meeting was devoted to a discussion on how to continue with the work after the Taskforce’s term has ended and what to present during the Europeana AGM in 2015. Outcomes Here the main outcomes of the Europeana Task Force for Education are included. The Stakeholders Analysis was made during the first meeting to set the priorities for the work done by the Task Force. The overview of case studies give an idea of the practice that has been shared by the Task Force members. Stakeholders analysis Stakeholder What can this stakeholder contribute? What are the benefits for this stakeholder? How could the Taskforce have an impact? Educators Provide feedback, know-how, knowledge of educational systems, know the needs of students. Educators can judge what is relevant and usable. Without educators nothing happens. Quality of education. Better access to high quality materials. Provenance and contextual information. A landing page with all the information they need in an accessible way. Providing examples of how digital heritage and Europeana can be used in education. Europeana Bringing the various stakeholders together, advocacy on a policy level, inform GLAMS, promote good learning examples, showcase good content It is in the Europeana strategic mission to encourage re-use of cultural content for education. To show success. Helps with sustainability information with Europeana, be and show case studies that work, provide content that is fit for purpose. Share solutions and modes of cooperation that are scalable. GLAMS Contributing existing and future content and learning materials, knowledge about the collections, streamlining of the metadata Visibility and outreach (to schools, etc.) this is in line with their public mission, legitimises their existence and shows that they are needed. Helps with sustainability. Traffic. Convince that they are part of the European context, show the benefits through case stories , tracking statistics, giving visibility new opportunities to work with other partners Local and regional authorities Support on policy level, help with dissemination, reach out to local and regional GLAMS and educational institutes, help to connect local and regional education and cultural stakeholders and companies/donors. Helps with sustainability. Visibility. They can inform what they are promoting, supports mission (which can be bigger than the locality). It is possible to give outreach on European level. Recognition on international level.
Ministries of Culture Support with funding. They can provide access to collections. Helps with sustainability. Public mission. Visibility and outreach (to schools, etc.) Showcase the high quality of their work. Showing in a clear and simple way what the benefits are for their public mission. Showcasing simple to use end products that work. Show the diversity of the contents and how teachers can use it. Showcase ways in which GLAMS can open their collections for educational use. Ministries of Education Support with funding. Decide the curriculum. Outreach to schools, teacher training institutes, portals to link contents, coordinate national and international level. Helps with sustainability. Public mission. More diverse educational content. Access to content from other European countries. Access to the European funding. Showing in a clear and simple way what the benefits are for their public mission. Showcasing simple to use end products that work. Show the diversity of the contents and how teachers can use it. Service Providers Outreach mechanism. The contents are linked to the device. They will sell more. If we have good content that is copyright cleared, they might want to integrate this as a service. 3.2 Overview of Case Studies Description Benefits for educators Relevance Discoverability Enrichment of the metadata Quality of the source Licensing for educational use Easy and reliable access Interoperability and standards Benefits for content providers Public mission Visibility Evidence of impact Costs reduction Data enrichment Linked (open) data Concerns about copyright (for some) Tool/Mode of Cooperation
Use of the sources Éduthèque (Alain Thillay) Visibility and Public Mission Giving clear visibility to content providers Éduthèque (Alain Thillay) Easy access of materials. (Downloads) Concern about copyright. Facilitating an online platform for exclusive educational use and use a licensing module. VIAA (Barbara Dierickx) Licensing for educational use Cost reduction. The providers of educational resources covers the costs of digitisation in exchange for copyright Sound and Vision (Barbara Dierickx) Good use of digital technology Public Mission Users are enabled to take the role of a video editor. Europeana Newspapers (Clemens Neudecker) Relevance and data enrichment Data enrichment Cooperation between content partners to create new collections on a particular and summary translations of those. European Digital Film Gateway (Georg Eckes) Discoverability Linked Open Data Cooperation between content partners to streamline metadata on an area of common interest. (Frida Starck Lindfors) Relevance and use of the sources Public Mission Presenting sources alongside suggestions on how to use them in practice (Frida Starck Lindfors) Good use of digital technology. Public Mission Enabling users to compare and contrast maps from Stockholm over time. Historiana /EUScreen (Maria Drabczyk) Relevance Public Mission Educators describe in detail what they are looking for to a network of specialised content providers.