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University of SouthamptonEdSpace
Hugh Davis, Leslie Carr, Jessie Hey and Debra Morris
edspace.ecs.soton.ac.uk
AimsEdSpace
to change culture in the University of Southampton to share educational recourses to implement an application built on proven EPrints open source software to work with all the parties involved to discover how they will best benefit from
such changeWith:
PI – Hugh Davis – University Director of Education (eLearning) Manager: Debra Morris, seconded from library Les Carr and Tim Miles-Board, EPrints director and manager Jessie Hey: Digital librarian acting as Learning and Teaching Advocate School of Electronics & Computer Science, collaboration with ISS, the
Library, Student Services and the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit (LATEU).
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Background
Institutional research repository
Institutional VLE, institutional portal, other VLEs
Learning & teaching initiatives
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ContextHEAcademy/JISC eMM benchmarkingInstitutional auditPace of change within the blended learning model for the
UniversityInstitutional role of:
eLearning Strategy Committee eLearning Implementation Group
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Change agentsThe University has highly devolved management structures – relies on a “change agent network”
DVC Learning & TeachingUniversity Directors of Education Heads of SchoolDeputy Heads of School (academic) Learning and teaching co-ordinatorsLearning technologists, web developers and eLearning leads
across the institutionEducational Development Network GroupBest Practice in Education Group
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EdShare PhilosophyInstitutional practice of re-use is for small, “unbundled”
sections/assets/objects/activitiesIf courses are re-used, so are the deliverersTeachers never finish anythingConsequently: lightweight, nimble and portable service is preferred characteristics with complete educational
relevance Storing student bookmarks Comments and review ratings Download and viewed metrics
Distinctively different from the JORUM solution
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TechnicalAdd actual document or linkWhen document is added (or later) owner gets the option to
add descriptive data/metadataOwner can decide “visibility” of documentWhen a resource is added it gets a URLSubsequently users can also bookmark/describeSearch based on metadata or search engineResources are automatically indexed by Google, OIAster,
INTUTE Repository search etc
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Early workWeb pageBlogTeam members including:
Project manager Learning & teaching advocates Technical team
• EdShare concept Early contributors and champions Ease of deposit Attractive design
Prototype
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Developing a visual identity
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Adding content
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Ease of use
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First stage of adding a Share
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List of Shares
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Refining metadata
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Retrieving Shares
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Linking Shares to Courses
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Major IssuesOwnership across the institution (Schools and services)Getting People to “give us their stuff”Interface to BlackboardCopyright and Digital Rights – institutional policyAn interface as good as YouTube or FlickrAn institutional “Shared drive” > Drag and Drop depositCapitalising on the EPrints features – Teaching Metrics?
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Next Steps
Meetings with academicsLinks with reports for Elearning benchmarkingLinks with Institutional Audit reviewStudent Resources departmentCo-design activitiesDissemination Strategy (starting with OR08)
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