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EdShare: Repositories for Teaching and Learning Debra Morris and Jessie Hey Edinburgh Repository Fringe 31 July – 1 August 2008 edshare.soton.ac.uk Who is involved in EdShare? JISC funded bid : Institutional Exemplars Programme EdSpace Project building EdShare
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EdShare: Repositories for • Teaching and Learning • Debra Morris and Jessie Hey • Edinburgh • Repository Fringe • 31 July – 1 August 2008 • edshare.soton.ac.uk
Who is involved in EdShare? • JISC funded bid: Institutional Exemplars Programme • EdSpace Project building EdShare • 1 October 2007-31 March 2009 • Project Director: • Hugh Davis, University Director of eLearning • Led by: • Learning Societies Laboratory, School of Electronics & • Computer Science with EPrints software team • University Library • Information Systems Services (ISS) and Learning & Teaching • Enhancement Unit (LATEU) • Partnerships with: • University Pro-Vice Chancellor Learning and Teaching • Associate Deans Education, • Deputy Heads of School (Education) • Educational networks • Individuals
What is EdShare about? • managing, gathering educational resources • collaborating to develop or extend learning and teaching resources • working with all the parties involved to discover how they will best benefit • showcasing resources for teaching and learning • institutional practice for small scale re-use of resources
The context for EdShare • e-Prints Soton: institutional research • repository • Virtual Learning Environments, University • Portal, intranets • eLearning strategy and drive • University learning & teaching initiatives • reward and recognition
EdShare’s practical approach • EdShare supports access within the whole • institution, Schools, across groups and • disciplines • making resources visible • with a relaxed approach to adding more • detail: courses, tags, level, re-use • a citation of the item
EdShare look and feel EdShare moves from the formality of the research repository to the look and feel of Web 2.0
Context of a School: Psychology • Blackboard (VLE) • PsyWeb (Intranet) • SUSSED (Portal) • Which others? • EdShare fits with these
Context of a Service: the Library Gathering, managing and making visible:
Increasing visibility for re-use Generic material:
Promoting specific content Material which is freely accessible: EduServ projects Slideshare Biomed Image Archive HEAcademy resources JORUM
Some assumptions and requirements • Institutional practice of re-use is for small, “unbundled” sections/assets/objects/activities • Teachers rarely finish materials for teaching • Lightweight, nimble and portable service • Simple workflow for adding content • Easy sharing and finding
Adding content • Add actual document/resource or web link • Items get a persistent URL • Owner gets the option to add descriptions and • tags • Owner can decide “visibility” of document • Users can also bookmark/describe for others • Resources will be automatically indexed by • Google etc.
What stage is EdShare at now? • EPrints software platform • .soton.ac.uk URL – institutional status • New lightweight interface • Intuitive and minimal description of • material required • Working with a range of practitioners to • use and develop EdShare • Spreading the word!
EdShare access and contact EdShare the service:edshare.soton.ac.uk Email us at: edshare@soton.ac.uk Your contacts: Debra Morris and Jessie Hey The Project is EdSpace:www.edspace.ecs.soton.ac.uk
Grander sites of relevance Open University Open Learn openlearn.open.ac.uk/ The JORUM www.jorum.ac.uk MIT OpenCourseWare • ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm
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