Speakers: Lynne Sergeant and Corinne Bitoun Presentation at the Eldis 20th Anniversary event "Learning from 20 years of digital knowledge sharing for global development" held at IDS on Thursday 15 September 2016 and Friday 16 September 2016.

1. The Story of a Portal

2. IIEP’s response to the learning issue …

3. … to serve the needs of
UNESCO Member States
Improved Learning?
Classroom
displays
Language of
instruction
ICT
Provide objective information
and analyses on learning issues
What are the policy options for
improving learning outcomes?
How does a Ministry of
Education choose from the
many tools and approaches
that exist?
School
grants
Prepared
teachers
Teaching
learning
materials
In-service
training
School
facilities
School-
ready
chidren

4. What is learning Improve learning
Tools for planners Monitor learning
One entry point to give education actors the tools
to understand and participate in planning for
improved learning outcomes

5. An ambitious beginning
Multilingual
Participative
State of the art

6. Innovative technology: a semantic portal
?

7. Innovative technology
UNESCO
Thesaurus
Glossary
IIEP
Classification
Linked data

8. Glossary
UNESCO Thesaurus
IIEP Classification
Linking data

9. The portal’s content web
pages are tagged using
IIEP’s library classification
topics and terms from the
glossary
Linking data

10. Phase 1: the back end
Project specifications were
sent to 5 providers
3 out of 5 decided to present
a joint proposal

11. Phase 2: the front end
Web design and CMS

12. Theory versus reality
Multiple funders = multiple
reporting formats
Multiple contributors
New working methods for
Information Services team
No clear overall management
NO TIME

13. “Semantic Web Cake” by
Tim Berners-Lee (the inventor of the
World Wide Web)
also known as Semantic Web Stack
An innovative technology… for librarians
(…not a piece of cake)

14. Timeline
Phase One - repository
Nov 2012: call for expressions of interest
March 2013: choose provider
Jan – March: develop and test
Phase two - CMS
Jan 2014 : call for expressions of interest
March 2014 : choose provider n°2
May 2014: develop prototype
June 2014: testing phase
July 2014: end of development
End July 2014: transfer and launch
Achieved
Phase One - repository
Nov 2012: call for expressions of interest
March 2013: choose provider
Jan – March: develop and test
Phase two - CMS
Jan 2014 : call for expressions of interest
March 2014 APRIL : choose provider n°2
May 2014 JUNE-JULY : develop prototype
June 2014 SEP-OCT: testing phase
July 2014 FEB 2015: end of development
End July 2014 END 2015: transfer and launch
Planned

16. Branding

17. Well received

18. Most appreciated feature …
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19. Phase 3: 2016-