Linking educational activities with biodiversity collections:

Can web of linked data enhance the educational usage of biodiversity collections?

Nikolaos MarianosGreek Research and Technology Network

Natural Europe CIP PSP• Natural History & Environmental Cultural

Heritage in European Digital Libraries for Education www.natural-europe.eu

• Funded under: CIP-ICT-PSP.2009.2.5 – Use of cultural heritage material for education– Budget: 4.700.000 euros (50%)

Consortium members (1/2)

Partner Country

1. Greek Research & Technology Network (GRNET)

GREECE

2. Technical University of Crete (TUC) GREECE

3. Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (FIT)

GERMANY

4. Ellinogermaniki Agogi (EA) GREECE

5. University of Bayreuth (UBT) GERMANY

6. University of Helsinki (HU) FINLAND

7. BARCO (BN) BELGIUM

Consortium members (2/2)

Partner Country

8. Magic Worlds (MW) BELGIUM

9. Natural History Museum of Crete (NHMC) GREECE

10. Museu Nacional de História Natural of Lisbon (MNHML)

PORTUGAL

11. Jura Museum Eichstaett (JME) GERMANY

12. Arctic Centre (AC) FINLAND

13. Tallinn Natural History Museum (TNHM) ESTONIA

14. Hungarian Natural History Museum (NHMUS)

HUNGARY

museums hold a wealth of high quality content

which can be used to support education

this is NOT an educational resource

…but may become one

how can natural history museums and

science centers connect their digital collections with their

educational activities?

School community

Pre-structured Pathway Pattern

From Teachers & Museum Educators

Lifelong Learners

Open Pathway Pattern

From Museum Educators

Inquiry based learning

Game based learning

aggregation of educational and cultural content

Metadata aggregator for Educational Content4.000 records

Search API

Front end applications

Edu tool of NHMC

Edu Tool of Museum B

Edu tool of Museum C

Metadata aggregator for Cultural Content20.000 records

Search API

Collection Management Tools of Museums

widget in Facebook page of museum

CASE 1: AUTHORING TOOL FOR DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS

Educational Pathway Authoring Tool

Educational Pathway Player

CASE 2: EDUCATIONAL SECTIONS IN MUSEUM SITE

Educational portal for Natural History Museum of Crete

Demo

CASE 3: INTERACTIVE INSTALLATIONS IN MUSEUMS

Prototype at NHMC

Prototype at NHMC

HOW MUSEUMS, EDUCATORS AND VISITORS COULD BENEFIT FROM LINKED OPEN DATA

ingesting content from external sources

• Animation showing the process

Noise

Better results

linked data powered content ingestion

learning material discovery

linked data powered

challenges

• federated search– use a single point for search

• more biodiversity and educational data available in linked data format

• define innovative interfaces for displaying linked data to the users

More info• Educational tool and discovery sites

– http://www.nhmc.uoc.gr/educational-pathways/– http://education.natural-europe.eu/

• info points– n.marianos@agroknow.gr– www.natural-europe.eu

Thank you