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EdShare: Resources for learning and teaching
Debra Morris and Jessie HeyLibrary
University of SouthamptonTuesday 24 June 2008
edshare.soton.ac.uk
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 teamUniversity LibraryISS and Learning & Teaching Enhancement Unit (LATEU)
•Partnerships with:University Deputy Vice Chancellor Learning and TeachingAssociate Deans Education, Deputy Heads of School (Education)Educational networksIndividuals
• 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 resources for teaching and
learning• institutional practice for small scale re-
use of resources
What is EdShare about?
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
•EdShare supports access within the whole
institution, Schools, across groups and
disciplines
•Making resources visible
•With a clear structure for adding more
detail:courses, tags, level, re-use
•Citation of the item
EdShare’s practical approach
EdShare moves from the formality of the research repository to the look and feel of Web 2.0
EdShare look and feel
Promote specific content
Biomed Image Archive
EduServ projects
HEAcademy resources
JORUM
Material we know is freely accessible:
Slideshare
•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
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!
EdShare the service: edshare.soton.ac.uk
Email us at: [email protected]
Your contacts: Debra Morris and Jessie Hey
The Project is EdSpace:www.edspace.ecs.soton.ac.uk
EdShare access and contact
Open University Open Learn openlearn.open.ac.uk/
Other sites of interest
MIT OpenCourseWareocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm