EdShare: sharing resources across the institution Debra Morris On-line PGR Resources Discussion Group University of Southampton, Wednesday 11 March 2009 edshare.soton.ac.uk

managing educational resources collaborating to develop or extend learning and teaching resources presenting resources for service teaching working with all the parties involved to discover how they will best benefit showcasing really good resources for teaching and learning What is EdShare about?

The context for EdShare e-Prints Soton: institutional research repository Blackboard, SUSSED, other services eLearning strategy and drive Learning & teaching initiatives VC learning and teaching awards EdShare eLearning culture of the University Types of academic resources Innovation in learning & teaching Discipline cultures Academic business processes EPrints software Tools for managing resources

EdShare supports access within the whole institution, across Schools and disciplines Academics provide simple tags for searching Supported by automatic generation of some details You can choose to add more detail: course codes, level, re-use EdShare’s practical approach

Some assumptions and requirements Gathering and managing materials can be a challenge Practice of re-use is for small, “unbundled” sections/assets/objects/activities Lightweight and nimble service Simple workflow for adding content Easy sharing and finding

EdShare moves from the formality of the research repository to the look and feel of Web 2.0 EdShare look and feel

Add document(s)/resource(s) or web link Items get a URL Owner gets the option to add descriptions and tags Owner can decide “visibility” of document Users can also bookmark/describe for others Resources will be automatically indexed by Google and other search engines Adding content

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Adding and describing content Login to EdShare

The local context Blackboard School intranet SUSSED EdShare fits with these Image from:

Previewing, downloading, linking....

What stage is EdShare at now? EPrints software platform.soton.ac.uk – institutional commitment New lightweight interface Intuitive and minimal description of material required Working with a range of practitioners to use and develop EdShare Spreading the word!

EdShare the service: edshare.soton.ac.ukedshare.soton.ac.uk us at: Your contact: Debra Morris The Project is EdSpace: EdShare access and contact

Open University Open Learn openlearn.open.ac.uk/ openlearn.open.ac.uk/ The JORUM Going the whole hog MIT OpenCourseWare ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm