1. The Language Box: Rethinking Teaching and Learning Repositories
Dave Millard
Faroes Project
Learning Societies Lab
University of Southampton

2. What to do with a problem like teaching and learning repositories?

3. What to do with a problem like teaching and learning repositories?

4. What to do with a problem like teaching and learning repositories?
“It seems very flat, there doesn’t seem to be any depth.”
“It’s hard to see the most important information, because it’s mixed in with so much detail.”
“There’s no place to record how other people have used the Learning Object”

5. What to do with a problem like teaching and learning repositories?
“It seems very flat, there doesn’t seem to be any depth.”
Web 2.0!
“It’s hard to see the most important information, because it’s mixed in with so much detail.”
“There’s no place to record how other people have used the Learning Object”

6. What to do with a problem like teaching and learning repositories?

7. What to do with a problem like teaching and learning repositories?
“I recognise the zip file, but when I open it up I don’t know what to run to make it work.”
“I don’t know what half of these terms mean.”
“I don’t have digital resources to share. I print out my handouts and if I need them again I photocopy them or type them in again.”

8. The Repositories ?
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9. Why would you use a repository?
Googleable
Download Statistics
Archiving
Permanent Record
Formal Presentation

10. Why would you use a repository?
Archiving?

11. Why would you use a repository?
Storage
On-line video
Hosting
Sharing
Addressable URL
Own Profile
Comments and Ratings
Community
Related Network
Channels
Organisation
Playlists

12. Why would you use a repository?
Hosting ?
Community
Organisation

13. Language Box

14. Simple, Open Look and Feel

15. Simple, Open Look and Feel
Online Inline Preview
Comments (Activities)

16. Simple, Open Look and Feel
Online Inline Preview
Comments (Activities)
Minimum Metadata

17. Simple, Open Look and Feel
Online Inline Preview
Comments (Activities)
Minimum Metadata
Preview Multiple Files
Linked Metadata

18. Simple, Open Look and Feel
Online Inline Preview
Comments (Activities)
Minimum Metadata
Preview Multiple Files
Linked Metadata
Personal Profile Page

19. Simple, Open Look and Feel
Online Inline Preview
Comments (Activities)
Minimum Metadata
Preview Multiple Files
Linked Metadata
Personal Profile Page
Collections (beta)

20. Simple, Open Look and Feel
Online Inline Preview
Comments (Activities)
Minimum Metadata
Preview Multiple Files
Linked Metadata
Personal Profile Page
Collections (beta)

21. The Evolution…
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The Learning Box

22. The Road Ahead… Site available: languagebox.eprints.org
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23. Dealing with Different Media
DONE
BETA
Dealing with Different Media

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25. Activities as doing pages?

26. Activities as doing pages?

27. Evolution or Revolution?
The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
- John Dickinson

28. Thank you for listening!