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EduCloud Alliance – Standardising digital learning resource market

EduCloud Alliance
March 18, 2015
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EduCloud Alliance – Standardising digital learning resource market

Presentation at the European Commission ET2020 Working Group on Digital and Online Learning

EduCloud Alliance

March 18, 2015
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  1. EduCloud Alliance –
    Standardising digital
    learning resource market
    Counsellor of Education Thomas Vikberg
    WG Digital and Online Learning 18.3.2015

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  2. Brief and simplified description of the
    Finnish context

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  3. Government
    • National objectives for education
    • Subjects and time allocation
    Board of
    Education
    • Core Curriculum
    • Coordinator of national development of educatio
    Education
    Providers
    • Mostly muncipalities, ~98% of pupils
    • Local curriculums
    • Employers of teachers
    Schools
    • School specific curriculums
    • Led by principal
    Teachers
    • Choose their own working methods

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  4. Muncipalities in Finland

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  5. Muncipalities in Finland
    Helsinki
    36530 pupils (2013)

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  6. Muncipalities in Finland
    Helsinki
    36530 pupils (2013)
    Kumlinge
    18 pupils (2013)

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  7. National efforts to digitalise education
    (uncomplete)
    Targeted state grants and
    programs
    Support programs for compan
    National Core Curriculu
    Digitalisation of the
    Matriculation Examinati
    Digital Curriculum Tool
    Targeted state grants
    Reports and working gro
    Registry of Verified
    Competence

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  8. Now
    • A consortium of interested parties, due tomorrow
    – Ministry of Education and Culture
    – Companies (eg. publishers, platform providers, ict compan
    – Universities
    – Non-profit organisations
    • Jointly agree on a de facto standard (ECA) to provide
    interoperability
    • Joint collaboration with Estonia
    – Memorandum of Understanding signed in Jan. 2014

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  9. Piloted in 2014: mock purchase through Bazaar

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  10. Reference platform
    • The consortium will lead the development of a
    100% open source ECA compatible reference
    solution
    • Serves as a pilot for the ECA standard and a
    model for derivatives

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  11. Due 2016
    • Easy to use national single sign on (SSO)
    especially targeted for minors
    • Several distribution channels that are ECA
    compliant
    – Easy access to digital learning resources
    – Different business models
    • Opportunities for teachers to exchange ideas

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  12. Technical Development
    Bazaar
    CMS
    API
    KnowHow
    API
    GetInspired
    API
    Payments
    management
    API
    License
    management
    API
    API
    Management
    API
    EduCloud
    SSO
    EduCloud
    Role
    Manage
    ment
    Customer Services
    Management Services
    Infra services
    BZR API
    Data storage
    Security Server (X-
    Road)
    Adapter Server
    ”Government driven”

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  13. Thank you!
    More information
    • Senior Advisor Jarkko Moilanen,
    [email protected]
    • http://www.educloudalliance.org (mostly in Finnish)
    • Source code: https://github.com/educloudalliance/
    • Presentations: https://speakerdeck.com/educloudalliance
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=6671440
    • Twitter: https://twitter.com/educloudallianc

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