EDC- DL prototype for dot-EDU India Instructional Materials@Vidyanidhi A prototype digital library has been built for the dot-EDU India Interactive audio-video Instructional Materials using the Greenstone Digital Library Software. A demo version of the same is hosted on the website- www.vidyanidhi.org.in/edcdl The prototype with the current collection of 125 Interactive Radio Instructional materials is made available as EDC- DL- in a box. Dot-EDU Technology Tools for Teaching and Training (T4) is a project sponsored by USAID and implemented by Education Development Center (EDC) and its 39 dot-EDU NGO and government partners. Dot-EDU T4 was created to improve the quality of education in selected states in India. Education Development Center (EDC) and its 39 dot-EDU NGO and government partners believe that educational quality and equitable access are intrinsically connected. They aim to improve the mass delivery of educational quality in order to have an impact on what is learned and who is learning it. EDC and its partners are making great strides towards achieving these goals in the target states of Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand. This project seeks to accomplish its goals through carefully planned, locally-developed applications of digital technologies, coupled with workshops and interaction with the communities. For more info- www.ies.sdc.org http://www.ies.sdc.org/ The EDC-DL project is a consultancy assignment to the Vidyanidhi Digital Library @University of Mysore. The project involved, the study of metadata standards and vocabularies and developing an appropriate metadata set for the collection. Dublin Core (DC), Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) and IMS Global were considered. The Dublin Core application profile for educational materials with 19 elements has been developed and deployed. Three controlled vocabularies- The Australian Council for Educational Research www.acer.edu.au http://www.acer.edu.au/ ; The Eurydice Information network on Education in Europe: www.eurydice.org http://www.eurydice.org/ ; Education Information Resources Center -ERIC www.eric.ed.gov http://www.eric.ed.gov/ were studied and finally ERIC vocabulary was chosen. The collection comprised of three series - the Chukki Chinna series for Karnataka and the English is Fun series for the states of Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand.Chattisgharn and Jharkhand. The Chukki Chinna interactive radio instruction series is a project-based, active learning approach to teaching and learning emerging from identified hard spots for science, social studies (or environmental studies) and mathematics in the 4th and 5th standard curriculum. English is Fun series comprises of interactive radio instruction (IRI) programmes on introductory English for 1st and 2nd grades. The EDC- DL collection may be browsed and searched in three languages- English, Kannada, and Hindi. Interfaces are also available in these three languages. Shalini -------- Dr.Shalini R. 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A demo version of the same is hosted on the website- http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/edcdl www.vidyanidhi.org.in/edcdl The prototype with the current collection of 125 Interactive Radio Instructional materials is made available as EDC- DL- in a box. � Dot-EDU Technology Tools for Teaching and Training (T4) is a project sponsored by USAID and implemented by Education Development Center (EDC) and its 39 dot-EDU NGO and government partners. � Dot-EDU T4 was created to improve the quality of education in selected states in India . � Education Development Center (EDC) and its 39 dot-EDU NGO and government partners believe that educational quality and equitable access are intrinsically connected. � They aim to improve the mass delivery of educational quality in order to have an impact on what is learned and who is learning it. � EDC and its partners are making great strides towards achieving these goals in the target states of Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand. This project seeks to accomplish its goals through carefully planned, locally-developed applications of digital technologies, coupled with workshops and interaction with the communities. For more info- http://www.ies.sdc.org/ www.ies.sdc.org � The EDC-DL project is a consultancy assignment to the Vidyanidhi Digital Library @ University of Mysore . The project involved, the study of metadata standards and vocabularies and developing an appropriate metadata set for the collection. Dublin Core (DC), Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) and IMS Global were considered. The Dublin Core application profile for educational materials with 19 elements has been developed and deployed. Three controlled vocabularies- The Australian Council for Educational Research http://www.acer.edu.au/ www.acer.edu.au ; The Eurydice Information network on Education in Europe : � http://www.eurydice.org/ www.eurydice.org ; Education Information Resources Center – ERIC � http://www.eric.ed.gov/ www.eric.ed.gov were studied � and finally ERIC vocabulary was chosen. � The collection comprised of three series – the Chukki Chinna series for Karnataka and the English is Fun series for the states of Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand.Chattisgharn and Jharkhand. The Chukki Chinna interactive radio instruction series is a project-based, active learning approach to teaching and learning emerging from identified hard spots for science, social studies (or environmental studies) and mathematics in the 4 th and 5 th standard curriculum. English is Fun series comprises of interactive radio instruction (IRI) programmes on introductory English for 1 st and 2 nd grades. � The EDC- DL � collection may be browsed and searched in three languages- English, Kannada, and Hindi. Interfaces are also available in these three languages. � � � Shalini -------- Dr.Shalini R. Urs Director Information and Communication Division & Professor and Chairperson Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore-570006 India Tele-91-821-2514699 Fax -91-821-2519209 homepage:www.vidyanidhi.org.in/shaliniurs.htm �