1. EdShare: Collaboration for learning and teaching Debra Morris and Jessie Hey ISS University of Southampton, Thursday 19 June 2008 edshare.soton.ac.uk

2. Who is involved in EdShare? JISC funded bid: Institutional Exemplars Programme EdSpace Project building EdShare 1 October 2007-31 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  ISS and Learning & Teaching Enhancement Unit (LATEU) Partnerships with:  University Deputy Vice Chancellor Learning and Teaching  Associate Deans Education, Deputy Heads of School (Education)  Educational networks  Individuals

3. managing 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 really good resources for teaching and learning What is EdShare about?

4. The context for EdShare e-Prints Soton: institutional research repository Blackboard, SUSSED, intranets eLearning strategy and drive Learning & teaching initiatives VC learning and teaching awards

5. Influences for eLearning and EdShare 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

6. Enhancement of reputation for learning & teaching Increased institutional commitment to learning & teaching Organisation process efficiency Savings on re-invention EdShare What EdShare can do for the University

7. EdShare supports access within the whole institution, across Schools and disciplines Academics provide simple tags which will make searching easier Supported by automatic generation of some details With a clear structure for adding even more detail: courses, level, re-use EdShare’s practical approach

8. 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

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

10. Add actual document/resource 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 etc. Adding content

11. Adding and describing content

12. The local Psychology context Blackboard PsyWeb SUSSED EdShare fits with these

13. 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!

14. Which resources will academics be most happy to gather in EdShare? What benefits can this bring to the users of EdShare? What benefits can this bring to the University? Where do students fit in? New media are hungry – to link, to store? This is not just for awareness – next steps….? Some questions EdShare prompts

15. EdShare the service: edshare.soton.ac.ukedshare.soton.ac.uk Email us at: edshare@soton.ac.uk edshare@soton.ac.uk Your contacts: Debra Morris and Jessie Hey The Project is EdSpace: www.edspace.ecs.soton.ac.uk www.edspace.ecs.soton.ac.uk EdShare access and contact

16. Open University Open Learn openlearn.open.ac.uk/ openlearn.open.ac.uk/ The JORUM www.jorum.ac.uk Other sites of interest MIT OpenCourseWare ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm