[Advisory] National Digital Resource Bank Update
Gary Clawson
gary.clawson@nwlg.org
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:54:53 -0000
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Dear All
With the NAACE Strategic conference in Blackpool next week it is timely =
that I provide a brief update on the development that Jim Knight =
described last year in his conference speech as "a landmark project" - =
the National Digital Resource Bank (NDRB). NDRB is a project that only =
came about after NAACE members called for the establishment of a =
repository of publicly funded digital resources. Since Jim Knight's =
backing we now have the largest repository of creative commons content =
in the UK and will soon be entering into several international =
federations. The basis of the project has always been to gather all =
those publicly funded digital resources and get them into a form whereby =
any teacher can use them in any technical platform, in perpetuity, =
without any worries about Intellectual Property Rights. A massive change =
to the costly patchwork set-up created by elearning credits and a =
disparate commercial market.
NDRB is funded through contributions and lots of time and effort from 2 =
Regional bodies (NWLG and YHGfL) as well as many innovative Local =
Authorities from Wales to Worcestershire, from Northumberland to =
Nottingham, from Blackpool to Bradford - a truly national collaboration. =
The average cost per school to cover the cost of hosting, open source =
development and resource tagging is around =A325 when supported by a RBC =
or Local Authority. =A325 for thousands of excellent curriculum specific =
digital resources that can be imported into your learning platforms.
With the need to save money but still maintain ICT services, NDRB will =
reduce expenditure on digital resources significantly, it will empower =
teachers to create derived works from the use of a comprehensive bank of =
curriculum focused 'open' content and it will enable learning platforms =
to deliver much better value for money. In some cases it may be the only =
thing that convinces schools to keep using them.
All this proving that =A325 will get you a lot more than a bottle of =
wine at the NAACE conference!
The first few thousand resources are now in and if you go to =
www.ndrb.org.uk then some quick searches will give you an idea of what =
the bank has now. We expect to quadruple the amount of resources over =
the next 12 months. If you go to the main www.nwlg.org.uk site there is =
lots of information about NDRB and if you need to know a bit more then =
don't hesitate to drop me an email.
Kind Regards
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Gary Clawson
Chief Executive
North West Learning Grid
eGovernment National Awards 2006 Winner
eGovernment National Awards 2009 Highly Commended
BETT Awards 2010 Finalist
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN class=3D562312616-22022010>With =
the NAACE=20
Strategic conference in Blackpool next week it is timely that I provide =
a brief=20
update on the development that Jim Knight described last year in =
his=20
conference speech as "a landmark project" - the National Digital =
Resource Bank=20
(NDRB). NDRB is a project that only came about after NAACE members =
called=20
for the establishment of a repository of publicly funded =
digital=20
resources. Since Jim Knight's backing we now have the largest =
repository of=20
creative commons content in the UK and will soon be entering into =
several=20
international federations. The basis of the project has always been to =
gather=20
all those publicly funded digital resources and get them into a form =
whereby any=20
teacher can use them in any technical platform, in perpetuity, without =
any=20
worries about Intellectual Property Rights. A massive change to the =
costly=20
patchwork set-up created by elearning credits and a disparate commercial =
market.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN class=3D562312616-22022010>NDRB =
is funded=20
through contributions and lots of time and effort from 2 Regional =
bodies=20
(NWLG and YHGfL) as well as many innovative Local Authorities from =
Wales to=20
Worcestershire, from Northumberland to Nottingham, from Blackpool to =
Bradford -=20
a truly national collaboration. The average cost per school to =
cover the=20
cost of hosting, open source development and resource tagging =
is=20
around =A325 when supported by a RBC or Local Authority. =A325 for =
thousands of=20
excellent curriculum specific digital resources that can be imported =
into your=20
learning platforms.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN=20
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN class=3D562312616-22022010>With =
the=20
need to save money but still maintain ICT services, NDRB will =
reduce=20
expenditure on digital resources significantly, it will empower =
teachers to=20
create derived works from the use of a comprehensive bank of curriculum =
focused=20
'open' content and it will enable learning platforms to deliver much =
better=20
value for money. In some cases it may be the only thing that convinces =
schools=20
to keep using them.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN=20
class=3D562312616-22022010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN class=3D562312616-22022010>All =
this proving=20
that =A325 will get you a lot more than a bottle of wine at the NAACE=20
conference!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN=20
class=3D562312616-22022010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN class=3D562312616-22022010>The =
first=20
few thousand resources are now in and if you go to <A=20
title=3D"http://www.ndrb.org.uk CTRL + Click to follow link"=20
href=3D"http://www.ndrb.org.uk">www.ndrb.org.uk</A> then some quick =
searches will=20
give you an idea of what the bank has now. We expect to quadruple the =
amount of=20
resources over the next 12 months. If you go to the main <A=20
title=3D"http://www.nwlg.org.uk CTRL + Click to follow link"=20
href=3D"http://www.nwlg.org.uk">www.nwlg.org.uk</A> site there is lots =
of=20
information about NDRB and if you need to know a bit more then don't =
hesitate to=20
drop me an email.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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2006=20
Winner</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=3DMsoAutoSig><FONT size=3D1=20
face=3DArial>eGovernment National Awards 2009 Highly =
Commended</FONT></P>
<P style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=3DMsoAutoSig><FONT size=3D1 =
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Awards 2010 Finalist</FONT></P>
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