SCORE Microsites: Open
Resources for Research
Students and Digital Scholars

B. de los Arcos (OU), R. Goodfellow (OU), T. Bird (Leicester),
J. Carter (Mimas) and R. Windle (Nottingham)
ALT-C September 2012
SCORE Microsites Project
• Funded by HEFCE through SCORE to create two
  portals to OER:




• 200 hours of self-study     • 60 hours of self-study
  materials for individuals     materials for
  planning on coming to the     undergraduate students
  UK to undertake               within the UK seeking to
  postgraduate studies.         enhance their capacity to
                                engage in digital
www.readytoresearch.ac.uk
                                scholarship.
                              www.digitalscholarship.ac.uk
Learning topics:
Gathering OER: from where?


• Our own institutions: OpenLearn, JORUM, U-Now,
  University of Leicester OER Repository.
• OER repositories: National Digital Learning Resources,
  OER Commons, Connexions, Xpert, etc.
• Non-OER repositories: MERLOT, SlideShare, etc.
• Search engines: OCW Search, Google Advanced, etc.
• Colleagues, online libraries, presentations, seminars…
Metadata
Creating a dialogue?
Gathering OER: issues

 •   CC-licensed or not CC-licensed?
 •   For students or for teachers?
 •   What type of media?
 •   One section or the whole site?
SCORE Microsites: Content



• 152 resources = approx.       • 72 resources = approx. 38
  150 hrs study time in total     hrs of study time in total
• 119 CC-licensed (78%)         • 51 CC-licensed
• 65% read, 20% interact,       • 50% read, 26% watch,
  10% watch, 5% listen            21% interact, 3% listen
• 105 UK (69%), 39 USA, 4       • 39 UK (54%), 27 USA, 4
  CAN, 2 IE, 1 BEL, 1 AUS         IE, 1 CAN, 1 AUS
Any questions?




    By mandiberg http://www.flickr.com/photos/theredproject/3302110152/
Institute of Educational Technology
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
b.de-los-arcos@open.ac.uk

Open Resources for Research Students and Digital Scholars

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    SCORE Microsites: Open Resourcesfor Research Students and Digital Scholars B. de los Arcos (OU), R. Goodfellow (OU), T. Bird (Leicester), J. Carter (Mimas) and R. Windle (Nottingham) ALT-C September 2012
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    SCORE Microsites Project •Funded by HEFCE through SCORE to create two portals to OER: • 200 hours of self-study • 60 hours of self-study materials for individuals materials for planning on coming to the undergraduate students UK to undertake within the UK seeking to postgraduate studies. enhance their capacity to engage in digital www.readytoresearch.ac.uk scholarship. www.digitalscholarship.ac.uk
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    Gathering OER: fromwhere? • Our own institutions: OpenLearn, JORUM, U-Now, University of Leicester OER Repository. • OER repositories: National Digital Learning Resources, OER Commons, Connexions, Xpert, etc. • Non-OER repositories: MERLOT, SlideShare, etc. • Search engines: OCW Search, Google Advanced, etc. • Colleagues, online libraries, presentations, seminars…
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    Gathering OER: issues • CC-licensed or not CC-licensed? • For students or for teachers? • What type of media? • One section or the whole site?
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    SCORE Microsites: Content •152 resources = approx. • 72 resources = approx. 38 150 hrs study time in total hrs of study time in total • 119 CC-licensed (78%) • 51 CC-licensed • 65% read, 20% interact, • 50% read, 26% watch, 10% watch, 5% listen 21% interact, 3% listen • 105 UK (69%), 39 USA, 4 • 39 UK (54%), 27 USA, 4 CAN, 2 IE, 1 BEL, 1 AUS IE, 1 CAN, 1 AUS
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    Any questions? By mandiberg http://www.flickr.com/photos/theredproject/3302110152/
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    Institute of EducationalTechnology The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA [email protected]