1. October 20, 2005CD-LOR Associate Partners Workshop Associate Partners Workshop October 20, 2005 University of Strathclyde Centre for Academic Practice and Learning Enhancement Community Dimensions of Learning Object Repositories CD-LOR

2. October 20, 2005CD-LOR Associate Partners Workshop Welcome Introductions and agenda Project overview

3. October 20, 2005CD-LOR Associate Partners Workshop LORs in support of learning: Community dimensions Geographic range – national, international, institutional Who creates resources –learners, teachers Educational sector – FE, HE, school Disciplinary Characteristics of resources – e.g. sound files, lecture notes, learning designs

4. October 20, 2005CD-LOR Associate Partners Workshop LORs in support of learning: Generic issues Cultural Pedagogic Organisational issues & information management Technological User skills/literacies, abilities, motivation

5. October 20, 2005CD-LOR Associate Partners Workshop Task (70 minutes) Identify your key issues in using LORs (individually) – 10 min Discuss the issues in a group (in groups of 4) & map these onto the community dimensions – 40 min Presentation of group ideas – 20 min

6. October 20, 2005CD-LOR Associate Partners Workshop Summary of the issues with using LORs

7. October 20, 2005CD-LOR Associate Partners Workshop TASK (90 minutes) Identify potential solutions to the issues and indicate whether these solutions have been tested (individually) – 15 min Map solutions onto the issues (in groups of 4) – 45 min Presentation & discussion – 30 min

8. October 20, 2005CD-LOR Associate Partners Workshop Group discussion (5 minutes) Prioritise the solutions 2 per group

9. October 20, 2005CD-LOR Associate Partners Workshop Reflection What were the most useful aspects of the workshop for you? How could have the workshop been improved? Thank you for your input!