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JISC/NSF Digital Libraries in the Classroom

JISC/NSF Digital Libraries in the Classroom. The Spoken Word. Partners. In the UK: Glasgow Caledonian University BBC Information & Archives In the USA: Northwestern University Michigan State University. Testbeds for transforming teaching and learning.

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JISC/NSF Digital Libraries in the Classroom

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  1. JISC/NSF Digital Libraries in the Classroom The Spoken Word

  2. Partners • In the UK: • Glasgow Caledonian University • BBC Information & Archives • In the USA: • Northwestern University • Michigan State University

  3. Testbeds for transforming teaching and learning “The Spoken Word proposes to transform undergraduate learning and teaching through integrating the rich media resources of digital audio repositories into undergraduate courses”

  4. Objectives • Improve student learning and retention • Develop aural literacy in students • Enhance digital libraries through a focus on learning • Augment student competence to write on - and for - the internet

  5. The Spoken Word at GCU • Audio • BBC radio archive • Users • Economics • Biology • Social Work • Journalism • Politics

  6. Building a repository • REPOS • Developed by Michigan State University • Fedora • Under development at Cornell University and University of Virginia

  7. Why Fedora? Flexible Extensible Digital Object Repository Architecture

  8. Why Fedora? • Flexible • Extensible • Scalable • Federation • Local and remote content • Interoperability • Performance • Associate behaviours with objects • Rights awareness

  9. Why Fedora? • Allows content repurposing and reuse • Supports interrelationships • Supports authentication and policy enforcement • Rights • Preservation • Supports content versioning • Management of change allows “future proofing” • Open Source

  10. Why Fedora? • Meet Spoken Word’s pedagogical objectives • Facilitates pedagogical plurality • Prioritises content over technology • Fits in with existing user practices by giving users capability to draw together resource lists from various sources

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