1. Google Co-op Creating customized search engines for education Jean-Claude Bradley January 29, 2007 Drexel University

2. The Opportunity The quality of university level open educational content has been increasing rapidly Educational modalities available: –Recorded lectures (videos, screencasts, audio podcasts, etc.) –Interactive tutorials and quizzes –Full Free Online Textbooks

3. The Challenge The quality is variable on the open web Top down efforts (e.g. MIT Opencourseware) are incomplete Students will supplement their information sources spontaneously – how can we guide them?

4. Listing Resources

5. Linking from Syllabus

6. Customized Searching Online textbooks Wikipedia Specific documents (ppt, doc, pdf, etc.) Transcripts of Lectures Syllabus

7. Creating a Google Co-op Search Engine

8. Some resources