EdShare: Repositories for Teaching and Learning Debra Morris and Jessie Hey Edinburgh Repository Fringe 31 July – 1 August 2008 edshare.soton.ac.uk

Who is involved in EdShare? JISC funded bid: Institutional Exemplars Programme EdSpace Project building EdShare 1 October March 2009 Project Director: Hugh Davis, University Director of eLearning Led by:  Learning Societies Laboratory, School of Electronics & Computer Science with EPrints software team  University Library  Information Systems Services (ISS) and Learning & Teaching Enhancement Unit (LATEU) Partnerships with:  University Pro-Vice Chancellor Learning and Teaching  Associate Deans Education, Deputy Heads of School (Education)  Educational networks  Individuals

managing, gathering educational resources collaborating to develop or extend learning and teaching resources working with all the parties involved to discover how they will best benefit showcasing resources for teaching and learning institutional practice for small scale re- use of resources What is EdShare about?

The context for EdShare e-Prints Soton: institutional research repository Virtual Learning Environments, University Portal, intranets eLearning strategy and drive University learning & teaching initiatives reward and recognition

EdShare supports access within the whole institution, Schools, across groups and disciplines making resources visible with a relaxed approach to adding more detail: courses, tags, level, re-use a citation of the item EdShare’s practical approach

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

Context of a School: Psychology Blackboard (VLE) PsyWeb (Intranet) SUSSED (Portal) Which others? EdShare fits with these

Context of a Service: the Library Gathering, managing and making visible:

Increasing visibility for re-use Generic m aterial:

Promoting specific content Biomed Image Archive EduServ projects HEAcademy resources JORUM Material which is freely accessible: Slideshare

Some assumptions and requirements Institutional practice of re-use is for small, “unbundled” sections/assets/objects/activities Teachers rarely finish materials for teaching Lightweight, nimble and portable service Simple workflow for adding content Easy sharing and finding

Adding and describing content

Add actual document/resource or web link Items get a persistent 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 etc. Adding content

What stage is EdShare at now? EPrints software platform.soton.ac.uk URL – institutional status 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 contacts: Debra Morris and Jessie Hey The Project is EdSpace: EdShare access and contact

Open University Open Learn openlearn.open.ac.uk/ openlearn.open.ac.uk/ The JORUM Grander sites of relevance MIT OpenCourseWare ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

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