This document provides an overview of the SHARE project which aimed to encourage university staff to publish learning resources in the institution's learning object repository (LOR). It describes strategies used, such as workshops and online guides, to engage staff. Staff were also involved in decision making. The document examines attitudes towards sharing resources and outlines lessons learned, including the importance of an open and celebratory approach.
1. An object shared is a problem halved: Implementing an LOR Anna Armstrong & Vicki McGarvey Nottingham Trent University
2. Session Objectives Provide an overview of the SHARE Project Illustrate strategies implemented to encourage staff engagement Define the approach adopted to publishing learning objects Examine attitudes towards sharing learning resources Sunset Grass Field by IainBuchananhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/jaeden/26385534/
3. Are you experienced? Dee Why Beach Christopher Chan http://www.flickr.com/photos/chanc/2716768026/
4. SHARE Project SHARE: Supporting, Harnessing and Advancing Repository Enhancement 2 year project funded by Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) Collaborative partnership: Nottingham Trent University with D2L Aim: “Encourage staff to publish learning & teaching resources to the LOR to enable the sharing of educational resources” Provideaccess to external repositories Shared moment by Sky mitch http://www.flickr.com/photos/sky_mitch/1917493025
5. Project Background Free to use Premade Background, Oriano Nicolau http://www.flickr.com/photos/wendphotos/1497868272/
Show of hands:Who uses the LOR?Who uses harvesting?Who uses MERLOT in D2L?Who uses open educational resources?
History/background of NTU before LOR little sharing – informal, e.g. through YouTube, Flickr, Delicious, web 2.0 mainly for use with students rather than colleagues. This was then shared within schools, not coherently across the university. anxieties existed around sharing, which we needed to resolve to get staff engagement (demonstrated by work on the VLE implementation project. Our model for staff engagement was based on that of the VLE implementation project, i.e.:Working groupsCollaborative project management Working on good relationships with academic colleagues in schoolsE-learning working groupE-learning user forumBuilding on the relationships we’d formed in the VLE implementation pojectProblems/issues Staff engagement – due to anxiety and needed change in NTU culture of sharing (enagagement at start cf now – still early days in terms of numbers of objects in repository and extent of use, but feedback on its popularity includes the number of requests we’ve had to present to school committees and meetings, and CPLD having offered to publicise our workshops, ALT disseminating throughout schools, events we’ve held have been solidly attended by core group of individuals.)Letting staff know about the LOR/publicity
Workshops exploring technical and pedagogical aspectsBespoke user-guides and online course