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Repositories and the Open Web: Reflections from the Core-Materials and OER Pilot Projects

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This presentation was given at the cetis repositories and the open web (cetisrow) meeting on Monday 19th April 2010. It looks at the use of web 2.0 file sharing platforms for the dissemination of open educational resources and the use of their APIs to upload and search across resources.

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Repositories & the Open Web Reflections from Core-Materials and OER Pilot Projects Lisa J Rogers Institute for Computer Based Learning Heriot-Watt University Monday 19 th April 2010 Presented at #cetisROW
Core-Materials 20 Partners Led by UKCME HE Institutions FE Colleges Industrial Organisations Professional Bodies E-Learning Specialists
Dissemination Large collections of organised resources (100s of images, videos, documents and Flash animations) Copy of all resources on core.materials.ac.uk website Dissemination through file sharing platforms Flickr (for images) YouTube (for videos) Scribd and ºÝºÝߣShare (for documents) JorumOpen (copy or link)
Resource Description Many resources already had descriptions in various databases Used to create one central database, with additional metadata including licensing Not feasible to manually upload resources and descriptions to external services
Bulk Upload By central project team One Core-Materials account per file sharing platform Used APIs of Flickr, YouTube, ºÝºÝߣShare and Scribd to upload resources and metadata URLs of external resources then saved to database
Core-Materials Resource Finder Central searchable database (PHP & MySQL) Each resource page contains links to all copies of the resource Project developed a taxonomy to classify resources by: Science approaches, Material, Process, etc. Semi automatic cataloguing interface to allow partners to contribute descriptions
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JorumOpen Deposited copy of Flash Animations Want to upload descriptions and links to each resource page on core-materials resource finder Not feasible to do this manually, data already available electronically Testing deposit via RSS, hope to have all resources represented in JorumOpen soon
OER Pilot Project Partners Led by HEA Engineering SC 6 Universities 1 College Engineering Council (UK) Engineering Professors Council
Dissemination Contributors were individual academics or departments Resources did not have existing descriptions Dissemination through file sharing platforms Flickr (for images) YouTube and Vimeo (for videos) Scribd and ºÝºÝߣShare (for documents) Zoho (for Spreadsheets) JorumOpen (copy or link)
Resource Description Partners given guidelines on how to describe and tag their resources Each partner allocated a tag to identify their resources e.g. LoughboroughUniOER
Upload Each partner created accounts and uploaded their own resources on file sharing sites Project team available to give advice or help with upload Partners will be able to continually disseminate OERs after the project Using experience gained from Core-Materials project to upload 170 images to Flickr using API. Images from an earlier project
Engineering OER Search Did not want to create yet another database of resources Instead used the APIs of Flickr, YouTube, ºÝºÝߣShare, Flickr, Scribd and Vimeo (based on tags ukoer and engscoer) Used Google to search JorumOpen Can filter by contributor based on tags
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JorumOpen Partners encouraged to upload their own resources or links to JorumOpen Project team available to provide help Investigating ways to get metadata out of JorumOpen Would be nice to get RSS Feeds of all resources with a particular tag
Benefits of File Sharing Sites Easily embed resources, in websites, blogs, personal home pages Good web presence and search ranking Target audience familiar with these sites Get statistics on use Suggested related resources Create own collections or playlist Easily share resources on social networks Automatically generate RSS Feeds Batch upload and editing features Provide APIs for upload and search
Usage Statistics Viewing Statistics for CORE-Materials resources (Sept 2009 – March 2010) 3 followers 35,240 157 documents ºÝºÝߣShare 32 subscribers 40,706 (2,261 downloads) 157 documents Scribd 7 contacts 25,940 860 images Flickr 20 subscribers 17,417 128 videos YouTube Number of subscribers / followers Total number of views Number of Resources Uploaded
APIs Many services have PHP clients for interaction with API Each API is different, spent a lot of time getting to grips with each one Functionality of each API is different For example: Needed to alter licences on 149 documents. Took 5 minutes in Scribd through API. Had to be set manually on ºÝºÝߣShare
Links Projects Core Materials http://core.materials.ac.uk OER Pilot http://www.engsc.ac.uk/an/oer-project/oer-project.asp APIs Flickr http://www.flickr.com/services/api/ ºÝºÝߣShare http://www.slideshare.net/developers/documentation/ Scribd http://www.scribd.com/developers/ YouTube http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/overview.html Vimeo http://vimeo.com/api/ More Info Cetis wiki OER Platforms http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/Distribution_platforms_for_UKOER_resources

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Repositories and the Open Web: Reflections from the Core-Materials and OER Pilot Projects

  • 1. Repositories & the Open Web Reflections from Core-Materials and OER Pilot Projects Lisa J Rogers Institute for Computer Based Learning Heriot-Watt University Monday 19 th April 2010 Presented at #cetisROW
  • 2. Core-Materials 20 Partners Led by UKCME HE Institutions FE Colleges Industrial Organisations Professional Bodies E-Learning Specialists
  • 3. Dissemination Large collections of organised resources (100s of images, videos, documents and Flash animations) Copy of all resources on core.materials.ac.uk website Dissemination through file sharing platforms Flickr (for images) YouTube (for videos) Scribd and ºÝºÝߣShare (for documents) JorumOpen (copy or link)
  • 4. Resource Description Many resources already had descriptions in various databases Used to create one central database, with additional metadata including licensing Not feasible to manually upload resources and descriptions to external services
  • 5. Bulk Upload By central project team One Core-Materials account per file sharing platform Used APIs of Flickr, YouTube, ºÝºÝߣShare and Scribd to upload resources and metadata URLs of external resources then saved to database
  • 6. Core-Materials Resource Finder Central searchable database (PHP & MySQL) Each resource page contains links to all copies of the resource Project developed a taxonomy to classify resources by: Science approaches, Material, Process, etc. Semi automatic cataloguing interface to allow partners to contribute descriptions
  • 8. JorumOpen Deposited copy of Flash Animations Want to upload descriptions and links to each resource page on core-materials resource finder Not feasible to do this manually, data already available electronically Testing deposit via RSS, hope to have all resources represented in JorumOpen soon
  • 9. OER Pilot Project Partners Led by HEA Engineering SC 6 Universities 1 College Engineering Council (UK) Engineering Professors Council
  • 10. Dissemination Contributors were individual academics or departments Resources did not have existing descriptions Dissemination through file sharing platforms Flickr (for images) YouTube and Vimeo (for videos) Scribd and ºÝºÝߣShare (for documents) Zoho (for Spreadsheets) JorumOpen (copy or link)
  • 11. Resource Description Partners given guidelines on how to describe and tag their resources Each partner allocated a tag to identify their resources e.g. LoughboroughUniOER
  • 12. Upload Each partner created accounts and uploaded their own resources on file sharing sites Project team available to give advice or help with upload Partners will be able to continually disseminate OERs after the project Using experience gained from Core-Materials project to upload 170 images to Flickr using API. Images from an earlier project
  • 13. Engineering OER Search Did not want to create yet another database of resources Instead used the APIs of Flickr, YouTube, ºÝºÝߣShare, Flickr, Scribd and Vimeo (based on tags ukoer and engscoer) Used Google to search JorumOpen Can filter by contributor based on tags
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  • 15. JorumOpen Partners encouraged to upload their own resources or links to JorumOpen Project team available to provide help Investigating ways to get metadata out of JorumOpen Would be nice to get RSS Feeds of all resources with a particular tag
  • 16. Benefits of File Sharing Sites Easily embed resources, in websites, blogs, personal home pages Good web presence and search ranking Target audience familiar with these sites Get statistics on use Suggested related resources Create own collections or playlist Easily share resources on social networks Automatically generate RSS Feeds Batch upload and editing features Provide APIs for upload and search
  • 17. Usage Statistics Viewing Statistics for CORE-Materials resources (Sept 2009 – March 2010) 3 followers 35,240 157 documents ºÝºÝߣShare 32 subscribers 40,706 (2,261 downloads) 157 documents Scribd 7 contacts 25,940 860 images Flickr 20 subscribers 17,417 128 videos YouTube Number of subscribers / followers Total number of views Number of Resources Uploaded
  • 18. APIs Many services have PHP clients for interaction with API Each API is different, spent a lot of time getting to grips with each one Functionality of each API is different For example: Needed to alter licences on 149 documents. Took 5 minutes in Scribd through API. Had to be set manually on ºÝºÝߣShare
  • 19. Links Projects Core Materials http://core.materials.ac.uk OER Pilot http://www.engsc.ac.uk/an/oer-project/oer-project.asp APIs Flickr http://www.flickr.com/services/api/ ºÝºÝߣShare http://www.slideshare.net/developers/documentation/ Scribd http://www.scribd.com/developers/ YouTube http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/overview.html Vimeo http://vimeo.com/api/ More Info Cetis wiki OER Platforms http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/Distribution_platforms_for_UKOER_resources