Scholaris — Online Educational Resource Centre
Poland , 2002 to 2007
Compendium: Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
Background
I stage 2002 – 2004
II stage 2005 – 2006
III stage from 2007Scholaris is composed of three parts: Applications (services), Educational Resources and Information Resources. The Scholaris applications allow for easy use of electronic educational resources in schools:
- Individual account gives an opportunity to note which educational materials are most valuable and useful.
- Scholaris offers an e-school service by which a virtual class can be created; pupils’ and teachers’ data can be entered, individual subjects can be created and electronic registers are run.
- A tool called Assignments, with the use of which teachers prepare assignments for students and store them on their individual accounts.
The motivation of the initiative
The quality of educational resources for teachers and pupils has been poor and this issue has been particularly acute in rural areas.
Participants
Teachers, pupils and parents, as well as the personnel of the educational sector.
Aims and targets
Objectives of the initiative
- To increase access to digital resources for teachers.
- Dissemination of the use of ICT in teaching across all school subjects.
Target group
Teachers, pupils and parents, as well as the personnel of the educational sector.
Methods applied to reach the objective (technological and/or pedagogical)
Teachers took part in the production of educational resources and the aim was to cover all core curriculum issues.
Strategy and actions
Level of implementation
National. Initially, the project covered 7 provinces from among 16.
Implementation
Co-financed with the Rural Development Programme and the European Social Fund. I and II stage had their own resources and in 2008 from European Funds.
Monitoring and evaluation
Funding/Cost effectiveness
Budget
I stage: approximately 2 200 000 PLN.
II stage: approximately 17 700 000 PLN.
III stage: 700 000 PLN (until end of 2007).Sustainability/Transferability
Outcomes/impacts
Achievements
Specific results
Educational portal established offering a free-of-charge, quality database of digital and multimedia educational resources for teachers and students. Some of the contents include:
- e-Lessons Teacher — 530
- e- Lessons Student — 530
- Interactive exercises — 2 860
- Interactive courses — 6
- Multimedia presentations — 738
- Simulations of phenomena and processes — 432
- Lesson scenarios — 6 743
- Tests and class tests — 461
- Student’s work chart — 1 520
Success factors
Lessons learnt
There is need to work on criteria of quality of digital resources.
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