KeyToNature

Until now, species identification was mainly based on paper-printed tools, such as dichotomous keys, which have several educational drawbacks. The project mobilises 14 partners (7 of which are data providers) from 11 EU countries (of which 3 are New Member States). It includes leading centres in biology, pedagogy and education and information technology. This project is funded under the eContentplus programme, a multiannual Community programme to make digital content in Europe more accessible, usable and exploitable.

KeyToNature is focused on providing common access to data and interactive educational tools for the identification of organisms in order to enhance the knowledge of biodiversity at all educational levels.

The project's main target group consists of teachers and pupils in formal education from primary schools to universities. The main objectives of KeyToNature are to:

Increase access and simplify use of eLearning tools for identifying biodiversity
Address edu-content interoperability
Optimise educational efficiency and increase quality of edu-contents
Add value to existing edu-contents by providing multilingual access to them
Suggest best practices against barriers that prevents edu-contents use, production, exposure, discovery and acquisition.
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