moreFree Stuff Finding And Using Resources From The - Presentation TranscriptFree Stuff- Finding and Using Resources from the Internet Frances Bell, Learning Technology Fellow, Faculty of Business, Law and the Built Environment LT Fellow blog at http://www.edu.salford.ac.uk/blogs/blbe/ Or look in External on Staff Channel This work is licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Agenda Why? And Who? Where? Salford resources Search engines Google Scholar, Books, Images, Videos Licensed Stuff Repositories Intute Jorum Try HEA Subject Centre Institutional MIT OU Open Learn (proprietary mixed) iTunes University Summary Alternative view http://www.wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/340088/Finding_Stuff_Slide_Show" http://www.wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/340088/Finding_Stuff_Slide_Show Why? Consumers Get free stuff to enhance your course materials Direct students to extension resources Producers Enhances reputation Marketing Emphasises educational experience over content Here is a video clip giving one point of view http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Td5_FGqDze8" http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Td5_FGqDze8 You could also watch longer film to which this was a reply. Capetown Declaration http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/" http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/ Where? here and anywhere Salford resources http://students.salford.ac.uk/" http://students.salford.ac.uk/ Search engines Google Scholar http://scholar.google.co.uk/" http://scholar.google.co.uk/ Google Books http://books.google.com/" http://books.google.com/ Images many http://www.flickr.com/commons/" http://www.flickr.com/commons/ Videos Google, blip.tv, youtube, http://www.teachertube.com" http://www.teachertube.com Licensed stuff http://search.creativecommons.org/" http://search.creativecommons.org/ Blogs Look for relevant blogs with http://blogsearch.google.com/" http://blogsearch.google.com/ Where? Repositories Intute http://www.intute.ac.uk/" http://www.intute.ac.uk/ http://www.intute.ac.uk/support.html" http://www.intute.ac.uk/support.html Also for students http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/" http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/ Also repository search http://www.intute.ac.uk/irs/projectmaterials.php" http://www.intute.ac.uk/irs/projectmaterials.php Jorum http://www.jorum.ac.uk/" http://www.jorum.ac.uk/ OER Resources http://www.oercommons.org/" http://www.oercommons.org/ Eprints http://www.opendoar.org/" http://www.opendoar.org/ http://www.doaj.org/" http://www.doaj.org/ Where? - Institutional MIT OpenCourseware Free lecture notes, exams, and videos from MIT. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm" http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm OU Open Learn Content, tools and other resources http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/" http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/ (proprietary/mixed) iTunes University http://www.apple.com/education/itunesu_mobilelearning/itunesu.html" http://www.apple.com/education/itunesu_mobilelearning/itunesu.html See also http://www.edu.salford.ac.uk/blogs/blbe/2008/07/31/itunes-university/" http://www.edu.salford.ac.uk/blogs/blbe/2008/07/31/itunes-university/ for examples and limitations Web 2.0 services E.g. Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/" http://www.slideshare.net/ Using stuff safely Look at copyright/licensing arrangements Example of use (scroll down) see http://www.edu.salford.ac.uk/blogs/blbe/2008/10/15/learning-technology-resources-and-events/" http://www.edu.salford.ac.uk/blogs/blbe/2008/10/15/learning-technology-resources-and-events/ Check terms of use Be sensible, see http://www.edu.salford.ac.uk/blogs/blbe/2008/09/13/youtube-and-teaching-resources/" http://www.edu.salford.ac.uk/blogs/blbe/2008/09/13/youtube-and-teaching-resources/ When publishing, use Creative Commons Licence see http://creativecommons.org" http://creativecommons.org How to keep up? Most will supply RSS feeds E.g. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/about/rss/index.htm" http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/about/rss/index.htm http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/rss/file.php/stdfeed/2503/formats/LIB_2_rss.xml" http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/rss/file.php/stdfeed/2503/formats/LIB_2_rss.xml Get yourself a feed reader What is RSS anyway? http://www.edu.salford.ac.uk/blogs/blbe/2008/10/07/rss-can-help-you-check-blogs-and-other-dynamic-web-sites-easily/" http://www.edu.salford.ac.uk/blogs/blbe/2008/10/07/rss-can-help-you-check-blogs-and-other-dynamic-web-sites-easily/ And not just content! Teachers share ideas and problems too http://cloudworks.open.ac.uk/" http://cloudworks.open.ac.uk/ Watch this space at Salford More information here http://www.slideshare.net/grainne/conole-ouldi-presentation-682303" http://www.slideshare.net/grainne/conole-ouldi-presentation-682303 Summary Find good resource sets, people Keep up to date with changes Be safe Consider being a producer as well as a consumer Einstein comes to Salford Any questions?