All Blog Posts Tagged 'leedsmet' (11)

My excuse for not having a day 2 entry is that it was so busy and full that there really wasn't time to post an entry. Continue

Great feedback from the Unicycle presentation. Most people have commented on the practical implementation of OER at Leeds Met, especially the embedding of OER within a naturally occurring process. Continue

OMG is a shortened term for Oh My Goodness (shorten last word for atheist version).



Managing the process of collecting the materials is certainly challenging, but what is more frustrating is the reviewing of the materials before submission. Both myself and the Learning Technologist for the project Jakki have been trawling through the materials checking them for image use etc



As and example it is taking approximately 20 mins to sort through and submit a 1 hour presentation.… Continue

https://www.box.net/shared/ltlnd1rqke

Until LDAP authentication to intraLibrary is implemented, we plan to provide accounts to designated administrators within each of the six faculties at Leeds Met so they can upload Open Educational Resources for the project.



The video instructions below are designed to help them.



http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/inn/repository/video/



Alternatively a word document can be found here.… Continue

Nick Sheppard has updated the institutional repository. His blog entry for this update can be found by clicking here.

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This article discusses the implementation of OER in the UK as well as looking at the US models which are struggling in the current economic climate.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/nov/10/web-technology-degree-future-online

I have a burning question - what are the licensing arrangements for Microsoft clip art and OER use.

From what I have read of the license it appears that clips art is not permitted to be "distributed" and in a sense I assume that sharing an open educational resource would constitute "distribution"?



I also then considered that clip art was available as part of the office install so in fact most people would already have access to the clip art materials and to access the… Continue

Heather Williamson (JISC) kindly prepared a personal overview of the OER symposium session at ALT-C. Follow the URL below for access.

http://elearning.jiscinvolve.org/2009/09/09/alt-c-oers-matter-session

Having been on leave I am grateful for Nick's continued work on adding OER materials to the repository and also for the blog updates - Thank You.



I am also delighted to be able to report that as part of Leeds Met commitment to OER and the Unicycle project that I have been able to arrange with the Pro Vice Chancellor for Assessment, Learning and Teaching (ALT) to include OER as part of the ALT priorities for 2009/10.



"use should be made of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)… Continue