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Two examples of Learning and Teaching materials at Mimas
Richard Wiseman & Susan Noble
Mimas, University of Manchester
» Mimas:› ESDS International› Census Dissemination Unit
» ESDS International’s Teaching Tools
» Census Learning and Teaching Materials
Overview
Mimas» Centre of
Excellence, based at University of Manchester, UK
» Provide a portfolio of data and information services to academics
» UK PubMed Central (UKPMC)» Web of Knowledge» Landmap » Jorum» Zetoc» ESDS International and Census (CDU)
» Full list at: http://mimas.ac.uk/portfolio/current/
Mimas Services include….
Census Dissemination Unit (CDU)
• Census aggregate data (1971-2001)
• Casweb /InFuse
• GeoConvert
• Mosaic data
• Deprivation data
» Originally developed in 2000-2003
» 19 units, written by subject specialists
» Became outdated
» 2009: received funding to update the materials and make them open access
» Deposit in JorumOpen
CHCC resources
How did we do it?
» Permission
» Updating issues
» eXe› Initially create materials› content package materials› http://exelearning.org/
» Dreamweaver
» Creative Commons