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July 2009 Blog Posts (6)

Creative Commons - Resources.

Recently a number of staff have been asking about creative commons and searching for such content. Below are a list of links and descriptions to help staff get started. The use of CC licensed materials in teaching and learning materials is preferred for inclusion in the Unicycle project as use as OER.

Alternatively all other materials should be cleared as part of the IPR process which was hotly debated at a recent meeting. The JISC IPR toolkit (available in the documents section) is… Continue

Added by Simon Thomson on July 27, 2009 at 10:56 — 1 Comment

Round Up

I thought that as we come to the end of month 3 of the project I would try and sum up where we are. Since the start of the project I have been conscious that we really need to be prepared as a team for September, knowing that we have OER content available is very important.

At this stage we have identified over 1300 hours of content for depositing on the institutional repository (and eventually on JORUM). We still have some IPR issues to resolve and may need to review all the content… Continue

Added by Simon Thomson on July 17, 2009 at 8:00 — No Comments

IPR Toolkit - How might we take this forward?

Please feel free to read the document below - I would welcome any feedback/comments.

sca_2009symp_ipr_toolkit_overview-final.pdf

Further information and documentation can be found here:…

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Added by Simon Thomson on July 13, 2009 at 9:00 — 2 Comments

Learning Objects, Learning Object Repositories, and Learning Theory: Preliminary Best Practices for Online Courses

This paper may be of interest (thanks to Andrea for the link):

http://www.ijklo.org/Volume1/v1p217-228Nash.pdf

Abstract:

This paper evaluates current practices in the use of learning objects in online courses, reviews best practices, and suggests new approaches that incorporate learning theory. In doing so, the paper also explores the relationship between the use of learning objects… Continue

Added by Nick Sheppard on July 13, 2009 at 8:00 — No Comments

Jorum will use DSpace

I think it fair to say that intraLibrary being the platform behind Jorum was a factor in our institutional decision to use the platform at Leeds Met so as the #ukoer projects get underway, including Unicycle of course, it is with considerable interest that I discover that Jorum plan to implement a customised DSpace repository apparently to run alongside intraLibrary.

The news came to my attention in an email on the OER-INST mailing list which said that the move was to ensure that… Continue

Added by Nick Sheppard on July 6, 2009 at 8:00 — 1 Comment

JISC Digital Content Conference

I primarily came to this conference to see how the "digitisation" process may impact on the implementation of the uk oer projects currently underway.

There have been some useful interactions and talks. Useful support for staff wishing to engage in the creation and sourcing of digital content can be found at:

http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/

What is apparent during the digitisation process is that IPR and ownership has and still remains to be an issue. I am… Continue

Added by Simon Thomson on July 1, 2009 at 10:30 — No Comments

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