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Christian ReimersUniversity Vienna, Department of Astronomy

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• URL as starting point … http://www.cosmosportal.eu/

• Login to download educational content / get informations out of the database or upload your materials as content provider

• Registration to access all the materials for free … Create an account

Portal:

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• Home: News/Informations; Tag Cloud; Who is Online; etc.

• Repository: Search or Share Educational Content / Leaning Activities

• Tool-Box: all you need …• for creating metadata (in IEEE LOM standard), • for puting your learning activities into one of six COSMOS scenario templates (in IMS LD standard), • to view learning scenarios stored in the IMS LD standard, • to view or work with astronomical FITS image

• Learn more about: COSMOS Homepage

• News: informs you about actual activities and events

• Help: if you need further helping instructions

Repository Structure:

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• Educational Content = Learning Objects

• Free Text

• Detailed Search - Classification - Language - Age Range

Searching in COSMOS Repository:

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• Learning Activities = Learning Scenarios

• Description of Scenario Templates (= Learning Method)

• Free Text

• Detailed Search - Classification - Used Template - Language - Age Range

Searching in COSMOS Repository:

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• Educational Content or • Learning Activities

• Detailed Search

• Title

• Rating Results

• Quality Sign

• Set of Metadata

Search Result:List of …

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• Educational Content or • Learning Activities

• Title• Keywords• Desription• Rating (Results)• Quality Sign• Preview Image• Download or Link (LO and Metadata) • Author / Copyright• Set of Metadata

Search Result:Detail of …

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• Educational Content or• Learning Activities

• Title

• File (Learning Object or Learning Scenario)

• Metadata File (XML, IEEE LOM)

• Preview Image

• Copyright Options (e.g. Creative Commons)

Sharing:

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Stand: August 2009