Cambios

Busca en cnbGuatemala con Google

sin resumen de edición
Línea 1: Línea 1: −
= Introduction =
+
{{Título}}
CNBGuatemala is a wiki-based website offering the full content of the Guatemalan National Basic Curriculum and a variety of teacher professional development resources, teacher tools and open educational resources aligned with the curriculum.
+
''(Updated September 2020)''
 +
== Background ==
 +
CNBGuatemala.org is a wiki-based website offering the full content of the Guatemalan National Basic Curriculum, open educational resources aligned with it and a variety of teacher professional development resources and teacher tools. By placing this content online and linking items to each other we aim to make it easy for educators to find the relevant parts of the curriculum when engaged in educational planning, but also to access resources that help them teach that curriculum effectively and develop as successful teachers.
   −
A wiki is a specific type of website. Unlike many websites that can only be read by users, wikis can be edited by a community of users: they invite users to be producers of content, not just consumers of content. The best known wiki is Wikipedia. CNBGuatemala is built with the same technology as Wikipedia, known as Mediawiki. This is open software which has both open licencing and open coding. Open licensing means that it can be downloaded and deployed without other limitations than giving credit to those who created and modified it previously. Open coding means that any user can access and modify the source code of the programs.
+
Educators value this. Since its inception in 2012, the number of users for the website has expanded annually. In 2019 the website was visited by an average of 140,000 individual users each month, mainly teachers in Guatemala. With the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing shutdown visitors increased to over 200,000 individual users each month, and international users (mostly from countries in Latin America) increased from under 25% to over 50% of all visitors. To put this in context, in August 2020 cnbGuatemala.org received around 223,350 individual visitors. This is equivalent to 30% of the [https://www.similarweb.com/website/cnbguatemala.org/?competitors=mineduc.gob.gt traffic visiting the official education portal] in the country for the same period. In 2019 Guatemala reported having 283,724 teachers in total.
   −
We hope this introductory tour to CNBGuatemala will help you appreciate why a wiki-based curriculum website is not just a nice idea, but also a useful one. The tour is designed specifically for the desktop version of the website. You may click on the images to go to the relevant parts of the website online.
+
[[Archivo:Unique visitors cnbGuatemala, January-August 2019 and 2020.png|center|Website traffic for January-August 2019 and 2020. Source: Google Analytics]]
   −
= What is available on the website =
+
CNBGuatemala.org helps reduce the digital divide. The website is built on [[wikipedia-en:Mediawiki|Mediawiki]] and as such is committed to openness. Users may choose to log in, but they do not need to do so to access any of our contents. And because Mediawiki is constantly developing thanks to a community of programmers that improve its desktop and mobile interfaces, we can focus at relatively low cost on expanding content and improving its educational value. This means a growing proportion of users —mostly educators— find it easy to access and use the curriculum and other contents, wherever they are, whatever their need may be, and based on any technological platform.
   −
== The curriculum ==
+
CNBGuatemala.org has been maintained since 2012 with private voluntary contributions in work and funding, and occasional grants from international cooperation agencies. In 2015 a group of educators and international development specialists from Guatemala, the United States and other countries established in Washington D.C. ''[http://online-learning-initiative Online Learning Initiative, Inc. (OLI)]'' a nonprofit organizations to seek support and governance for the website and promote the adoption of similar solutions in other countries. OLI is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt entity registered with the United States Internal Revenue Service.
 +
 
 +
== This website is a wiki ==
 +
 
 +
A wiki is a specific type of website. Unlike many websites that can only be read by users, wikis can be edited by a community of users: they invite users to produce content, not just consume content. The best known wiki is Wikipedia. CNBGuatemala.org is built with the same technology as Wikipedia, known as Mediawiki. This is open software which has both open licencing and open coding. Open licensing means that it can be downloaded and deployed without other limitations than giving credit to those who created and modified it previously. Open coding means that any user can access and modify the source code of the programs.
 +
 
 +
Education is a shared endeavor. Teachers routinely learn from each other and support each other with best practices and educational resources. So far the main contributors of content to the website have been institutional, most notably the [http://www.mineduc.gob.gt/digeduca/ Guatemalan Ministry of Education's Directorate General for Educational Assessment and Research (DIGEDUCA)], and nonprofit organizations committed to developing open educational resources. However, we believe thinking of the curriculum as a platform for educators to share aligned resources will expand the possibilities for more effective teaching and learning.
 +
 
 +
We trust this introductory tour to CNBGuatemala will help you appreciate why a wiki-based curriculum website is not just a nice idea, but also a useful one. The tour is designed specifically for the desktop version of the website. Most of the images in this tour are linked to the relevant parts of the website, so you may click on them to see the original (in Spanish) of each example.
 +
 
 +
== What is available on the website ==
 +
 
 +
=== The curriculum ===
 
The core content of the website is the Guatemalan National Basic Curriculum (known as CNB). CNB is organized by level of the educational system: initial, preprimary, primary, lower secondary (known as basic) and upper secondary (known as diversified). Each volume in hard copy (and reproduced in PDF files is presented in three sections: a) an introduction to the background and rational of the curriculum, b) the curriculum areas proper, and c) guidelines for assessment.
 
The core content of the website is the Guatemalan National Basic Curriculum (known as CNB). CNB is organized by level of the educational system: initial, preprimary, primary, lower secondary (known as basic) and upper secondary (known as diversified). Each volume in hard copy (and reproduced in PDF files is presented in three sections: a) an introduction to the background and rational of the curriculum, b) the curriculum areas proper, and c) guidelines for assessment.
   Línea 14: Línea 28:  
[[Archivo:CNB front page with structure.png|centre|thumbnail|400x400px|link=Bienvenidos al Currículum Nacional Base]]
 
[[Archivo:CNB front page with structure.png|centre|thumbnail|400x400px|link=Bienvenidos al Currículum Nacional Base]]
   −
== Help in using the curriculum ==
+
=== Help in using the curriculum ===
 
Additionally, the website has content that is relevant to the use of the curriculum, following this logic:
 
Additionally, the website has content that is relevant to the use of the curriculum, following this logic:
   Línea 25: Línea 39:  
Notice the navigator on the lower right corner. Users can go to the other modules by clicking on the relevant icon.
 
Notice the navigator on the lower right corner. Users can go to the other modules by clicking on the relevant icon.
   −
== Other publications ==
+
=== Other publications ===
 
The front page also gives easy access to recent publications. These are presented in a scroll window by date of publication on the website (most recent first). Twenty three languages are spoken in Guatemala. A second scroll window presents specifically publications on bilingual intercultural education.
 
The front page also gives easy access to recent publications. These are presented in a scroll window by date of publication on the website (most recent first). Twenty three languages are spoken in Guatemala. A second scroll window presents specifically publications on bilingual intercultural education.
 
[[Archivo:CNB front page with recent publications.png|alt=CNB front page with recent publications|centre|thumbnail|CNB front page with recent publications|399x399px|link=Bienvenidos al Currículum Nacional Base]] 
 
[[Archivo:CNB front page with recent publications.png|alt=CNB front page with recent publications|centre|thumbnail|CNB front page with recent publications|399x399px|link=Bienvenidos al Currículum Nacional Base]] 
   −
== Further resources ==
+
=== Further resources ===
 
Other resources available directly from the front page include [[Especial:Contactar|contacting the editor or other registered users]], the websites pages on Twitter and Facebook, the [[Calendario Escolar|current education calendar]], and [[Especial:Páginas más nuevas|new pages]] and [[Vídeos|videos]].
 
Other resources available directly from the front page include [[Especial:Contactar|contacting the editor or other registered users]], the websites pages on Twitter and Facebook, the [[Calendario Escolar|current education calendar]], and [[Especial:Páginas más nuevas|new pages]] and [[Vídeos|videos]].
 
[[Archivo:CNB front page and others.png|alt=CNB front page and others|centre|thumbnail|CNB front page and others|400x400px]]
 
[[Archivo:CNB front page and others.png|alt=CNB front page and others|centre|thumbnail|CNB front page and others|400x400px]]
Línea 35: Línea 49:  
[[Archivo:CnbGuatemala education calendar.png|alt=CnbGuatemala education calendar|centre|thumbnail|CnbGuatemala education calendar|400x400px|link=Calendario Escolar]]
 
[[Archivo:CnbGuatemala education calendar.png|alt=CnbGuatemala education calendar|centre|thumbnail|CnbGuatemala education calendar|400x400px|link=Calendario Escolar]]
   −
= Navigating the curriculum =
+
== Navigating the curriculum ==
 
[[Archivo:Navigation table access and table.png|alt=Navigation table access and table|centre|thumbnail|Navigation table access and table|400x400px|link=Mallas Curriculares por Área y Grado - Primaria]]
 
[[Archivo:Navigation table access and table.png|alt=Navigation table access and table|centre|thumbnail|Navigation table access and table|400x400px|link=Mallas Curriculares por Área y Grado - Primaria]]
 
The most frequently used resource are the tables with the curricular structure. This is why we have included navigation tables that let users access grade and subject area content directly. These are also accessible from the sidebar menu.  
 
The most frequently used resource are the tables with the curricular structure. This is why we have included navigation tables that let users access grade and subject area content directly. These are also accessible from the sidebar menu.  
Línea 44: Línea 58:  
[[Archivo:CnbGuatemala category list.png|alt=CnbGuatemala category list|centre|thumbnail|727x727px|CnbGuatemala category list|link=Especial:Categorías]]
 
[[Archivo:CnbGuatemala category list.png|alt=CnbGuatemala category list|centre|thumbnail|727x727px|CnbGuatemala category list|link=Especial:Categorías]]
   −
= Aligned Open Educational Resources (OERs) =
+
== Aligned Open Educational Resources (OERs) ==
   −
== Resource tables ==
+
=== Resource tables ===
 
If one of the links to OERs is selected the user will be taken to a list of aligned resources. This is a table detailing resources available to use in teaching the competence or content selected.
 
If one of the links to OERs is selected the user will be taken to a list of aligned resources. This is a table detailing resources available to use in teaching the competence or content selected.
   Línea 53: Línea 67:  
In this example content 1.2.1 was selected and the list shows a single OER available. For each resource, the list details in columns the name of the OER available, the areas, competences and grades to which it is aligned, and the location of the resource on the internet. 
 
In this example content 1.2.1 was selected and the list shows a single OER available. For each resource, the list details in columns the name of the OER available, the areas, competences and grades to which it is aligned, and the location of the resource on the internet. 
   −
== Resource pages ==
+
=== Resource pages ===
 
Selecting the name of the resource on the first column takes the user to a  “resource page” including details of the resource (described below). Selecting the area, competence or grade will take the user to lists that may contain other resources for the same area, competence or grade). Selecting the localization will take the user directly to the resource page.
 
Selecting the name of the resource on the first column takes the user to a  “resource page” including details of the resource (described below). Selecting the area, competence or grade will take the user to lists that may contain other resources for the same area, competence or grade). Selecting the localization will take the user directly to the resource page.
 
[[Archivo:Resource page.png|alt=Resource page|centre|thumbnail|Resource page|400x400px|link=Partes y funciones de la célula animal]]
 
[[Archivo:Resource page.png|alt=Resource page|centre|thumbnail|Resource page|400x400px|link=Partes y funciones de la célula animal]]
Línea 60: Línea 74:  
Critically the resource page includes an infobox with the metadata for the resource. The metadata is used by the platform to catalogue and retrieve resources. In this way, any new resources will be available and found when users access the resource tables. The resource page also includes a star-based system that allows users to assess the resource. So far we have found teachers make little use of this tool.
 
Critically the resource page includes an infobox with the metadata for the resource. The metadata is used by the platform to catalogue and retrieve resources. In this way, any new resources will be available and found when users access the resource tables. The resource page also includes a star-based system that allows users to assess the resource. So far we have found teachers make little use of this tool.
   −
== Adding resources ==
+
=== Adding resources ===
 
Users can access a form to contribute new resources to the platform and align them with the curriculum. 
 
Users can access a form to contribute new resources to the platform and align them with the curriculum. 
 
[[Archivo:Resource alignment entry form.png|alt=Resource alignment entry form|centre|thumbnail|400x400px|Resource alignment entry form|link=Alinear un recurso educativo]]
 
[[Archivo:Resource alignment entry form.png|alt=Resource alignment entry form|centre|thumbnail|400x400px|Resource alignment entry form|link=Alinear un recurso educativo]]
Línea 67: Línea 81:     
Currently the website has almost 1,000 resources aligned and we keep adding new resources selected for quality and relevance.
 
Currently the website has almost 1,000 resources aligned and we keep adding new resources selected for quality and relevance.
[[Archivo:Resource category page.png|alt=Resource category page|centre|thumbnail|Resource category page|400x400px|Link=Category:Recursos]]
+
[[Archivo:Resource category page.png|alt=Resource category page|centre|thumbnail|Resource category page|400x400px|link=Categoría:Recursos]]
 
The open nature of the platform means that a community of users can crowdsource resources if desired.
 
The open nature of the platform means that a community of users can crowdsource resources if desired.
   −
= Reference and professional development content =
+
== Reference and professional development content ==
 
The platform also holds a growing library of reference and professional development texts for teachers in areas such as early grade reading and writing, assessment, bilingual intercultural education, online learning, youth and gender education, special education needs and instructional leadership. Each of these publications includes a table of contents, a chapter navigator and of course the actual content of the chapters.
 
The platform also holds a growing library of reference and professional development texts for teachers in areas such as early grade reading and writing, assessment, bilingual intercultural education, online learning, youth and gender education, special education needs and instructional leadership. Each of these publications includes a table of contents, a chapter navigator and of course the actual content of the chapters.
[[Archivo:Book with chapter navigator.png|alt=Book with chapter navigator|centre|thumbnail|Book with chapter navigator|400x400px]]
+
[[Archivo:Book with chapter navigator.png|alt=Book with chapter navigator|centre|thumbnail|Book with chapter navigator|400x400px|link=Serie Breves para Docentes]]
 
Only contents with open licenses are included on the website. Most are published with Creative Commons BY-NC licenses. Again, a community of users can expand contents through crowdsourcing.  As with other websites, content can include text, images, video and audio as well as mixed media.
 
Only contents with open licenses are included on the website. Most are published with Creative Commons BY-NC licenses. Again, a community of users can expand contents through crowdsourcing.  As with other websites, content can include text, images, video and audio as well as mixed media.
   −
= Editing and commenting =
+
== Editing and commenting ==
 
Editing on the website is quite user friendly. The interface is similar to standard document processing software. 
 
Editing on the website is quite user friendly. The interface is similar to standard document processing software. 
 
[[Archivo:Editing interface.png|alt=Editing interface|centre|thumbnail|Editing interface|400x400px]]
 
[[Archivo:Editing interface.png|alt=Editing interface|centre|thumbnail|Editing interface|400x400px]]
Línea 84: Línea 98:  
This opens up the possibility of building content through dialogue within a community of users. Extensions available from the Mediawiki community can provide a great variety of options to develop this.
 
This opens up the possibility of building content through dialogue within a community of users. Extensions available from the Mediawiki community can provide a great variety of options to develop this.
   −
= Quizzes and badges =
+
== Quizzes and badges ==
 
The website includes a certification program based on quizzes. Some pages have attached quizzes, as signaled in this case. 
 
The website includes a certification program based on quizzes. Some pages have attached quizzes, as signaled in this case. 
[[Archivo:Page with attached quiz notice.png|alt=Page with attached quiz notice|centre|thumbnail|Page with attached quiz notice|400x400px]]
+
[[Archivo:Page with attached quiz notice.png|alt=Page with attached quiz notice|centre|thumbnail|Page with attached quiz notice|400x400px|link=La Transformación Curricular]]
The quizzes can be filled out anonymously for users who wish to check on their mastery of the content.
+
The quizzes can be filled out anonymously for users who wish to check on their mastery of the content. Test results for anonymous users are deleted when the user closes the page.
[[Archivo:Quiz page.png|alt=Quiz page|centre|thumbnail|Quiz page|400x400px]]
+
[[Archivo:Quiz page.png|alt=Quiz page|centre|thumbnail|Quiz page|400x400px|link=La Transformación Curricular/repaso]]
Users who voluntarily chose to do so can let the platform track their performance on these quizzes and receive digital [https://badgr.com/issuers/5add13f6be9f4f57b31d1b30/badges/5e1fdb3d46e0fb0033971a71/overview badges] certifying their results.
+
However, users who voluntarily chose to be included in the certificate system can let the platform track their performance on these quizzes and receive [https://badgr.com/public/badges/nBnMqCtPThO5EP9f270t-Q digital badges] certifying their results.
[[Archivo:Badge page.png|alt=Badge page|centre|thumbnail|Badge page|400x400px]]
+
[[Archivo:Badge page.png|alt=Badge page|centre|thumbnail|Badge page|400x400px|link=https://badgr.com/public/badges/nBnMqCtPThO5EP9f270t-Q]]
 
Badges are issued automatically and handled by Badgr, a leading Open Badges issuer.
 
Badges are issued automatically and handled by Badgr, a leading Open Badges issuer.
   −
= A note on advertisements =
+
== A note on advertisements ==
 
The website presents ads using Google Adsense. Ads have been included only on pages developed by Online Learning Initiative exclusively. All ad revenue is used to cover some of the server costs.
 
The website presents ads using Google Adsense. Ads have been included only on pages developed by Online Learning Initiative exclusively. All ad revenue is used to cover some of the server costs.