1. 1 Presentation An Introduction to Jorum RSC London Jamboree, 6 th July 2006

2. 2 Presentation An Introduction to Jorum Introduction Background Overview Contributors Users Support Future work > Definition of Jorum: “A free online service for UK HE and FE institutions, supporting the sharing, reuse and repurposing of learning and teaching resources”. “The JISC funded service will be jointly run between the EDINA and MIMAS national data centres based at the Universities of Edinburgh and Manchester.”

3. 3 Presentation An Introduction to Jorum Introduction Background Overview Contributors Users Support Future work > Aim of Jorum: “Helping to build a community for Sharing”

4. 4 Presentation An Introduction to Jorum Introduction Background Overview Contributors Users Support Future work > How do you start to build a community of sharing? Long term retention of publicly funded outputs An experimental national repository promoting sharing, reuse and repurposing of content. A ‘keep safe’ and showcase for learning and teaching resources produced by FE and HE institutions. A place where all content is properly tagged with essential metadata, ensuring materials can easily be found and have adequate rights holder information.

5. 5 Presentation An Introduction to Jorum Introduction Background Overview Contributors Users Support Future work > The Jorum timeline: 2002 – 2004Development Project 2003 Undertook requirements gathering 2004 Completed EU procurement exercise Jul 2004 Selected intraLibrary as the repository system 2004 – 2005 Building service infrastructure Nov 2005 Jorum Contributor Open Jan 2006 Jorum User Open 2005 – 2008 Developing a service

6. 6 Presentation An Introduction to Jorum Introduction Background Overview Contributors Users Support Future work > Jorum Contributor “Putting content in” Jorum User “Getting content out” Jorum R&D Jorum

7. 7 Presentation An Introduction to Jorum Introduction Background Overview Contributors Users Support Future work > In a nutshell… Contributor – Putting content in User – Getting content out Collection of learning and teaching resources: Range of subject areas Athens Authenticated Free For teaching and support staff in UK FE and HE (not students) Accessed online (software – ‘intraLibrary’)

8. 8 Presentation An Introduction to Jorum Introduction Background Overview Contributors Users Support Future work > Jorum Contributor “Putting Content In”

9. 9 Presentation An Introduction to Jorum Introduction Background Overview Contributors Users Support Future work > Jorum Contributor - “Putting Content In” Allows colleges and universities to deposit learning and teaching materials Jorum hosts publicly funded outputs and content developed at institutions Learning Resources – small assets (documents, images, diagrams) and comprehensive learning objects. Non-subject specific, covering FE & HE levels Teaching Resources – supporting teaching staff in doing their job (e.g. tutor guides, lesson plans, schemes of work and staff development materials)

10. 10 Presentation An Introduction to Jorum Introduction Background Overview Contributors Users Support Future work > How many institutions have signed up? 42 Contributor Licences from Institutions 1000 contributed resources 400+ Promised from X4L 2 and other sources before July 06 All resources from JISC projects submitted to Jorum i.e. Distributed E-learning (DEL) Round 2

11. 11 Presentation An Introduction to Jorum Introduction Background Overview Contributors Users Support Future work > What type of objects does Jorum support? Single files Content Packages Virtual Objects E.g. text documents, Spread Sheets, PowerPoints, Images, Video, Audio, Flash Animations Bundling learning resources together with metadata - Content can be moved between programs, facilitating easier delivery, reuse and sharing of materials. Jorum can catalogue and point to resources stored elsewhere

12. 12 Presentation An Introduction to Jorum Introduction Background Overview Contributors Users Support Future work > What happens when resources are contributed? Step 1 Contribute Step 2 Publish Step 3 Catalogue Step 4 Review Upload resource(s) Complete basic metadata fields and classification Attach relevant rights holder information Published & available for download RDN Cataloguer previews the resource and completes the full metadata record Reviewer assesses metadata (not content quality)

13. 13 Presentation An Introduction to Jorum Introduction Background Overview Contributors Users Support Future work > Where do the materials come from? Centrally funded e-learning projects JISC Projects (e.g. X4L Phase 1 and 2, Distributed e Learning projects) HE Academy Centres of Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETLs) UK Further and Higher Education Individual institutions Institutions working as part of a Consortium Working with other organisations/programmes Other JISC services e.g. Digital Curation Centre HE Academy Subject Centres AND hopefully you!

14. 14 Presentation An Introduction to Jorum Introduction Background Overview Contributors Users Support Future work > E Studio – University of Wolverhampton Part of X4L Phase 1 Repurpose JISC Content 6 ‘Arts and Design’ Resources Explore their use within a VLE

15. 15 Presentation An Introduction to Jorum Introduction Background Overview Contributors Users Support Future work > Cadfael – Southport College Part of the Q Projects Resource produced helps to explain course content to deaf students Example is for Reading Skills

16. 16 Presentation An Introduction to Jorum Introduction Background Overview Contributors Users Support Future work > The Jorum Deposit Licence Contributor Institutions sign a Deposit Licence. The resources contributed are licensed to HEFCE. HEFCE then sub-licences resources to institutions who have signed up for the User Service. Contributor Institutions grant a non-exclusive, royalty- free licence to use materials for educational (non- commercial) purposes: Aggregate, annotate, excerpt and modify Search, retrieve, display and download Save, print Incorporate into learning environments & compile into study packs Promotional purposes

17. 17 Presentation An Introduction to Jorum Introduction Background Overview Contributors Users Support Future work > How do I become a contributor? Go to www.jorum.ac.uk/contributors and read about:www.jorum.ac.uk/contributors Why you should contribute How you can become a contributor Registering: Get in touch using support@jorum.ac.uk to discuss your needssupport@jorum.ac.uk Download the Deposit Licence, get it signed and return following our clear guidelines We will process your request and send account details

18. 18 Presentation An Introduction to Jorum Introduction Background Overview Contributors Users Support Future work > Jorum User “Getting Content Out”

19. 19 Presentation An Introduction to Jorum Introduction Background Overview Contributors Users Support Future work > Jorum User FREE service Institutions sign up to the service via JISC Collections Users log in using Athens username and password Available to teaching staff from UK F/HE institutions Able to find, preview, download, reuse and repurpose materials for use with learners in their institution Institutions will nominate 1 site representative and 1 technical support representative

20. 20 1.Anniesland College, Glasgow 2.University of the Arts, London 3.Arts Institute at Bournemouth 4.Barnfield College 5.University of Bath 6.Bath Spa University 7.Bede College 8.Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education 9.Bell College 10.University of Birmingham 11.Bishop Auckland College 12.Birkbeck, University of London 13.Blackpool and the Fylde College 14.Bolton Community College 15.Borders College 16.Bournemouth & Poole College 17.Bournemouth University 18.Braintree College 19.University of Bradford 20.University of Brighton 21.Bromley College of Further and Higher Education 22.Canterbury Christchurch University 23.University of Chester 24.Chesterfield College 25.City of Bristol College 26.Brooklands College 27.Broxtowe College 28.Brunel University 29.BSix Sixth Form College, Brookehouse 30.Burton College 31.Calderdale College 32.Cambridge Regional College 33.University College for the Creative Arts, Canterbury 34.Cardiff University 35.Cardonald College 36.Central College of Commerce, Glasgow 37.University of Central England 38.City College Norwich 39.Chelmsford College 40.Chichester College 41.Clydebank College 42.Coleg Menai 43.Cornwall College 44.College of Richard Collyer 45.Derby College 46.Dundee College 47.Dunstable College 48.Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College 49.East Surrey College 50.Easton College 51.Edge Hill College 52.Epping Forest College 53.Exeter College 54.University of Exeter 55.University College Falmouth 56.Fareham College 57.Farnborough College of Technology 58.Gateshead College 59.Coleg Glan Hafren 60.Glasgow Caledonian University 61.Glasgow Metropolitan College 62.Glasgow College of Nautical Studies 63.Gorseinon College 64.Grantham College 65.Greenhead College 66.Greenwich Community College 67.Harlow College 68.Henley College Coventry 69.Hertford Regional College 70.University of Hertfordshire 71.Heriot-Watt University 72.Huddersfield Technical College 73.Hull College 74.University of Hull 75.Institute of Education, University of London 76.John Leggott College 77.Kidderminster College 78.Kilmarnock College 79.King's College London 80.Kingston College 81.Kingston Maurward College 82.Kingston University 83.Lancaster University 84.Lauder College 85.Leeds Metropolitan University 86.Lincoln College 87.University of Lincoln 88.Long Road Sixth Form College 89.Loughborough College 90.Loughborough University 91.Macclesfield College 92.The University of Manchester 93.Manchester Metropolitan University 94.Middlesbrough College 95.New College Nottingham 96.Newcastle College 97.Newman College of Higher Education 98.Norton Radstock College 99.North East Institute, Northern Ireland 100.North Hertfordshire College 101.North Lindsay College 102.Northampton College 103.The University of Northampton 104.Oaklands College 105.Oldham College 106.The open University 107.Oxford Brookes University 108.Penwith College 109.University of Plymouth 110.Coleg Powys 111.Preston College 112.Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication 113.Redcar and Cleveland College 114.Reid Kerr College 115.Rotherham College of Arts and Technology 116.Royal National College for the Blind 117.Salisbury College 118.Scottish Agricultural College 119.University of Sheffield 120.Sheffield Hallam University 121.Sir John Deane's College 122.South Downs College 123.South East Derby College 124.South Nottingham College 125.Southampton City College 126.Sparsholt College 127.St Charles Catholic Sixth Form College 128.St Georges, University of London 129.St Mary's College, Twickenham 130.Stafford College 131.Stamford College 132.Stephenson College 133.Stockton Sixth Form College 134.Stranmillis University College 135.University of Sussex 136.Tameside College 137.University of Teesside 138.Thames Valley University 139.Thomas Rotherham College 140.Trinity College Carmarthen 141.UCL 142.University of Ulster 143.The University of Wales, Aberystwyth 144.University of Wales, Swansea 145.Warwickshire College 146.West Lothian College 147.Weymouth College 148.Wiltshire College 149.Woking College 150.University of Wolverhampton 151.University of Worcester 152.Worcester College of Technology 153.Worcester 6th Form College 154.Worthing College 155.Yeovil College 156.Ystrad Myynach College How many people have signed up? Launched 31 st January 2006 Over 600 registered users Currently over 200 institutions Introduction Background Overview Contributors Users Support Future work >

21. 21 Presentation An Introduction to Jorum Introduction Background Overview Contributors Users Support Future work > Jorum Support New Jorum website containing support and training materials for both Users and Contributors Regular training events and demonstrations 24/7 access and a dedicated helpdesk: support@jorum.ac.uk JORUM-UPDATE JISC Mailing List

22. 22 Presentation An Introduction to Jorum Introduction Background Overview Contributors Users Support Future work > …and keep up to date with our website. www.jorum.ac.uk