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ICT for education in France

Rosa María Gómez de Regil

5th EdReNe SeminarCopenhagen, October 7 2010

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CNDP

• French National Educational Resources Center

– French Ministry of Education operator• Publisher and producer of educational

resources

• Promoter of the use of ICT in schools

• Supplier of tools, advice and training for teachers

• Provider of access for existing educational resources

– Member of the French education service network (SCÉRÉN)

• 31 regional centers (CRDP)

• 85 departmental centers (CDDP) and local centers (CLDP)

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French education figures

• 54 875 primary schools• 11 333 secondary schools

• 857 260 teachers• 11 983 311 pupils

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Standards and interoperability issues

• ScoLOMFR - New LOM application profile for schools

– Educational elements• Learning Resource Type• Intended End User Role• Educational level• Educational description

– Place – Ex. in the classroom– Educational method – Ex. distance education– Tools– Ex. IWB, tutorial

• Disciplines• Curriculum learning lines• Competencies (common base of knowledge and skills)

– 30 vocabularies

http://www.educnet.education.fr/services/normes-tice/vocabnomen/scolomfr

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Standards and interoperability issues

• Technical interoperability– Distributed architecture– OAI/PMH repository and harvesting system– Unique Identifiers, a challenge

• Semantic interoperability– Vocabulary management

• new tool : Mondeca Intelligent Topic Manager– http://www.mondeca.com/index.php/en/

– SKOS modeling– Make the most of concept equivalents

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National projects

• Digital textbooks experiment– Use of enriched digital textbooks in the French VLE’s within secondary schools

– Objectives• decrease the schoolbags weight• propose innovative digital resources• develop the use of ICT in the classroom

– Scope• 69 secondary schools with VLE’s and digital resources individual access• 11 – 12 years old classes• 15000 pupils and 800 teachers• Mainly French and history textbooks

– Stakeholders• Leader : Ministry of Eduction• Regional authorities• Commercial editors• VLE’s providers• digital resources distribution platforms

http://www.educnet.education.fr/contenus/dispositifs/priorites/manuel-numerique

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National projects

• Disciplinary portals

• Digital commercial resources’ catalog for secondary schools

• Digital texts notebook (cahier de textes)– Tool for teachers to describe the pedagogical experience

• activities• accomplished work• attained objectives• list of homework• resources• communication with parents

– Generalization in 2010 and 2011

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Contact information

Rosa Maria Gómez de Regilrosa-maria.gomez@cndp.fr – +33 (0)5 49 49 79 14

SCÉRÉN [CNDP]@4 - avenue du Futuroscope - Téléport 1BP 80158 - 86961 Futuroscope cedexFRANCEwww.sceren.fr