Øivind Høines CEO and Head of NDLA ndla.no oivind@ndla.no

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Øivind HøinesCEO and Head of NDLA

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Innovation in Acquisition, Development and Distribution of Digital Learning Resources

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NDLA – a Norwegian initiative

Population – 4.9 million

Official languages

• Norsk

• Nynorsk

Government

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Unitary Parliamentary Democracy

Administrative Diversion

• 19 Counties

• 430 Municipals

County responsibility

• Upper secondary school

• 200 000 pupils/apprentices

• Free learning resources

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Norwegian Digital Learning Arena

Delivers free digital and quality assured learning resources

to all pupils in Norway at upper secondary level

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NDLA – an ambitious initiative

Joint partnership and co-ownership between 18 (out of 19) county councils

Virtual organisation. No main office. Teachers work as local editors and editorial staff

Numerous users throughout Norwegian schools with increasing traffic numbers

Open source content and open infrastructure

Buying, developing, and distributing digital learning materials

Replacing and supplementing traditional learning resources

• Costs: 44 EUR pr student (20% of total funding for learning recourses), 2 EUR pr student/subject

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Statistics

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Visits per student

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Key results

74 % of all teachers know NDLA 50 % use NDLA in their teaching 43 % use NDLA often The teachers that use NDLA give high scores for value and quality High level of private and public cooperation

• Suppliers from all levels are involved • Between 60 and 70 % of budgets are spent in the open market

• NDLA has redefined the marked for publishers and opened up new possibilities

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Two level content model

Editorial staff produce and acquire• Quality assessed learning resources

Learners and teachers in general• Shares their own work

• Makes new relations and contexts

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Important keys factors for NDLA

Secure a public commitment with substantial and long-term financial backing

The involvement of teachers is essential

Releasing teachers competence through new challenges

Licensing, meta data and open formats is key

Keep momentum

Don’t reinvent the wheel - integrate with the best

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An invitation to visit NDLA

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NDLA has no Headquarter, but 18 counties

A visit to NDLA will give a chance to meet all levels and stakeholders involved in the initiative

• Web sites• County councils:

Vest Agder Nord-Trøndelag Hordaland E.g.

Schools

Pupils

Teachers

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Pupils

Teachers

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