The Project

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Project Goals

KeyToNature is focused on interactive educational tools for the identification of organisms. It aims at enhancing the knowledge of biodiversity at all educational levels across Europe.

Main Target Group

KeyToNature mainly addresses the formal education systems of Europe, from teachers to pupils, from primary schools to universities.

Objectives

The main objectives of KeyToNature:

  • Increasing the access and simplifying the use of e-Learning tools for identifying organisms.
  • Addressing the issue of interoperability among the many educational tools devoted to biodiversity across Europe.
  • Optimising their educational efficiency and increasing their quality for educational purposes.
  • Adding value to them by providing multilingual access.
  • Suggesting best practices against barriers that prevent use, production, exposure, discovery and acquisition of educational tools in the biodiversity field.


Project Partners

Logo-Units.png Università degli Studi di Trieste
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita
Italy Data provider, coordinator
Logo-Eti.png ETI BioInformatics Netherlands Data provider, interoperability, databasing
Logo-Jki.png Julius Kühn-Institut – Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen Germany Data provider
Logo-Csic.png Real Jardìn Botànico – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientìficas Spain Data provider
Logo-Ut.png University of Tartu University of Tartu – Institute of Ecology & Earth Sciences Estonia Data provider
PMSL.png Slovenian Museum of Natural History Slovenia Data provider
Logo-Nhm.png Natural History Museum London United Kingdom Data provider
Logo-Fim.png Friedrich Alexander Univ. FIM Neues Lernen Germany Pedagogy & Scientific e-learning expertise
Logo-Glabs.png Giunti Labs S.r.l. Italy Scientific e-learning expertise
Logo-Evo.png Evolaris Research Lab Austria ICT, IPR, & Business Model development
Logo-Cuo.png Catholic University of Leuven – Centre For Usability Research Belgium Usability Expertise
Logo-Utcn.png Technical University of Cluj-Napoca Romania Technology Provider
Logo-Bikam.png Bikam Ltd Bulgaria Educational Databasing and Digital Libraries expertise
Logo-Tba.png T&B e Associati S.r.l. Italy Project Management, Business Model Development

Whereas the list above refers directly to the partners web sites, some partners have already created information pages on this portal. We plan to remove the table above as soon as all partners have done so.

Name Language Abbrev. Country Homepage
Centre for User Experience Research / K.U.Leuven en CUO Belgium http://soc.kuleuven.be/com/mediac/cuo/
ETI BioInformatics en ETI Netherlands www.eti.uva.nl
Evolaris next level GE EVO Austria evolaris.net
GiuntiLabs en GLABS Italy www.giuntilabs.com
Julius Kühn Institute – Federal Research Institute for Cultivated Plants en JKI Germany www.jki.bund.de (en)
Natural History Museum (London) en NHM United Kingdom www.nhm.ac.uk
Real Jardín Botánico (CSIC) en RJB – CSIC Spain www.rjb.csic.es, English start page
Real Jardín Botánico (CSIC) es RJB – CSIC España www.rjb.csic.es
Slovenian Museum of Natural History (PMSL) EN PMSL Slovenia Slovenian Museum of Natural History
Slovenian Museum of Natural History (PMSL) SI PMSL Slovenija Prirodoslovni muzej Slovenije
T&B e Associati S.r.l. en TBA Italy www.tbassociati.it
University of Tartu, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences en Tartu, UT Estonia www.ut.ee (en)
University of Trieste en UNITS Italy units.it



Workpackages

Deliverables

Number Title Date Dissemination level
D.3.1 Inventory of all educational products December 2007 Public
D.11.1 Project Presentation and leaflet December 2007 Public
D.11.2 Public Project web site December 2007 Public
D.4.1 Extensive survey on secondary data January 2008 Public
D.1.1 Progress Report March 2008 Confidential[1]
D.5.1 Report on identification tools chosen for adaptation March 2008 Confidential
D.12.1 Monitoring, Assessment and Evaluation Framework and guidelines for the project implementation[2] March 2008 Public
D.4.2 Technical blueprint April 2008 Confidential
D.7.1 Pedagogical analysis report of existing contentsMay 2008 Public
D.7.2 Evaluation form and gridMay 2008 Public
D.2.1 Multidimensional need analysis and market report July 2008 Confidential (Available on request from these Contacts)
D.1.2 Progress report September 2008 Confidential
D.1.3 1st Annual ReportSeptember 2008 Public
D.3.2 Selected tools for Users' experience testing (Text version) September 2008 Public
D.4.4 Standard agreement for metadata exchange September 2008 Public
D.5.2 Report on chosen standards (protocols and formats) for data exchange and transfer September 2008 Public
D.6.1 Conceptual model of the interface, for both applications (Web-based and mobile)September 2008 Public
D.7.3 Pedagogical strategy handbookSeptember 2008 Public
D.10.1 Interim IPR framework Report September 2008 Confidential
D.11.3 Dissemination Plan September 2008 Public
D.6.2 First prototype of the interfaceDecember 2008 Public
D.1.4 Progress Report March 2009 Public
D.6.3 Report on usability testing March 2009 Public
D.1.5 Progress Report September 2009 Confidential
D.1.6 2nd Annual report September 2009 Public
D.5.3 Wrappers for data exchange September 2009 Public
D.8.1 Users' experience and their feedback September 2009 Public
D.1.7 Progress Report March 2010 Confidential
D.4.3 Database and searching facility March 2010 Public
D.8.2 Evaluation database March 2010 Public
D.5.4 Demonstrator for interoperable e-content network May 2010 Public
D.6.4 Final prototype of the interface May 2010 Public
D.1.8 Progress Report September 2010 Confidential
D.1.9 Final Report September 2010 Public
D.9.1 Improved eLearning product demonstrator September 2010 Public
D.10.2 Final IPR framework report September 2010 Confidential
D.11.4 Press and communication project master file September 2010 Public
D.11.5 Exploitation and after-project sustainability plan September 2010 Confidential
D.11.6 Open Access Journal September 2010 Public
D.11.7 Final Project Presentation September 2010 Public

Notes

  1. only for members of the consortium (including Commission services and project reviewers)
  2. The deliverable "guidelines for standard choice and implementation" will be part of 3 assessment reports that are embedded into D1.2, D1.5 and D1.8

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