1. Bart De Nil Stafmedewerker FARO 13 mei 2011 | iMinds 2011 Gent

2. Evolution 1: ‘Digitize or Die’ Increasing number of Flemish projects on digitizing, aggregating and distributing cultural heritage. Symbol and stimulus: Europeana

3. Evolution 2: ‘e-learning’ Flemish teachers share their class material on online platforms such as Klascement or Smartschool. Learning objects are increasingly used on digiboards and teachers communicate with each other and the students in e-learning environments.

4. 1 + 2 = heritage education Research shows that both the heritage and education sector have a real need for ICT instruments for heritage education.

5. EPICS in one (long) sentence An IBBT project that researches the creation of an educational platform for cultural heritage, that will develop innovative modules for aggregating, manipulating, distributing digital cultural heritage and transform them into learningobjects. E-learningPlatform In the CulturalheritageSector

6. Inspiration: ED*IT (since 2011 Les2.0) NederlandsInstituutvoorBeeld en Geluid  project Beeldenvoor de Toekomst Content: Public broadcaster, Beeld en Geluid,SchoolTV‐beeldbank, Nationaal archief,Naturalis, Anno, Museum Volkenkunde, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden en Kennislink

7. Inspiration: ED*IT – screenshot

8. Challenges Tranforming digital objects to learning objects. Directing content from the cultural heritage sector to educational platforms. Tools to convert heritage content into learning packages Solutions for distributing all of this to very diverse user environments (classrooms, home, mobile). Eg ‘playful learning’ using digital content in the classroom and in a mobile environment. Legal aspects.

9. Digitaalcultureelerfgoed EPICS platform Didactiseren Opslag Mash ups bewerkingstools Legal aspects User research Bestaande e-leerplatformen E-leeromgevingen Klaslokaal Openbarebibliotheken Mobieletoestellen Schematic

11. budget: > 1.8 miljoen €

12. 9 companies/institutes

13. 6 research groups

15. Demonstrator Tracking 11-year old Jeanne Mesdom through Ieper in the beginning of 1914.

16. Movies Test in Ieper EPICS-platform: http://vimeo.com/29718787 Mobile route: http://vimeo.com/29716885

17. What will EPICS deliver? Knowledge: user research legal educational transformation technology … Positive effect for heritage education/reuse of digital heritage (sharing information across sectors) Generic platform for the education and heritage sector ! Plan of approach: valorisation and sustainability of EPICS-platform

18. Demo-event 24 november 2011 -10:00 uur @ CC Het Perron in Ieper More information and registration: http://events.ibbt.be/epics-een-e-leerplatform-voor-digitaal-erfgoed Bart De Nil, project lead EPICS Bart.DeNil@faronet.be

19. Bart De Nil Stafmedewerker FARO 13 mei 2011 | iMinds 2011 Gent