EdShare: sharing resources across the institution

Debra MorrisOn-line PGR Resources Discussion Group

University of Southampton,Wednesday 11 March 2009

edshare.soton.ac.uk

• managing educational resources • collaborating to develop or extend

learning and teaching resources• presenting resources for service

teaching • 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?

The context for EdShare

•e-Prints Soton: institutional

research repository

•Blackboard, SUSSED, other services

•eLearning strategy and drive

•Learning & teaching

initiatives

•VC learning and teaching

awards

•EdShare supports access within the whole

institution, across Schools and disciplines

•Academics provide simple tags for searching

•Supported by automatic generation of

some details

•You can choose to add more detail:course codes, level, re-use

EdShare’s practical approach

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

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

EdShare look and feel

•Add document(s)/resource(s) 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 and other search engines

Adding content

EdShare http://edshare.soton.ac.uk

Adding and describing content

•Login to EdShare

The local context

• Blackboard• School intranet• SUSSED

• EdShare fits with these

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Previewing, downloading, linking....

What stage is EdShare at now?

•EPrints software platform

•.soton.ac.uk – institutional commitment

•New lightweight interface

•Intuitive and minimal description of

material required

•Working with a range of practitioners to

use and develop EdShare

•Spreading the word!

EdShare the service: edshare.soton.ac.uk

Email us at: edshare@soton.ac.uk

Your contact: Debra Morris

The Project is EdSpace:www.edspace.ecs.soton.ac.uk

EdShare access and contact

Open University Open Learn openlearn.open.ac.uk/

The JORUMwww.jorum.ac.uk

Going the whole hog

MIT OpenCourseWareocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm