training
School
facilities
School-
ready
chidren
4. What is learning Improve learning
Tools for planners Monitor learning
One entry point to give education actors the tools
to understand and participate in planning for
improved learning outcomes
12. Theory versus reality
Multiple funders = multiple
reporting formats
Multiple contributors
New working methods for
Information Services team
No clear overall management
NO TIME
13. “Semantic Web Cake” by
Tim Berners-Lee (the inventor of the
World Wide Web)
also known as Semantic Web Stack
An innovative technology… for librarians
(…not a piece of cake)
14. Timeline
Phase One - repository
Nov 2012: call for expressions of interest
March 2013: choose provider
Jan – March: develop and test
Phase two - CMS
Jan 2014 : call for expressions of interest
March 2014 : choose provider n°2
May 2014: develop prototype
June 2014: testing phase
July 2014: end of development
End July 2014: transfer and launch
Achieved
Phase One - repository
Nov 2012: call for expressions of interest
March 2013: choose provider
Jan – March: develop and test
Phase two - CMS
Jan 2014 : call for expressions of interest
March 2014 APRIL : choose provider n°2
May 2014 JUNE-JULY : develop prototype
June 2014 SEP-OCT: testing phase
July 2014 FEB 2015: end of development
End July 2014 END 2015: transfer and launch
Planned
Ambitious beginnings (include a picture if the library and map?
Provide a multilingual access for different audiences
Create a repository of resources on inputs and processes that can improve learning
Design tools to facilitate access to and understanding of the resources (glossary)
Web pages with thematic content
News watch
User Adding new resources
Participating in debates
Controversy pages
Forum
Blogs
Proposing definitions and translations in the Glossary
Develop related information products (analysis, synthesis, controversies)
Mondeca, a leading European provider of web semantic technologies: ontologies, taxonomies, Linked Open Data…
Sparna, an IT consulting firm specialized in knowledge organization, annotation and indexing of documents
IRI, Institut de recherche et d’innovation
Web design agency: Le Hub
Development and delivery of the final web portal
( CMS developed on Symfony2)
Pages
Controversy format how to display on the web
Forum done on moodle platform
A series of challenges
Managing multiple funders: Managing various reporting formats and deadlines
Insufficient staff time budgeted—not a large percentage of anybody
Managing multiple contributors – IIEP staff, external writers, two different IT providers
No overall management
Challenges for information services staff
Need for library staff to integrate and monitor new sources of information
Revise our cataloguing procedures
Uploading and updating of content in three languages
May be get rid of this one?
Good feedback from funders and users
High participation in online forums
Web visitors, twitter and facebook stats