Jorum Blog
Posted by Louise Egan
on 11th June 2013
A new set of featured resources now appear on the Jorum homepage.
This month, following on from Sally Reeves' blog post surrounding tools to create OER, we felt it would be great to show a handful of resources that highlight some of the tools mentioned.
The five resources, all found in Jorum, show different ways that OER can be created, including Hot Potatoes, Camtasia, Xerte and Glo Maker.
The first resource points to a document collated by Sally Reeve. She collected a number of useful resources being used by those who create online learning and teaching resources. This word document provides a superb round-up of the types of tools that are being used to create OER.
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Posted by Louise Egan
on 23rd May 2013
A recent interview with Antonio Martinez-Arboleda provided a wonderful insight into the impact that technologies such as Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) might have on education, and shares some key insights which may challenge us to think about our ways of working, how we can more effectively use open content to enhance the digital literacy of our students and teachers, and the whole idea of Open Education.
This blog is a condensed version of the interview, the full story can be found at:
http://www.jorum.ac.uk/about-us/jorum-stories_
Antonio, Principal Teaching Fellow (SCORE) and member of the Jorum Steering Group, from the University of Leeds, is an advocate of ‘Open Content’...
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Posted by Jorum Guest Blogger
on 23rd May 2013
Sally Reeve is Assistant Information Adviser, at Queenwood Library, University of Brighton and writes in a personal capacity. She shares with us her experiences of some of the different tools that are available to create OERs.
Overview from Jorum
A recent discussion on the LIS-INFOLITERACY e-mail list captured our attention as we witnessed a superb exchange of ideas about the types of online tools available to create OERs. How wonderful it was to see a great response to Sally’s initial request, which asked how other’s had created interactive Information Literacy resources, and as the development and sharing of OERs is at the heart of Jorum’s existence, we were thrilled that Sally...
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Posted by Joy Hooper
on 23rd April 2013
It’s always uplifting to hear about what users within our community are doing, particularly when it relates to developing innovative ways to use and share open resources. Nick Sheppard, Repository Developer at Leeds Metropolitan University (Leeds Met), is an advocate for this approach and is at the cutting edge of change; finding new ways to use the Jorum API. The Jorum Application Programming Interface, known simply as an API can be used to build customised web tools and services onto Jorum, aimed at meeting the specific needs of a community.
So what is Nick’s vision of the future?
Nick would, “…like to see a world without boundaries, one that is more integrated, where people can...
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Posted by Joy Hooper
on 19th April 2013
It’s a good feeling to go away from a conference inspired by innovative ideas and insights from leading practitioners. The OER13 conference in Nottingham provided lots of practical illustrations about how the higher and further education communities are using and sharing open educational resources (OER). Here are a few personal highlights and musings from myself, and Sarah Currier (Jorum Service Manager), followed by a quick canvas around the Jorum team to find out what they found most helpful.
Sarah’s personal highlights...
For me, OER13 was a cracker of a conference from Jorum's perspective. The team was lucky to be able to go en masse and my goodness, I was pleased we were all...
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