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E-SHARING: Developing use of e-repositories for learning and teaching: 

E-SHARING: Developing use of e-repositories for learning and teaching Viv Bell Andrew Rothery University of Worcester, UK Eunis 2006, Tartu, Estonia

Content Repositories: 

Content Repositories More than a simple document store Use metadata – to tag for storage and retrieval Online systems which will enable tutors to both upload and download learning materials

The UK Situation: 

The UK Situation JORUM - the national repository service JORUM Searchable online library of earning and teaching resources Universities’ own repositories – include research repositories for research papers

The University of Worcester Repository: 

The University of Worcester Repository Bespoke repository CoRe for demo see: http://learning.covcollege.ac.uk/demo/ Accessed using staff portal Content repository has both a search and browse section, and an upload facility Checked by librarians who review the metadata

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The WM-Share Project http://www2.worc.ac.uk/wm-share/ : 

The WM-Share Project http://www2.worc.ac.uk/wm-share/ A JISC-funded project Use of repositories Sharing teaching content

What we found……: 

What we found…… Less use of repositories for sharing teaching content than expected Less resistance to sharing teaching materials amongst staff than expected

Survey into tutors’ attitudes to sharing: 

Survey into tutors’ attitudes to sharing It was a surprise to find out that lecturers are indeed willing to share, mostly: Documents Presentation slides

Where do lecturers obtain their e-resources?: 

Where do lecturers obtain their e-resources? World wide web 91.5% Online resource networks 34.6% A digital content repository 7.7%

“Happiness to share”: 

“Happiness to share”

Willingness for repositories: 

Willingness for repositories 62.2% of our sample would be willing to upload their own teaching materials to a digital content repository 93.5% said they would like to be able to search for teaching materials of interest in a digital content repository

Attitude to using: 

Attitude to using 76.3% said they would not mind completing an online form 89.9% want to be acknowledged as creator of those materials Share e-materials with colleagues they work with, know and trust

Scenarios for sharing: 

Scenarios for sharing Group of lecturers in different universities Team of tutors in same university A course is taught across several institutions An individual lecturer who teaches specialist courses

What a university should do: 

What a university should do Universities and colleges should set up their own institutional repositories One for research and academic publications Another for learning and teaching WM-Share supports JISC’s advice

Online repository for learning materials: 

Online repository for learning materials Set up a working party Library staff, e-learning support staff and IT Contributions best sought from existing groups Fill the repository with online learning materials that are already available

Student access to the resources: 

Student access to the resources E-learning systems eg VLE Tutors’ web pages Wikis Not an open e-library, only staff direct access Each resource has its own URL so can be linked

IPR Concerns: 

IPR Concerns Encourage a “copyright free” culture University/college materials are duly acknowledged Open resources – MIT in the US and Oxford University in the UK

Regional Sharing: 

Regional Sharing Storage/access of materials produced by project groups and subject teams in the local region Courses are jointly taught Subject specialist groups of projects locally Through such communities you would be providing regional services

Contact: 

Contact http://www.worcester.ac.uk Viv Bell v.bell@worc.ac.uk Andrew Rothery a.rothery@worc.ac.uk