1 presentation an introduction to jorum rsc london jamboree, 6 th july 2006
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An Introduction to Jorum
RSC London Jamboree, 6th July 2006
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An Introduction to Jorum
Introduction
Background
Overview
Contributors
Users
Support
Future work
> Definition of Jorum:
“A free online service for UK HE and FE institutions, supporting the sharing, reuse and repurposing of learning and teaching resources”.
“The JISC funded service will be jointly run between the EDINA and MIMAS national data centres based at the Universities of Edinburgh and Manchester.”
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> Aim of Jorum:
“Helping to build a community for Sharing”
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>How do you start to build a community of sharing?
Long term retention of publicly funded outputs
An experimental national repository promoting sharing, reuse and repurposing of content.
A ‘keep safe’ and showcase for learning and teaching resources produced by FE and HE institutions.
A place where all content is properly tagged with essential metadata, ensuring materials can easily be found and have adequate rights holder information.
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The Jorum timeline:
2002 – 2004 Development Project2003 Undertook requirements gathering2004 Completed EU procurement exerciseJul 2004 Selected intraLibrary as the repository system2004 – 2005 Building service infrastructureNov 2005 Jorum Contributor OpenJan 2006 Jorum User Open2005 – 2008 Developing a service
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JorumContributor
“Putting content in”
JorumUser
“Getting content out”
JorumR&D
Jorum
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> In a nutshell…
Contributor – Putting content in
User – Getting content out
Collection of learning and teaching resources:
Range of subject areas
Athens Authenticated
Free
For teaching and support staff in UK FE and HE (not students)
Accessed online (software – ‘intraLibrary’)
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> Jorum Contributor“Putting Content In”
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Jorum Contributor - “Putting Content In”
Allows colleges and universities to deposit learning and teaching materials
Jorum hosts publicly funded outputs and content developed at institutions
Learning Resources – small assets (documents, images, diagrams) and comprehensive learning objects. Non-subject specific, covering FE & HE levels
Teaching Resources – supporting teaching staff in doing their job (e.g. tutor guides, lesson plans, schemes of work and staff development materials)
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How many institutions have signed up?
42 Contributor Licences from Institutions
1000 contributed resources
400+ Promised from X4L 2 and other sources before July 06
All resources from JISC projects submitted to Jorum• i.e. Distributed E-learning (DEL) Round 2
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What type of objects does Jorum support?
Single files
Content Packages
Virtual Objects
E.g. text documents, Spread Sheets, PowerPoints, Images, Video, Audio, Flash Animations
Bundling learning resources together with metadata -Content can be moved between programs, facilitating easier delivery, reuse and sharing of materials.
Jorum can catalogue and point to resources stored elsewhere
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What happens when resources are contributed?
Step 1
Contribute
Step 2
Publish
Step 3
Catalogue
Step 4
Review
Upload resource(s) Complete basic metadata fields and classification
Attach relevant rights holder information Published & available for download
RDN Cataloguer previews the resource and completes the full metadata record
Reviewer assesses metadata (not content quality)
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Where do the materials come from?
Centrally funded e-learning projects • JISC Projects (e.g. X4L Phase 1 and 2, Distributed e
Learning projects)• HE Academy Centres of Excellence in Teaching and
Learning (CETLs)
UK Further and Higher Education • Individual institutions• Institutions working as part of a Consortium
Working with other organisations/programmes • Other JISC services e.g. Digital Curation Centre• HE Academy Subject Centres
AND hopefully you!
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E Studio – University of Wolverhampton
Part of X4L Phase 1
Repurpose JISC Content
6 ‘Arts and Design’ Resources
Explore their use within a VLE
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Cadfael – Southport College
Part of the Q Projects
Resource produced helps to explain course content to deaf students
Example is for Reading Skills
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The Jorum Deposit Licence
Contributor Institutions sign a Deposit Licence.
The resources contributed are licensed to HEFCE.
HEFCE then sub-licences resources to institutions who have signed up for the User Service.
Contributor Institutions grant a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use materials for educational (non-commercial) purposes:
Aggregate, annotate, excerpt and modify
Search, retrieve, display and download
Save, print
Incorporate into learning environments & compile into study packs
Promotional purposes
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How do I become a contributor?
Go to www.jorum.ac.uk/contributors and read about:Why you should contribute
How you can become a contributor
Registering:Get in touch using [email protected] to discuss your needs
Download the Deposit Licence, get it signed and return following our clear guidelines
We will process your request and send account details
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Jorum User“Getting Content Out”
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Jorum User
FREE service
Institutions sign up to the service via JISC Collections
Users log in using Athens username and password
Available to teaching staff from UK F/HE institutions
Able to find, preview, download, reuse and repurpose materials for use with learners in their institution
Institutions will nominate 1 site representative and 1 technical support representative
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How many people have signed up?
Launched 31st January 2006
Over 600 registered users
Currently over 200 institutions
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Jorum Support
New Jorum website containing support and training materials for both Users and Contributors
Regular training events and demonstrations
24/7 access and a dedicated helpdesk: [email protected]
JORUM-UPDATE JISC Mailing List
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…and keep up to date with our website.
www.jorum.ac.uk