Gerry White

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Global GatewaysTransforming learning through
online knowledge networks
Gerry White Chief Executive Officer www.education
au.edu.au
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Adelaide South Australia
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In the Knowledge Society gateways/portals are
one of the tools that enable e-learning and the
transformation of learning into a lifelong
activity.

Dr Michele Lonsdale 2003 Australian Council for
Educational Research
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• About the report
• Why the research?
• What does the research tell us?
• Re-engineering EdNA
• The challenges
• The Learning Federation
• Key trends
• What can we do?

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The Global Gateways report 2003

• Commissioned by education.au limited
• A map of global knowledge gateways/portals

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Why the research?

• Global mapping who is doing what
• Position and compare Australias online services
  
• Opportunities for collaboration and alliances

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What does the research tell us?

• Types of gateways/portals
• Characteristics of gateways/portals
• Services provided by gateways/portals
• Who uses them and how
• A guide to re-engineering online services

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Re-engineering EdNA

Australias gateway to resources and services for
schools
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EdNA Online
Resource discovery Interactive
services Collaboration
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EdNA Online free resources
Over 17,000 resources with metadata linked to
curriculum Over 320,000 linked
resources Quality national and overseas
repositories, including GEM, MERLOT, VOCED
Customised collections
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EdNA Online customised collections
ICT research http//ictresearch.edna.edu.au ICT
case studies http//leadingpractice.edna.edu.au
ICT school projects http//ozprojects.edna.edu.a
u National software evaluation http//nsep.edna.
edu.au Online technical standards http//standar
ds.edna.edu.au ICT policies http//ictpolicy.edn
a.edu.au
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EdNA Online customised collections
MCEETYA ICT in Schools Taskforce http//icttaskfor
ce.edna.edu.au/ Computer Technology for
Schools http//ctfs.edna.edu.au
UNESCO http//unesco.edna.edu.au Australian
Flexible Learning Resources http//flexiblelearnin
g.net.au/aflr Online forums http//forum.edna.edu
.au
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EdNA Online free services
Regular newsletters with over 10,000
subscribers Communicator topical information
and debate of interest to educators Networker
information and activities from EdNA and its
stakeholders edna-for-schools school related
resources and events VET and ACE e-news related
resources/events Early Childhood News sector
targeted resources Higher Education Update
research and news
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The challenges

• Metadata standards
• Interoperable systems
• Digital rights management
• Privacy, security
• Search engines
• Learning objects

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The Le_at_rning Federation
Collaborative initiative Develop online
curriculum content Built a framework to manage
and distribute learning objects - learning
management system (BELTS)
www.thelearningfederation.edu.au
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The Le_at_rning Federation
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Key trends

• Consolidation of gateways/portals
• Emergence of national/state school networks
• Evolution of digital library
• Collaboration

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What can we do?
Collaborate Grow and be innovative in the use of
ICT Make it simple for the user Remain relevant
to our audience
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Thank you Gerry White Chief Executive
Officer gwhite_at_educationau.edu.au