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EdShare: sharing resources across the institution
Debra MorrisOn-line PGR Resources Discussion Group
University of Southampton,Wednesday 11 March 2009
edshare.soton.ac.uk
• managing educational resources • collaborating to develop or extend
learning and teaching resources• presenting resources for service
teaching • working with all the parties involved to
discover how they will best benefit• showcasing really good resources for
teaching and learning
What is EdShare about?
The context for EdShare
•e-Prints Soton: institutional
research repository
•Blackboard, SUSSED, other services
•eLearning strategy and drive
•Learning & teaching
initiatives
•VC learning and teaching
awards
•EdShare supports access within the whole
institution, across Schools and disciplines
•Academics provide simple tags for searching
•Supported by automatic generation of
some details
•You can choose to add more detail:course codes, level, re-use
EdShare’s practical approach
Some assumptions and requirements
•Gathering and managing materials can be a challenge
•Practice of re-use is for small, “unbundled” sections/assets/objects/activities
•Lightweight and nimble service
•Simple workflow for adding content
•Easy sharing and finding
EdShare moves from the formality of the research repository to the look and feel of Web 2.0
EdShare look and feel
•Add document(s)/resource(s) or web link
•Items get a URL
•Owner gets the option to add descriptions and
tags
•Owner can decide “visibility” of document
•Users can also bookmark/describe for others
•Resources will be automatically indexed by
Google and other search engines
Adding content
The local context
• Blackboard• School intranet• SUSSED
• EdShare fits with these
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What stage is EdShare at now?
•EPrints software platform
•.soton.ac.uk – institutional commitment
•New lightweight interface
•Intuitive and minimal description of
material required
•Working with a range of practitioners to
use and develop EdShare
•Spreading the word!
EdShare the service: edshare.soton.ac.uk
Email us at: [email protected]
Your contact: Debra Morris
The Project is EdSpace:www.edspace.ecs.soton.ac.uk
EdShare access and contact