Learning and Skills Centre

Moira MasseyEDINA L&T Projects Co-ordinator

11 May 2004

Overview

• Learning and Skills Centre – http://edina.ac.uk/lsc/– Describes resources available at EDINA– Collection of weblinks to L&T, FE and Skills sites

• Materials available now as part of services:– National Learning Network Materials Delivery Service (FE)– GetRef Learning Materials (FE and HE)– Digimap (e-MapScholar) Teaching Case Studies (FE and HE)

• Materials coming:– FE specific learning materials for Digimap (St Helens College)

• Learning and Teaching Projects– e-MapScholar– JORUM

NLN Learning Materials Delivery Service

• EDINA is partner in NLN Delivery Service

• Other partners are JISC, Becta and MIMAS

• EDINA contributes –– Back-up server – Helpdesk facilities for RSCs– Technical support for RSCs

and Becta– Technical documentation– Administrative support

GetRef Learning Materials

Available at: http://edina.ac.uk/getref/learning.html

Digimap (e-MapScholar) teaching case studies

• In a variety of subjects• Comprise:

– Materials given to the class– Pedagogic details– Technical and support requirements – Reflection by author– Staff/student evaluations

“The "teaching case studies" are … exemplars of how case studies on learning and teaching in general could be presented!” LTSN GEES

Digimap Materials from St Helens College

• Case study coming, includes some materials

• Blackboard courses– Animal Management

• Small mammal trapping– Foundation Degrees

• Capability – art galleries– Hairdressing

• Location of salons– Surveying and Construction

• NC, HNC and FD– Sports Sciences

• Mapping and variations– Public Services (Army recruits)

• Mathematics and Mapping

e-MapScholar and e-MapScholar2

• Developed tools and L&T materials to enhance and support use of geo-spatial data, including data available from Digimap

• Phase 1 project ran from Jan 2000 to April 2003

• Phase 2 project under way and ends July 2004

• Phase 2 assessing need for, and viability of, services based on Phase 1 developments

Online Learning Materials

• Learning materials developed at unit and resource level

• A core set of units were authored which teaching staff can customise

• Each resource (the level seen by the students) consists of a number of units

• Teaching staff able to build learning resources for their students from the core learning units

• Students access materials on-line via the ‘Learning Resource Centre’

Examples of tools

Digitiser

Animation

Map Viewer

HotspotRaster visualisation

Virtual Work Placement

• Involves significant student effort (48 hours +)

• Initial example built around a case study: a wind farm proposal

• Innovative ‘proof of concept’ tool to support learning about real-world application of digital geographic information in a work-place context

• Focus on problem solving using geographical information

• The VP is a virtual learning world, involving collaboration, a virtual organisation, role-play, active and creative learning, and gameplay

JORUM

• JISC Online Repository for Learning and Teaching Materials

• Oct 2002 – July 2005– Area A: preparing for JORUM

service for all F/HEIs from August 2005

– Area B: supporting the JISC Exchange for Learning Programme

• Session this afternoon• http://www.jorum.ac.uk

What does a L&T repository do?

• Hosts any digital resource that can be used to support teaching and learning

• Provides “virtual objects” that reference materials (on and offline) held elsewhere

• Offers the same facilities as a library i.e. search, browse, locate, preview and borrow

• Offers additional facilities e.g. upload and publish, myLibrary and may package learning objects into assemblies of content

• Delivers learning objects/packages that can be played in a VLE, and resources for use by tutors e.g. lesson plans

Why a JISC repository service?

• Provides hosting service for JISC-funded content and pointers to content held on other servers

• Will work within the JISC Information Environment, especially with the HE Academy “Connect” service (L&T Portal)

• Part of a “landscape” of distributed repositories

• Promotes sharing, re-use and re-purposing of expensive content

• Stands as a national statement of the importance of creating interoperable, sustainable materials