EdShare: Sharing for learning and teaching Hugh Davis and Debra Morris
What is EdShare about? changing the culture in the University of Southampton sharing educational resources implementing an application built on proven EPrints open source software working with all the parties involved to discover how they will best benefit from such change Learning & Teaching Week April 2008
Who is involved in EdShare? JISC funded bid - Institutional Exemplars Programme 1 October March 2009 Partnership across the University: Learning Societies Lab, ECS EPrints University Library ISS All of us Learning & Teaching Week April 2008
Where has EdShare come from? Eprints: institutional research repository Virtual Learning Environment, portal, other services Learning & teaching initiatives Elearning strategy and drive Learning & Teaching Week April 2008
Enhancement of reputation for learning & teaching Increased institutional commitment to learning & teaching Organisation process efficiency Savings on re-invention EdShare Steps to institutional support for EdShare
Who are EdShare champions? DVC Learning & Teaching University Directors of Education Heads of School Deputy Heads of School (academic) Learning and teaching co-ordinators Learning technologists, web developers and eLearning leads across the institution Other enthusiasts Learning & Teaching Week April 2008
The philosophy: Institutional practice of re-use is for small, “unbundled” sections/assets/objects/activities Teachers never finish anything Lightweight, nimble and portable service is preferred YouTube/Flickr/SlideShare characteristics with complete educational relevance Comments and review ratings Download and viewed metrics Learning & Teaching Week April 2008
Adding content: Add actual document or link Owner gets the option to add descriptive data/metadata tags Owner can decide “visibility” of document It gets a URL Users can also bookmark/describe Search based on metadata or search engine Resources are automatically indexed by Google, OIAster, INTUTE Repository search etc Learning & Teaching Week April 2008
What can EdShare do for you? Teacher: looking for resources to enhance your own work Administrator: repository for learning resources used for students’ assessed work Student: looking for useful materials Librarian: identify ways to link effectively to the curriculum University: showcase for institutional products, efficiency in business processes Learning & Teaching Week April 2008
EdShare Culture of the University Types of academic resources Innovation in learning & teaching Discipline cultures Academic business processes EPrints software Open access culture EdShare within the University
What are EdShare’s limits? EdShare will only generate limited metadata Effective search and retrieval requires rich metadata It will provide a clear framework for metadata requirements It will provide opportunities for content providers to provide their own tags Learning & Teaching Week April 2008
What stage is EdShare at now? Eprints platform New alpha version GUI 10 metadata fields derived from IEEE LOM and Simple Dublin Core Working with champions, partner Schools and enthusiastic individuals Spreading the word! Learning & Teaching Week April 2008
EdShare moves from the formality of EPrints to the look and feel of Web 2.0 Learning & Teaching Week April 2008
Some Questions this will raise Will academics be happy to share their resources? – How widely? – And why might they not wish to? What advantages would sharing bring to a teacher? What advantages to the University? Should students have “equal access”? Learning & Teaching Week April 2008
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