Opportunities for Sharing Content with

NOW's Learning Repository

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Workshop Objectives

• An introduction to NOW’s Learning Repository

• How to share learning resources

• How to find and reuse resources

• Opportunity to explore why you would share content

• Awareness of other repositories.

Why are you here?

Dee Why Beach Christopher Chan http://www.flickr.com/photos/chanc/2716768026/

Why use a Learning Repository?

Source: D’Arcy Norman, ‘jelly belly’, http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnorman/2110798875/

Learningresource

MetadataSearchable, shareableresource

How does a learning repository work?

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Search:

School LR

 NTU LR

How does a learning repository work at NTU?

Add metadata and publish to… 

Learning Resource

• Document • Image• Audio• Video• NOW learning room unit

or topic

Publishing…

Learning Room

Choose to:

• Import• Fixed link• Dynamic link

School LR

 NTU LR

Search / browse + retrieve into… 

How does a learning repository work at NTU?

Retrieving…

What can I share?

• Handbooks

• Subject specific information

• Guidance material

• Planning templates

• Information literacy material

• Exemplary resources

• Programme team common content.

Case Studies

• Arts and Humanities – components of module handbooks

• Libraries and Learning Resources – Information literacy materials for School of Science

• School of Social Sciences – Answers to common queries from students.

Now for a look at NOW’s Learning Repository

Ornithopter and creator George R. White at Saint Augustine http://www.flickr.com/photos/floridamemory/4046540927/

Ways to Reuse Resources

• Use them in their original state, getting updates when the original changes

• Use the documents and adapt them for your own purposes

• Share your repurposed materials.

How do I know if I can reuse content….Look for the Creative Commons License

http://www.creativecommons.org.uk/

Matsuo, The Big Picture http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasohill/4086024498/

Creative Commons licensing

Source: http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/

A short task to do during the break

Go to:

http://tinyurl.com/ylfk2dl

and complete the survey.

Survey Results

http://tinyurl.com/yffbpo2

Why would you share?

Sharing Andy Woo http://www.flickr.com/photos/wooandy/220929743/

Group work

What are the benefits of sharing resources in the Learning Repository?

What do you think are the barriers to resource sharing in the Learning Repository?

Discuss in your group and rank in order of priority.

Then discuss in your group and rank in order of priority

Total 10 mins Total 10 mins

Activity 1 Activity 2

Using the Post-it pads, write up to four benefits (one per Post-it) for the following:

Open Educational Resources The Big Picture…

A Definition of Openness:

“digitised materials offered freely and openly for educators students and self learners to use and reuse for teaching, learning and research.”

Giving Knowledge for Free: The Emergence of Open Educational Resources Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2007 From JISC Conference Opening Digital Doors http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/events/2009/03/openeducationalresources-fintrypm.pdf

Openess Lake Silja in Tallber Swedent Let Ideas Competehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/question_everything/2462295604/

Other repositories: • Jorum http://www.jorum.ac.uk Access to educational resources freely available to all, created by and contributed by teaching staff from FE and HE institutions. • MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and online Teaching) http://www.merlot.org Find peer reviewed materials and receive peer recognition for your contributions • RSS feeds from these

• Monthly update from NOW’s LR.

Openess Lake Silja in Tallber Swedent Let Ideas Competehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/question_everything/2462295604/

Any questions

A Question mark devised from a pen in a journal book: eLeaf http://www.flickr.com/photos/eleaf/2536358399/

Resources

• Share Project www.ntushare.org• JISC Conference Opening Digital Doors

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/events/2009/03/openeducationalresources-fintrypm.pdf p. 19-21

• The World’s 50 Best Open Courseware Collections http://onlineuniversityrankings.org/2009/the-worlds-50-best-open-courseware-collections/