EUROPEANA4EDUCATION Open Education Week webinars
Nicole McNeilly & Milena Popova 29 March 2017
Esbjörn at the Study Corner Carl Larsson, 1912 National Museum, Sweden Public Domain
Welcome! At the end of this webinar you will know more about:
● The diversity of digitised cultural heritage content that can be found on Europeana, and its educational value.
● The free tools Europeana provides to enable access to our content (including manual download and the Europeana APIs).
● The financial support Europeana can offer in the development of educational resources featuring our content.
bokägarmärke, exlibrisCreator unknown, 1929
Malmö museer, SwedenPublic Domain
Objectives
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...enrich your educational resources and inspire learners with Europeana’s free to
access content!
We want to help you...
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[Cygnes] : [panneau décoratif]. Louis Rhead, 1897. National Library of France, Public Domain
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We are Europe’s platform for digital cultural heritage, funded by the European Commission.
What is Europeana?What do we offer?
➔ Diverse and inspirational content:
● 50m+ items of digitized cultural heritage like photographs, videos, music, newspapers, text (letters, diaries and books), spoken word and newsreels.
● 20m+ items suitable for use in education.● Curated exhibitions and themed collections.● Content in 22 languages (and growing) and
exhibitions available in 12 languages.
➔ The tools to access and use content:
● Manual search and download ● Four APIs
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What is Europeana?
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http://www.europeana.eu/portal/en
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Creative industries
Cultural heritage: reuse, remake, reimagine – 21 November 2016CC BY-SA
D100. Japanese Lantern Makers |Unknown creator.1880-1890. Museum Für Kunst Und Gewerbe Hamburg,
Germany. CC0.
D100. Japanese Lantern Makers |Unknown creator.
1880-1890. Museum Für Kunst Und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany. CC0
FINDING AND USING EUROPEANA CONTENT
Searching EuropeanaOn our homepage we have a search box which provides access to all Europeana content.
You can start your search by entering a keyword (e.g. ‘horses’) in this box.
You can see that this brings up a lot of results. You can choose to see this content in a grid or list format and change the number of items you see on one page.
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Search filtersUse our filters on the left-hand side of the screen to find content according to:
➔ A collection theme: as of March 2017, Art, Fashion, and Music.
➔ The type of media: Image, Text, Sound, Video, 3DTip: selecting ‘only items with links to media’ brings up content which can be downloaded directly from Europeana.
➔ Can I use it? Find out about the item’s license.
➔ Providing country: where the providing institution comes from.
➔ Language. ➔ Institution: in case you want content only
from a certain provider.
Screenshot of search filter
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Finding reusable content
You can find reusable content by using the ‘Can I Use it?’ drop-down in the search menu. This is on the left hand side of your screen when you search.
From there you can select ‘Free Reuse’ and your results will be filtered to only show content available for free reuse.
Screenshot of filter functionalities on copyright
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If you want to use content with other rights statements, you should always check the terms under which it is licensed. You can find extra information on the content page under the field ‘Additional rights information’, or by following the link to view the object & its terms of use on the data provider’s website.
What can I use?
Freely reusable content is labelled with either Public Domain Mark, CC0, CC BY or CC-BY-SA. Public domain (PD) labelled works can be freely used for commercial and noncommercial purposes, and you should always credit the work.
Creative Commons (CC) licences:● BY - requires you to credit the work.● SA - share alike - requires you to share your own work under identical terms.● NC - non-commercial - permits only non-commercial use of the work.● ND - no-derivatives - you cannot change the item in any way.
On Europeana you can find a detailed explanation of each rights statement.
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Screenshot featuring Gros Bull-dog, coiffé d'un chapeau : [photographie de presse] / Planet | Planet News (Agence de presse). Agence photographique, 1933. National Library of France, Public Domain. Highlights by
Europeana.
Using Europeana contentEach digital object is labelled with a rights statement that describes how you can use the object (see below in yellow).
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Documentation can be found online. Get help on using the Europeana API by emailing [email protected] or by checking out the Europeana API forum.
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Our APIs (Application Programming Interface) allow users to search, retrieve and display relevant Europeana content in external online environments, such as apps, websites, games, etc. Europeana currently provides four APIs. All are free to access after a simple registration process.
➔ The REST API is the most frequently used API. It enables users to filter records by a variety of data fields, from date and creator, to media type and size.
➔ The Europeana Linked Open Data service allows users to explore, access, and download metadata through our SPARQL endpoint.
➔ The Europeana OAI-PMH service supports users to harvest the entirety, or a selection of all Europeana metadata.
➔ The Europeana Annotations API allows users to generate, update, and retrieve annotations for objects in our collections.
Europeana APIs
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Turner am Bock| Heinrich Hamann.1905-1909. Museum Für Kunst Und Gewerbe Hamburg,
Germany. CC0.
Turner am Barren | Heinrich Hamann.1902-1903. Museum Für Kunst Und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany. CC0.
CASE STUDIES
Art Stories FACES
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Theme - art history
● Using 5 portraits from the Europeana Collection in a unique observational and learning challenge for 5-10 year olds
● 5000 downloads ● Partnerships with newly
opened family village of the Italian tour operator Alpitour in Fuerteventura
● Featured app on the Apple store in multiple countries and categories
http://www.artstories.it/en/apps/faces/
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Historiana
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http://sas.historiana.eu/sas/
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Historiana
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http://sas.historiana.eu/sas/
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French Ministry of Education
● Joining 28 partners - major scientific and cultural public institutions
● 126 000 primary & 850 000 secondary teachers registered
● Simple access for teachers
● Pupil and class accounts available
● Themed resources:○ Arts & literature○ Human and social sciences○ Cultures and languages○ Sciences and technology
● Freely reusable content
● Prepared educational scenarios ● Partners can provide learning
resources (eg lesson ideas)
http://www.edutheque.fr/utiliser/cultures-et-langues.html
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Wolsdonklaan playground in 's-Hertogenbosch
Paul HumpigStadsarchief 'S Hertogenboschm
Netherlands, CC BY-SA
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Europeana Challenges
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• 2x themed Challenges per year• Supports sustainable projects presenting or
enabling users to experience Europeana content in innovative ways
• Prizes between 10.000-20.000 EUR• Open to applicants worldwide• Widespread coverage and interest
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Match funding for educational reuse
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Investor fora
Group presenting to the Europeana investor panel at Frankfurt Book Fair 2016. Nicole McNeilly, CC BY-SA.
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GET INVOLVED
The group at the final Europeana teachers validation workshop. European Schoolnet offices, Brussels, February 2017. Nicole McNeilly.
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● A dedicated space on Europeana Professional featuring partnerships, case studies and resources:http://pro.europeana.eu/use-our-data/education
● A thematic LinkedIn group - open for everyone interested in using and promoting Europeana for education (search Europeana4Education)
● #Europeana4Education to support our online identity
● A special logo for stronger branding
Europeana4Education
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Resources
http://pro.europeana.eu/use-our-data/education/educational-resources
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France, Public Domain1921, National Library of France
Agence Rol. Agence photographique
22/10/21, course [automobile sur le circuit] de Brooklands, le comte Zborowski sur Aston MartinANY QUESTIONS?
Thank you!What next?
● Find out more on Europeana Professionalhttp://pro.europeana.eu/use-our-data/education
● LinkedIn: Europeana4Education
● Twitter: @EuropeanaEU, @EuropeanaLabs, #Europeana4Education
● Schedule a Skype meeting to discuss a partnership
● Email us if you have questions or to find out more: [email protected]
Enrich your educational resources and inspire learners with Europeana content!
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