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Current directions in educational repositories: my perspective Patrick McAndrew Institute of Educational Technology

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Page 1: Current directions in educational repositories

Current directions in

educational repositories:

my perspective

Patrick McAndrew

Institute of Educational Technology

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www.open.ac.uk

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Iet.open.ac.uk/courses

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6m visitors since launch

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/trushu/3712280049

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The legacy trap

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Search

Solving search

trap

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pulpolux/151695072

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Metadata Trap

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Build it and they will come trap

http://openlearn.open.ac.uk

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The system is everything trap

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http://www.flickr.com/photos

/marcemarc/2385399277/ The one

stop shop

trap

http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcemarc/2385399277/

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Forgetting

the past

trap

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The Holy Grail trap

http://www.flickr.com/photos/spiritual_marketplace/2207966935

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Viscious circle

• Head brick wall

The brick wall trap

http://www.flickr.com/photos/43204851@N00/182910562

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Viscious circle

• Head brick wall

The brick wall trap

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Reasons to be cheerful?

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Be Open

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Openness

works

http://www.flickr.com/photos/psd/1805374441/

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Learning does happen

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Listening to others

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Testing ideas

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Keep it simple

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How many different types of

learning and teaching approaches

do you need?

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How many different types of

learning and teaching approaches

do you need?

Think…

Pair…

Share

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Build on the

work of others

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Look for the unexpected

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Content Social

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Ask…

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Traps

• Searching – beat Google

• Metadata – for the good of others

• Audience – they will emerge from use

• System – the backend takes over from the frontend

• One stop shop – ignores reality

• Forgetting the past – avoid reinventing the wheel

• Holy Grail – seeking what does not exist

• Brick wall – carry on regardless

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Advice

• Openness – be open

• Participation – routes in

• Involve others – experts and users

• Keep simple – hide complexity

• Build on work of others – mashup don’t build

• Find the right questions

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Dr Patrick McAndrew

The Open University

Institute of Educational Technology

Walton Hall

Milton Keynes

MK7 6AAolnet.org