SLOOP PROJECT

'SLOOP' is a project - funded by the European Commission - in the e-Learning & OpenContent fields. It promotes the sharing of free/open learning objects.
The original idea is to apply the free software philosophy to the production of pedagogical materials for the e-learning.
A Learning Object is, by definition, a '''reusable''' chunk of learning content: the reusability is the main motivation in favour of LOs. But if a LO is covered by copyright ''“all rights reservedâ€'' it can be reused from the technical point of view, but legally it is only reusable by the owner himself.
The SLOOP Project has introduced the idea of 'free/open Learning Object': LO with a licence which allows the material to be used freely, to be changed and to be distributed; obviously the code must be accessible.
SLOOP is a Community of teachers, from many countries, who share LOs in an Open Content philosophy.
In the SLOOP Project has been developed 'freeLOms', a ''free LO management system''.

Contents
Sharing Learning Objects in an Open Perspective
SLOOP site
SLOOP Project Aim
SLOOP Project Partnership
Italy
Ireland
Romania
Slovenia
Spain
Related articles
External links
References

Sharing Learning Objects in an Open Perspective


SLOOP Logo

SLOOP is a project co-funded by the European Community under the Leonardo da Vinci Programme.
SLOOP is the acronym of Sharing Learning Objects in an Open Perspective.
SLOOP site

The address of the SLOOP site is the following: www.sloopproject.eu.
The SLOOP site has been created using Moodle in order to have the possibility to deliver courses and to activate discussion forums as the Communities of practice are the base of the development of the project.
SLOOP Project Aim

The SLOOP Project aims

★ to promote and facilitate the integration of face to face learning, work-based learning and e-learning in order to improve the quality and efficiency of the learning process;

★ to customise learning paths by supporting them properly with multimedia learning objects;

★ to facilitate the creation and the use of education tools (learning objects) which are free, re-usable and shared among teaching communities according to the Free/Libre/Open-Source Software philosophy.
The SLOOP Project aims to develop and promote a technological platform - named ''freeLOms'' - to create, save and use easy-to-access online teaching material, modifiable according to the open source philosophy. The goal is to create a collection so-called Learning Object to international standards such as SCORM for teacher training and student education.
The SLOOP Project is funded with support from the European Commission under the European Commission "Leonardo da Vinci programme" – with partners in Italy, Ireland, Romania, Slovenia and Spain. It follows the seventh objective of the Copenhagen Declaration: ''“Focus more on the learning needs of teachers and trainers who operate in education professional developmentâ€''.
SLOOP Project Partnership

The SLOOP Project partnership

Italy


ITSOS (Istituto Tecnico Statale Sperimentale ad Ordinamento Speciale) “Marie Curie†di Cernusco sul Naviglio (''promoter'')

CNR - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per le Tecnologie Didattiche - Sezione di Palermo

Formaper

METID – Politecnico di Milano

Scienter
Ireland


Cork College of Commerce

DEIS, Department of Education – Cork Institute of Technology
Romania


University “Dunarea de Jos†- Galati
Slovenia


University of Ljubljana - Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering
Spain


FUOC, Fundación Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

Related articles


Articles concerning the SLOOP Project:

★ "''SLOOP: a European Project focused on the realization of a shared repository of free Learning Objects''" by Mara Masseroni e Pierfranco Ravotto, EXPO eLearning Ferrara (6-8 October 2005) [1]

★ "''SLOOP: un progetto europeo per un archivio condiviso di Free Learning Object''" di Mara Masseroni e Pierfranco Ravotto, EXPO eLearning Ferrara (6-8 ottobre 2005) [2][3]

★ "''SLOOP: sviluppare un Free Learning Objects Management System''" ("''SLOOP: to develop a Free Learning Object Management System''") by Pierfranco Ravotto, SieL Seminar in Florence (9-11 November 2005) [4]

★ "''Dalle scuole in rete a una rete di scuole per la realizzazione di free Learning Object''" di Pierfranco Ravotto, Didamatica, Cagliari (11 - 13 maggio 2006) [5]

★ "''A collaborative 'open Learning Objects' management system''" by Manuel Gentile, Davide Taibi, Mario Allegra, Giovanni Fulantelli - WSEAS - ENGINEERING EDUCATION 2006 (EE'06)- Vouliagmeni Beach, Athens, Greece, (July 11-13, 2006) - Special Session: Methods and Tools for Managing Learning Objects [6]

★ "''Teachers make their expertise available online''" - Evening Echo - Thursday September 28, 2006 [7]

★ "''Learn to teach on the Net''" - Evening Echo - Thursday December 7, 2006[8]

External links



www.sloopproject.eu

Video interview on the SLOOP project

Leonardo da Vinci Programme

Slovenian version of the SLOOP site

Cork, Ireland, version of the SLOOP Project

References



ISFOL-Leonardo da Vinci Italian Agency

Italian Ministry of Education

Italian National Research Council (CNR)

Eduforge - freeLOms

Universitas Galatiensis - Romania

Politecnico di Milano

QUeL, Qualità nell'eLearning

Obiettivo Europa - Vetrina Progetti UE

Learning Objects - KnowledgeIsFun.com

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