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Unlocking Education Together: A Meta-model Emphasizing Usability and Reuse of Open Educational Resources

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Abstract

Open Educational Resources (OERs) represent a paradigm shift in education, offering diverse, freely accessible materials to democratize knowledge. However, challenges in usability and integration hinder their practical application. This paper addresses these issues within the innovative ENCORE (ENriching Circular use of OeR for Education) project, dedicated to optimizing OER utilization. Focusing on the direct usability challenges faced during ENCORE’s development, an extension to the ENCORE meta-model is proposed. This enhancement ensures uniform representation, empowering educators to seamlessly integrate and utilize OERs in personalized learning paths and assessments. Beyond conventional classrooms, the extended meta-model fosters community awareness through collaborative material sharing. This paper serves as a call to action, emphasizing the pivotal role of OERs in reshaping education. Additionally, the paper introduces a research roadmap addressing key research areas such as personalized learning paths, generative AI applications, and community building, among others.

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    https://project-encore.eu/.

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    https://esco.ec.europa.eu/en/about-esco/what-esco.

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    https://moodle.org/.

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    https://code.visualstudio.com/.

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    https://docs.moodle.org/403/en/Aiken_format.

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    https://docs.moodle.org/403/en/GIFT_format.

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    https://docs.moodle.org/403/en/Moodle_XML_format.

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Acknowledgment

This work has been partially supported by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union ERASMUS-EDU-2021-PI-ALL-INNO, Project ENCORE - ENriching Circular use of OeR for Education (Reference number 101055893).

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    Antonio Bucchiarone & Gianluca Schiavo

  2. GRIAL Research Group, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Andrea Vázquez-Ingelmo, Alicia García-Holgado, Francisco José García-Peñalvo & Roberto Therón

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  3. Institute of Data Science and Digital Technologies, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

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Bucchiarone, A., Vázquez-Ingelmo, A., García-Holgado, A., García-Peñalvo, F.J., Schiavo, G., Therón, R. (2024). Unlocking Education Together: A Meta-model Emphasizing Usability and Reuse of Open Educational Resources. In: Rocha, Á., Adeli, H., Dzemyda, G., Moreira, F., Poniszewska-Marańda, A. (eds) Good Practices and New Perspectives in Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST 2024. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 987. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-60221-4_45

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