Online content for teaching and learning Harvard University March, 2008

Changes since we met last year 1.Growing body of online academic content 2.Increase in sites and projects that involve collaboration across departments and multiple players 3.Content sharing and reuse between courses and resource sites

I. Growth in online academic content in course sites

2. Content creation and collaborators ONLINE COURSE CONTENT FACULTY COURSE ASSTS MUSEUMS PITFS LIBRARIANS TAs ACAD TECH STAFF STUDENTS IN COURSES

One of many course websites created by a team

“Thanks and Acknowledgments” For creating course content: –Course faculty and teaching staff –Guest lecturers –Library contacts –Museum contacts –Faculty who shared additional resources –Course assistants –Instructional computing staff –Presidential Instructional Technology Fellows –Audio visual and video staff members  Students in the course

Content creators and expanding audiences Created by teaching staff for course web sites Created by librarians for specific courses Created by librarians for use across disciplines Created for Harvard and the public –Museum content, features and events –Library resources and projects –Video lectures and events –Topic resource sites

By: HCL Research Librarians For: FAS courses and the public

By: HUL Open Collections Program For: Harvard and the public

By: HUAM and For: Harvard and the public

By: Schlesinger Library and For: Harvard and the public

By: Harvard Museum of Natural History and For : Harvard and the Public

By: HAA and FAS For: Harvard Alumni

3. Content sharing and reuse Growing number of shared digital materials –Between courses –From library and other resource sites –From library catalogs –From digital repositories

Content shared between academic support groups Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning FAS Instructional Computing Group

Shared content between FAS department and FAS course site

Shared between DCE and FAS courses

Library Resources shared with HLS Courses

Images from Harvard art museums uploaded to course site using VIA

Reserve reading list integrated with HUL systems