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“Pushing the Jorum”
… ‘opening up’ to meet changing agenda
Peter Burnhill & Jackie CarterJorum Co-Directors
JISC / CNI Conference, Belfast, July 2008JISC / CNI Conference, Belfast, July 2008
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Presentation Overview
Overview
Introduction
Background
Change
Planning
>1. Introduction to Jorum
• What it is and how it came about • What it does and what it contains
• Examples of UK learning materials
2. Understanding change; looking to the future • Changing environment
• Increasing confidence in ‘open’ model • Opportunities and challenges in the OER agenda
3. Planning an effective national service• New services: going ‘open’
• JorumOpen / JorumEducationUK
• Support for existing & licensed material• JorumPlus
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UK funding councils for HE & FE
Content, Tools &
Infrastructure
JISC Sub-CommitteesJISC Collections
NDCs acting as two platforms for network-level services as part of JISC Integrated Information Environment
research, learning & teaching in UK universities & colleges
UK Research Councils
National Data Centres
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jorum
\ 'jo-r-*m, 'jo.r-\ n
[perhaps from Joram
“ … brought with him vessels of silver" (2 Samuel 8:10 - AV)] :
a large drinking vessel or its contents
Brewers Phrase & Fable hypertext Webster Interface
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began as ‘keep-safe’ for publicly-funded outputs and content developed in projects at institutions
a support project within Exchange for Learning (X4L) Programme
a ‘service in development’
an early ‘deliverable’ won a prize!
Overview
Introduction
Background
Change
Planning
how Jorum came about
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began as ‘keep-safe’ for publicly-funded outputs and
content developed in projects at institutions
a support service within X4L Programme
re-used and re-purposed as JISC national repository
to promote sharing, reuse and repurposing of
learning materials between institutions
had to tackle IPR and legal issues
HEFCE decided to be the Sub-Licensor
successfully launched two user services in 2005/6 Jorum Contributor - putting stuff in
Jorum User - getting stuff out
Overview
Introduction
Background
Change
Planning
how Jorum came about
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… a bowl, a drinking vessel (or its contents) to be shared
… an online repository of learning materials
• for deployment within institution VLEs• Virtual Learning Environments
• and within teaching practice
Uses open standards
Jorum uses IMS Content Packages and IEEE LOM metadata for the content, so that the material can be re-used and re-purposed
Jorum uses an application of IntraLibrary (from Intrallect)
Overview
Introduction
Background
Change
Planning
Jorum is therefore …
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also a catalyst for effective collaboration between:
1. learning technologists & tutors • across universities and colleges
2. JISC and communities of use it serves• across 3 JISC sub-committees
• Learning & Teaching• Integrated Information Environment• Content & Services
3. two JISC national data centres, EDINA & Mimas• working closely as a team with Centre for Educational
Technology & Interoperability Standards (CETIS)
Overview
Introduction
Background
Change
Planning
Jorum is therefore …
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Jorum Today, as national repository for learning materials
JorumContributor
‘putting content in’
JorumUser
‘getting content out’
‘keep-safe’
= Two Services + ‘Keep-safe’ mandate + Jorum R&D
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Single files
Content Packages / Learning Objects
Virtual Objects
Text documents, Spread Sheets, PowerPoints, Images, Video, Audio, Flash Animations
Bundling learning resources together with metadata. Content can be moved between programs, facilitating easier delivery, reuse and sharing of materials.
Jorum can catalogue and point to resources stored elsewhere (e.g. a licensed service at EDINA, Mimas or elsewhere)
A variety of content
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Statistics
June 2008
(target set)
Institutions
Licensed as User
419 (300)
80% of HEIs60% of FEIs
Registered Users 5153
Downloads 9613
Jorum User
June 2008
(target set)
Institutions
Licensed as Contributor
93 (80)
23% of HEIs12% of FEIs
Registered Contributors 534
Resources
2832
2200 ‘published’
Jorum Contributor
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ShowcaseSome examples
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Consistent Navigation Rich interactive content Accessible video from respected practitioners and
experts
Social Care Institute for Excellence
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Adaptable templates Simple to rebrand and repurpose Promotion of community aspect This resource shows how Learning Styles differ between
students
Reusable Learning Objects (RLOs)
Part of X4L Phase 1; multi-disciplinary consortium
Repurpose JISC online resources for use in e-learning
6 ‘Arts and Design’ Resources (incl. photo essay)
Explore their use within a VLE
E Studio – University of Wolverhampton
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REHASH (Repurposing Existing Healthcare Assets to Share)
60 high quality medical and healthcare resources
University of London, St Georges
REHASH – University of London, St Georges
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Consortium of 4 institutions in the Swansea area
5 subject areas
115 Learning Objects either completed or near completion
Used different sources for the materials to including: NLN Materials, DART, UK Data Archive and StarUK.
REALM – Swansea College
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http://repository.jorum.ac.uk/intralibrary/IntraLibrary?command=open-preview&learning_object_key=i229806n32444t
Note-taking – University of Stirling
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Group of 26 institutions in the North West
Funded through the RSC NW
Range of subject areas covered
This resource shows how to manipulate formulae
'North West Content Exchange' – North Trafford College
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Jorum pre-dates emergence of ‘open access’ & Institutional Repositories:
Open agenda + Creative Commons
Jorum now itself being re-purposed for ‘open sharing’as a platform, and ‘showcase’
for UK commitment to OER (Open Educational Resources)
Overview
Introduction
Background
Change
Planning
The Changing Agenda
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1. To act as a place where JISC-funded content can be stored, managed and made available
2. To stand as “a national statement of the importance of creating interoperable, sustainable materials”
3. To promote sharing, reuse and repurposing of learning materials between institutions
JISC national repository for learning
Overview
Introduction
Background
Change
Planning
moving Jorum into mainstream of teaching
and learning
Aims
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Devising three new licensing regimes
1. JorumOpenfor content when depositors who are willing and able to share content ‘free2web’
Open Educational Resources, OpenLearn2. JorumEducationUK
for content when depositors who wish or have to share (only) within the UK academic domain
3. JorumPlusfor content with third-party licensed material, or for more limited authorisation
Initial licensing regime was risk-averse, with HEFCE licence required for deposit and for use.
In new regimes we plan to have the depositor license the user directly.
Planning an effective service: time to ‘open-up’
Overview
Introduction
Background
Change
Planning
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to be able to support open content initiativesto take forward preservation strategyto be a showcase
for learning and teaching resources produced by UK FE and HE institutions.
Opportunity to gain leverage from Web 2.0Merlotwork done in JISC RepositoryNet
e.g. the Depotopen source software
consider existing software ‘fit-for-purpose’But need assurance on scaling for free2web use
Planning to ‘open-up’
Overview
Introduction
Background
Change
Planning
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UK funding councils for HE & FE
national repository for learning and teaching
materials
support for: learning & teaching in UK universities & colleges
community-generated content
Jorum
JISC Sub-CommitteesJISC Collections
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Jorum: sharing content
Push About The Jorum
http://musicaviva.com/tunebook/music.tpl?filnavn=o2-0657-1
jorum
“ … brought with him vessels of silver"
(2 Sam 8:10 - AV)] :
a large drinking vessel or its contents
Ovchinnikov Firm, A jorum. Hallmarked: silver 84*, marked in Russion “P. Ovchinnikov” under the emblem’
Last half of 19th century
Source: http://www.artantique.ru/list-eng.phtml?cat=218
Dance Music of Ireland
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The Jorum Team
John Casey Manager at EDINA Colin Gormley Software Engineer Peter O'Hare Technical Support OfficerAndrew Richardson Service Coordinator
Laura Shaw Manager at MimasMatt Ramirez Training and Support OfficerJanine Rigby Communications Officer
[email protected]@manchester.ac.uk
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Comments and questions welcome
