Project Details:
UK Centre for Bioscience OER Project
The objective is to increase awareness of the OER approach in the Bioscience and establish examples across a range of disciplines by providing examples of projects which de-constructed a collection of content into independent learning objects as far as reasonably possible.
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Funding period:April 2009 to April 2010
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Organisations: De Montfort University The Open University UK Centre for Bioscience University College London University of Bath University of Glasgow University of Gloucestershire University of Leeds University of Manchester University of Nottingham University of Oxford |
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Posted by Johnr at 2010-03-17 15:19:10
Google Docs (as with Skype) as communal project management tool slightly crude but effective: "Effectiveness is paramount"
Posted by Johnr at 2010-03-17 15:12:59
Guidance and advice on standards relating to dissemination and quality plans is something that the project is addressing
Posted by Johnr at 2010-03-17 15:11:16
Project has followed PRINCE2 methodology for project management, and has tried to embed JISC project management guidelines and structures
Posted by Johnr at 2010-03-17 15:06:44
Tried out InfoPath forms in SharePoint - this has been a technical success but perhaps more suited to very large consortia/ projects with more constant formal communication needs
Posted by Johnr at 2010-03-17 15:04:38
Used SharePoint for sharing documentation. This has piloted and triggered use of SharePoint in the Academy
Posted by Johnr at 2010-03-17 15:02:19
Sub-projects have really appreciated easy of use and availability of jiscinvolve for project blogs
Posted by Johnr at 2010-03-17 14:59:13
Once content in JorumOpen greater use of web2.0 tools is anticipated. Many sub-projects have begun to blog about their resources.
Posted by Johnr at 2010-03-17 14:58:14
Considering how project partners using HTML can incorporate Dublin Core into pages
Posted by Johnr at 2010-03-17 14:52:20
Using Skype a lot with video and screenshare for project communication (encouraged by sending every partner a camera)
Posted by Johnr at 2010-03-17 14:51:05
Primary cataloguing through JorumOpen; project has provided informal cataloguing training to contributors; no descriptive standard in use in the project as such
Posted by Johnr at 2010-03-17 14:48:44
Creative Commons plug-in for Office being used.
Posted by Johnr at 2010-03-17 14:48:06
License association with resources: where possible licence is included in resource - embedded in images, flash resources, ppt, doc as well as in Jorum metadata
Posted by Johnr at 2010-03-17 14:41:07
Yahoo Pipe using keyword harvest form Jorum to produce RSS feed for submission to aggregators
Posted by Johnr at 2010-03-17 14:38:53
Cataloguing content into Merlot - pointing to JorumOpen
Posted by Johnr at 2010-03-17 14:36:09
OER Images also being added to Bioscience image bank http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/imagebank/
Posted by Johnr at 2010-03-17 14:34:12
Jorum deposit: individual upload by project partners as par tof their responisbilities - using Jorum's upload tools; some resources are not suitable for upload
Posted by Johnr at 2010-03-17 14:33:10
OERs in huge variety of content formats and granularities
Posted by Johnr at 2010-03-17 14:30:49
Audio and video formats: taking whatever formats they're getting. Converting from MP4 to FLV
Posted by Johnr at 2010-03-17 14:29:38
OER file formats: .ppt .doc and custom applications
Posted by Johnr at 2010-03-17 14:28:25
Biodiversity sub-project migrated content to eXe from custom Authorware app: Scholar's Desktop (migration to support better social interoperability)
Posted by Johnr at 2010-03-17 14:25:49
Using Quandary software http://msdlt.medsci.ox.ac.uk/howhelp/current-projects-1/biooer/why-we-wanted-action-mazes-and-used-quandary
Posted by Johnr at 2010-03-17 14:24:25
SBLI example: http://www.ls.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/teachingandlearningresources/elearning/geneticanalysissbli/
Posted by Johnr at 2010-03-17 14:23:28
Scenario-based learning interactive SBLI: http://sbli.ls.manchester.ac.uk/OER/
Posted by Johnr at 2010-03-17 14:23:02
Using eXe, in part as they had significant issues with using RELOAD and in part as eXe is JorumOpen's preferred tool
Posted by Johnr at 2009-10-02 15:10:49
There's a lot of technical development mentioned in the project plans.
Posted by Johnr at 2009-10-02 14:50:26
Standards/Tech section in 12 sub-project plans appears to be uniform across project - irrespective of specific tech development
Posted by Johnr at 2009-10-02 14:44:32
Video and audio formats not explicitly mentioned
Posted by Johnr at 2009-10-02 14:43:49
Creative Commons By NC SA selected as conformant to minimum Jorum standards. Some contributors discussing use of ND but looking at options to address concerns through SA supplement
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Programme-Manager: David Kernohan Programme-Manager: Joanne Masterson (HEA) Maintainer: Terry McAndrew