intute and organic.edunet jackie wickham allcu, oxford, july 2008

Intute and Organic.Edunet

Jackie Wickham ALLCU, Oxford, July 2008

What is Intute

Use of the Internet for Studies

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• The Internet is clearly an essential tool

• Almost all students use if for researching essays and projects

• (Market research by FDS – Feb/March 2008)

Students: Do you ever use the Internet to do research for essays or projects?

Source: FDS online survey

Solving the frustrations of the Internet• The Internet is a powerful tool for education and

research, providing a range of educational resources to support traditional teaching and learning

• Issues of trust, quality, information overload, poor searching and retrieving skills are significant concerns – particularly in the context of education and research

• Intute is a free, national Internet service aimed at higher and further education, providing the very best web resources for teaching, learning and research

Intute is different

• Intute uses a national network of information and subject specialists to select and evaluate Internet resources for their quality and relevance….

• including the Wellcome Trust, Royal College of Nursing, University of Oxford.

Network of specialists

Four subject groups comprise Intute:

• Arts and Humanities

• Health and Life Sciences

• Science, Engineering and Technology

• Social Sciences

• Hand selected, quality assured content – by the community for the community

Use The Intute website

Finding the Best of the Web

Search/Browse the catalogue

• Over 120,300 records, each one hand selected and described by a subject specialist

• Simple keyword or phrase searching

• Refine your search by type of resource

• Simple or Advanced searching options

• Browse by subject heading or keyword

Or integrate the content into your own site

Examples of integrating..

Put Intute search box on your library Web page, eg. for Intute: Social Science resources

Put Intute search box on your library Web page, eg. for Intute: Social Science resources

List latest language resources added to

Intute, on your library Web page

List latest language resources added to

Intute, on your library Web page

Create your reading

lists from Intute

resources

Create your reading

lists from Intute

resources

Intute Search BoxIntute Search Box

IntuteRSS Feeds

IntuteRSS Feeds

Records from Intute catalogue

Records from Intute catalogue

Contact details

Jackie Wickham

Service Manager: Health and Life Sciences

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.organic-edunet.euhttp://www.organic-edunet.eu 1616//4343

Co-funded by the European CommissionCo-funded by the European CommissioneeContentContentplusplus programme programme

http://www.organic-edunet.euhttp://www.organic-edunet.eu 1717//4343

contentscontents Overview and partnersOverview and partners contentcontent scenariosscenarios connect to connect to

http://www.organic-edunet.euhttp://www.organic-edunet.eu

overviewoverview


Organic.EdunetOrganic.Edunet

builds a multilingual federation of builds a multilingual federation of learning repositories learning repositories

content about Organic Agriculture content about Organic Agriculture and Agroecologyand Agroecology

for the awareness & education of for the awareness & education of European YouthEuropean Youth


aboutabout

Targeted ProjectTargeted Project funded by the funded by the eeContentContentplusplus

ProgrammeProgramme started on October 2007started on October 2007

duration 36 monthsduration 36 months co-funded by ECco-funded by EC

Overall budget: 4.800.000 eurosOverall budget: 4.800.000 euros


overall coverageoverall coverage

15 15 partners partners from 10 from 10 EU EU countriescountries


needneed systematic collection and categorisation systematic collection and categorisation

of learning resources related to OA and of learning resources related to OA and AEAE

integrating online environment integrating online environment increase use and reuseincrease use and reuse

study & assessment of usage scenarios study & assessment of usage scenarios in the context of formal educational in the context of formal educational

programs in Europeprograms in Europe


objectivesobjectives Publication of contentPublication of content Online environment – search, Online environment – search,

retrieval, useretrieval, use Scenarios to support teaching and Scenarios to support teaching and

learninglearning Evaluation – pilot trialsEvaluation – pilot trials Sustainable structuresSustainable structures


Search and Browse learning resources

Find scenarios - using organic resources in teaching and learning

Public Underpinned by..

Repository interface – manual or electronic upload

Federated repository

Database of scenarios

Ontologies – to support search and retrieval

Educational metadata (IEE LOM)


targeted userstargeted users tomorrow’s tomorrow’s consumersconsumers: highschool : highschool

children children to be familiarized with concepts & to be familiarized with concepts &

benefits of OA & AE benefits of OA & AE tomorrow’s tomorrow’s professionalsprofessionals: students : students

of agricultural universitiesof agricultural universities to be educated about methods and to be educated about methods and

practices of OA & AEpractices of OA & AE


contentcontent


content stakeholderscontent stakeholders EU-funded initiatives EU-funded initiatives public or private not-for-profit public or private not-for-profit

organisationsorganisations agricultural publishing housesagricultural publishing houses agricultural universities & institutesagricultural universities & institutes rural schools & teachersrural schools & teachers

……other?other?


University/college University/college resourcesresources

consortium-provided content resourcesconsortium-provided content resources BIO@GRO, ECOLOGICA, COMPASS projectsBIO@GRO, ECOLOGICA, COMPASS projects selection from Intute repository resourcesselection from Intute repository resources teaching resources from agricultural teaching resources from agricultural

universitiesuniversities other tutor-provided resourcesother tutor-provided resources


BIO@GRO resourcesBIO@GRO resources


Resource typesResource types LecturesLectures Best practice guidesBest practice guides GamesGames DocumentsDocuments WebsitesWebsites ExercisesExercises


school teachers’ resourcesschool teachers’ resources typetype

worksheetworksheetslesson slesson plans, etc.plans, etc.

topic areatopic area life life

sciencessciences


public resources - public resources - examplesexamples

FAOFAO Organic ePrintsOrganic ePrints SEAE – Sociedad Espanola de SEAE – Sociedad Espanola de

Agricultura EcologicaAgricultura Ecologica


scenariosscenarios


Cooking with Ecological ProductsCooking with Ecological Products


Excursion to an Organic FarmExcursion to an Organic Farm


connect toconnect to need more information?need more information? want to get affiliated with want to get affiliated with

Organic.EdunetOrganic.Edunet?? visit visit

http://www.organic-edunet.euhttp://www.organic-edunet.eu emailemail

[email protected]@nottingham.ac.uk

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