ICT-PSP Call 5 Digital Content InfoDay, Luxembourg, 8 March 2011: Slide 1 Digital Libraries Activities Directorate E Digital Content & Cognitive Systems Patricia Manson Head of Unit eContent and Safer Internet

Theme 2: Digital Content Two main activities supporting the Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE): – promote access to knowledge, cultural diversity and creative content, and facilitate the digitisation and dissemination of cultural works in Europe Support to Europeana and the digitisation of cultural heritage material – enhance digital literacy, skills and inclusion with a view to modernising education and training systems and integrating digital learning into national curricula across Europe Digital learning

Support to Europeana and the digitisation of cultural heritage material

million objects 28 data aggregators 1500 participating institutions 30,000 My Europeana signee Stable portal Open Source Code EuropeanaLabs Public Domain Charter prototype operational service europeana think culture

The New Renaissance The "Comité des Sages" report on bringing Europe's cultural heritage online Presented to the Commission on 10 January 2011 Stresses the economic aspects next to the cultural aspects The vision Access is the central concept Digitisation is more than a technical option, it is a moral obligation Main responsibilities for digitising and preserving our cultural heritage should be assumed by the public sector

recommends –To reinforce europeana as the reference point for European culture online –To actively and widely promote europeana –Targeted digitisation efforts with clear cross-border scope ICT-PSP Call 5 Digital Content InfoDay, Luxembourg, 8 March 2011 The New Renaissance The "Comité des Sages" report on bringing Europe's cultural heritage online

Theme 2: Support to europeana 2.1 Aggregating Content for Europeana (BPN) 2.2 Digitising Content for Europeana (Pilot Type B) Raising awareness of Europeana and promoting its use (BPN) 2.4 eLearning – Accelerate the adoption of eLearning resources (Pilot Type B)

Digital Learning

Mainstream eLearning The DAE calls upon Member States to mainstream eLearning (…) for the modernisation of education (…).

Foster the use of eLearning resources in schools eContentplus: 47M were/are invested in 20 educational projects But there is need for further work: – eLearning resources are available, but they are not widely used by teachers and learners – Foster the use of educational resources in different educational contexts – accelerate adoption of eLearning resources by stimulating demand

Theme 2: eLearning 2.1 Aggregating Content for Europeana (BPN) 2.2 Digitising Content for Europeana (Pilot Type B) Raising awareness of Europeana and promoting its use (BPN) 2.4 eLearning – Accelerate the adoption of eLearning resources (Pilot Type B)

Research Activities in FP7: ICT for Learning and Access to Cultural Resources

ICT-PSP Call 5 Digital Content InfoDay, Luxembourg, 8 March 2011: Slide 13 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES: ICT Call 8 ICT for Learning and Access to Cultural Resources –Open 26 July 2011 to 17 January 2012 –Budget: 60 MEUR Target outcomes obj. 8.1 Technology-enhanced learning: –Technology-enhanced learning systems endowed with the capabilities of human tutors –Educational technologies for science, technology and maths –Advanced solutions for fast and flexible deployment of learning opportunities at the workplace –Computational tools fostering creativity in learning processes –Exploratory activities for fundamentally new forms of learning through ICT digicult/telearn_en.html

ICT-PSP Call 5 Digital Content InfoDay, Luxembourg, 8 March 2011: Slide 14 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES: ICT Call 9 Access to Cultural Resources –Open 18 January to 17 July 2012 –Budget: 40 MEUR Target outcomes obj. 8.2 Access to Cultural Resources: –Technologies for creating personalised and engaging digital cultural experiences –Open and extendable platforms for building services that support use of cultural resources for research and education –Improved and affordable technologies for digitisation of special forms of cultural resources, including tools for virtual reconstructions –Awareness raising of research results digicult/telearn_en.html

CIP ICT PSP call 2011: DIGITAL CONTENT

CIP ICT-PSP CALL 5 Theme 2 Budget: 38 million Closing date: 1 June 2011 Info on call: Info on theme 2:

ICT-PSP Call 5 Digital Content InfoDay, Luxembourg, 8 March 2011: Slide 17 DIGITAL CONTENT: CIP ICT PSP Call 5 – Theme 2 NowApplication, Evaluation & Support - Instruments & Award criteria - Pre-proposals & Helpdesk 10:15Theme 2 in Split Sessions Session 1 (Room M6): - Aggregating content for Europeana - Digitising content for Europeana - Raising awareness of Europeana and promoting its use Session 2 (Room M5): - eLearning 11:15Coffee Break 11:45Preparing Content for Europeana – From Conception to Delivery - Testimonial from the MIMO project The Classroom of the Future - Presentation by iTec project - Discussion Competence Centres For Digitisation: Impact, PrestoPrime - What they are and what they can do for you