NDLA- the Norwegian Digital Learning Arena presented at OECD Paris Jan 2015

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• Population – 5 million
• Official languages
– Bokmål
– Nynorsk
• Administrative Diversion
– 19 Counties
• County responsibility
– Upper secondary school
– 200 000 pupils/apprentices
– Free learning resources

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Free and open digital learning
resources for all, on all subjects at
upper secondary level
Teachers and pupils participating and
contributing to their own learning
recourses

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5. Key results
• 98 % of all teachers know NDLA
• Over 60 % use NDLA in their teaching
• Over 50 % use NDLA often
• High scores for value and quality
• High level of private and public cooperation
– Suppliers from all levels are involved
– 66 % of budgets are spent in the open marked
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Traffic in total
Highest traffic in Norway for
Digital Learning Resources

7. Annual costs of NDLA
55 per student
1,3 per student/subject

8. 66% of NDLA’s
budget is used
in the open
marked

9. Keys factors
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• A public commitment with long-term financial backing
• The involvement of teachers is essential, in the whole process
– Release the teachers competence through new challenges
• Open licensing, meta data and open formats is key
• Don’t always invent - integrate with what's already working

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How could this happen in Norway?
Too rich
Too few
Strong unions
Powerful publishers
Plenty of good textbooks
Lack of political goals

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Preconditions
Structural shift
• Legislation
• Economy
• Technology
• Inspiration

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The power of Inspiration

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NDLA's international goal is to be part of a network of
related initiatives
- and through partnership increase global learning
benefits

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Pedagogical Ambitions
 Accessibility
 Flexibility and freedom to choose
instructional methods
 Right to (re)use and share the learning
resources !
 Up to date learning resources in
dialogue with the users

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Technical characteristics
 Open Standards
 Service oriented approach
 High level of granularity
 Web 2.0 / SoMe technology
 Dynamic development of the repository

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2 layered approach
1. Editorial staff and Private companies
produces quality assessed learning resources
2. Learners contribute
Shares their own work
Remixes and comments