Post on 18-Dec-2014
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Libraries and E-Learning: what have they got to offer
each other? Alice Keller, Oxford University
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What is e-learning?
What is e-learning?
E-Learning as
“Learning with Technology”
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Learning with Technology
• ‘Learning’:– Accumulate knowledge.– The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge.– A change in behaviour as a result of experience.
• ‘Technology’: – The practical application of science to commerce or
industry.– The application of scientific advances to benefit humanity.– The body of tools and other implements produced by a
given society.
Learning and Libraries
• Do libraries determine or influence how and what we learn?
Learning and Libraries
Learning and Libraries
Approaches to E-Learning
• By hardware type• By software/system type• By learning theory• By facilitator• By type of learner
Approaches to E-Learning• By hardware type
– Voting eggs, laptop, mobile phone, whiteboard• By software/system type
– Internet, VLEs, videos, podcasts, spreadsheets• By content
– Existing published content, newly created content, significant copyright issues
• By provider– Lecturer/teacher, library, publisher, computer dept
• By type of learner– Full-time students, part-time students, distance learners, public
Example WebLearn PodCasts YouTube Shake-speare
Online short courses
Hardware
Software / system
Content
Provided by
Type of learner
Some examples of e-learning at Oxford University
1. WebLearn2. PodCasts3. Videos on YouTube 4. Shakespeare Quartos Archive 5. Oxford's Online Short Courses
I have chosen examples that focus on managing and delivering information, as this is where I see most overlap with the mission of libraries.
WebLearn
• WebLearn is Oxford’s VLE (Virtual Learning Environment)
• Operates on Sakai (open source system), hosted by OUCS
• Content management system for course materials (reading lists)
• Contains social and interactive functions• Admin and essay submission tools• Secure and personalised
Podcasts
• Two ways in which you can listen/view the podcasts:– The University has its own site in iTunes U
http://itunes.ox.ac.uk (requires iTunes software). – Podcasts can also be used on a web browser or
MP3 player, http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/. – Total 1,433 media items.
Using podcasts via browser or mobile phone
• “A romp through the history of philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to the present day” by Marianne Talbot
• MP3 file, 84MB • (see short-cut “Talbot” in
folder)
Oxford University on YouTube
• Did you know? YouTube is the second largest search engine outside Google
• A lot of scholarly content– Lectures– Conference papers
• Other relevant material– Student experiences– Library user training
Examples of Oxford on YouTube• "Has Science Buried God?" - Richard Dawkins
vs John Lennox debate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxD-HPMpTto
• Oxford University MBA - Student Interview: Vaibhav Puri http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MVqx--S2xQ&feature=PlayList&p=4F7F8549E741F72A&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1
• JISC: Libraries of the Future, event in Oxford http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjoJd_uN-7M&feature=PlayList&p=3FB056AEEF512032&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=4
• Social Science Library, Oxford: Video Tour http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8POQ9YB7V0
• ... also a limited number of Chemistry lectures on webcasts http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/vrchemistry/webcast/
Oxford's Online Short Courses• Uses Moodle as VLE• Example: Brontës, Charlotte Brontë II
http://openmoodle.conted.ox.ac.uk/mod/resource/view.php?id=134
• Uses open educational resources (open access material)
• Restricted access to licensed material for part-time, evening class students, or distant learners
• Forums as an opportunity for online interactions http://openmoodle.conted.ox.ac.uk/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=2302
Shakespeare Quartos Archive:Hamlet Prototype
• View cover-to-cover digital reproductions and transcriptions of 32 copies of the 5 earliest editions of the play Hamlet.
• View them separately, or alongside any number of copies.
• Search, annotate, make public or private sets of annotations.
• Funded by NEH (US) and JISC.• http://www.quartos.org/index.html
Comparing the Bodleian 1611 edition with the British Library 1637 edition
• This video demonstrates the advanced features of the Annotation and Exhibit tools in the Shakespeare Quartos Archive. http://www.quartos.org/info/videos.html
Example WebLearn PodCasts YouTube Online short courses
Shake-speare
Hardware Computer, laptop, web browser
iPod, MP3 player or web browser
Computer, laptop, web browser, speakers
Computer, laptop, web browser
Computer, laptop, web browser
Software / system
VLE, Sakai iTunes, MP3 files
YouTube Moodle Quartos org
Content Licensed and other content
Mainly audio, some video. Self-created.
Videos, recorded events.
No access to licensed content
Shakespeare plays
Provided by OUCS (centralised)
OUCS Various dept Continuing Ed Dept
Quartos, NEH, JISC
Type of learner
Oxford student
Wide public Wide public or specific audience
Distant learner, registered
Scholarly public
Example WebLearn PodCasts YouTube Online short courses
Shake-speare
Hardware Computer, laptop, web browser
iPod, MP3 player or web browser
Computer, laptop, web browser, speakers
Computer, laptop, web browser
Computer, laptop, web browser
Software / system
VLE, Sakai iTunes, MP3 files
YouTube Moodle Quartos org
Content Licensed and other content
Mainly audio, some video. Self-created.
Videos, recorded events.
No access to licensed content
Shakespeare plays
Provided by OUCS (centralised)
OUCS Various dept Continuing Ed Dept
Quartos, NEH, JISC
Type of learner
Oxford student
Wide public Wide public or specific audience
Distant learner, registered
Scholarly public
Where does the library fit in?
Example WebLearn PodCasts YouTube Online short courses
Shake-speare
Hardware Computer, laptop, web browser
iPod, MP3 player or web browser
Computer, laptop, web browser, speakers
Computer, laptop, web browser
Computer, laptop, web browser
Software / system
VLE, Sakai iTunes, MP3 files
YouTube Moodle Quartos org
Content Licensed and other content
Mainly audio, some video. Self-created.
Videos, recorded events.
No access to licensed content
Shakespeare plays
Provided by OUCS (centralised)
OUCS Various dept Continuing Ed Dept
Quartos, NEH, JISC
Type of learner
Oxford student
Wider public Wider public or specific audience
Distant learner, registered
Scholarly public
Where does the library fit in?