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A Multi-jurisdictional Approach to the Shared

Access and Management of Digital Learning Resources

Problem

-authentic environment for students-opportunities for collaboration by educator-problem solving as a collaborative

What are the learning opportunities?

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Equella as a system

• access to digital learning resources anytime• single search of multiple repositories • management of DRM/Copyright• Self Publication

Stakeholders

Roles of AXIA, Pearson andAlberta Education?

AXIA• leverage the Supernet infrastructure between and

within the five jurisdictionsPearson• provided for the first year the license that CBE

purchased to the other boards at no cost• PD resources• access to digital content as a trialSTS and Alberta Education • funding • active participation on steering and working teams

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Scope and success factors

Focus of Teaching and Learning

• professional development and supporting resources -evaluation, copyright, digital citizenship, FOIP

Focus on Technical Solution

• functioning and integrated software solution for management and access to digital resources

Focus on Digital Resources

• collaborative purchasing of resources between all 5 jurisdictions with sharing of internal produced resources

Focus on Collaboration

• frameworks and working relationships built on similar values and philosophies

We are excited!

• a collaborative venture that involves five jurisdictions, government and private industry that has students at the centre of the work

• helps address challenges around accessibility of digital resources

• leverages infrastructure that that is scalable so it is able to address future needs

• the infrastructure fits with the vision of personalization of learning, where students and teachers are empowered as active participants in the learning environment

• creates conditions for educators to collaborate and work as a collective, within their own and between jurisdictions

Conversation

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Resources

Other Educational Implementations:Nunavut

http://sirluaq.ca/nunavut/logon.doEquella main site

http://www.equella.com/guest-access-sites.phpIowa

http://www.pitchengine.com/pearsonlearningsolutions/iowaselectspearsonsequelladigitalrepositorytomanagelearningcontentstatewide

Kentucky K-20http://depot.kylearningdepot.org/depot/access/home.do