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Output/Outcome Type

Brief Description and URLs (where applicable)

Delores Selections

This is a weblog-accessible ‘static’ collection of OERs for first-year

engineering design students and their teachers, available at URL

http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/delores/selections/

Delores Extensions

This is the web-based ‘dynamic’ collection of OERs for engineering

design students at all levels and their teachers: The URL

http://go.bath.ac.uk/delores-extensions is currently being use for testing and development.

Delores Dissemination

Blog

This is the activity reporting blog for the DelOREs Project:

http://deloresoer.wordpress.com/

Static collection

evaluation web page

This data capture page was used to allow evaluators of the static

collection prototype to be captured: http://tinyurl.com/6jk8yya

Delores Selection Expert

Evaluation Analysis

An analysis of the responses made using the Static Collection evaluation page by a panel of experts to the demonstrator-release version of Delores Selections

SEED Curriculum OER

Repository

A repository of engineering design resources made available during the project in collaboration with the Design Society

JORUM SEED

Curriculum OER

Repository

The SEED material archived in and available from JORUM as a

downloadable zip file

Design Society May 2011 Newsletter

Banner news item (June 2011 onwards) on-line at http://www.designsociety.org

HEA Engineering Subject Centre Newsletter

Translate Issue 32 Summer 2011

Institution of Engineering

Designers Newsletter

copy submitted to Journal ‘Engineering Designer’ August 2011

Design Journal and

Conference Call blog Designcalls

(http://designcalls.wordpress.com)

Newsletter copy submitted to the editor of DesignCalls blog, August 2011

Article for Ariadne

Description of the DelOREs Project for the data archiving and curation community; to be submitted September 2011

Configuring WaypointOER for Delivery of Open

Educational Resources

A description of the way that the sux0r and Waypoint open-source software packages are configured and integrated to provide a subject based OER delivery mechanism.

Interim report

The DelOREs Project Interim Report

Final report

The DelOREs :Project Final Report

DelOREs Project Poster

Displayed at the Higher Education Academy (HEA) Annual Conference 5-6 July 2011. and The Engineering and Product Design Education Conference, 8-9 September 2011

CETIS workshop ‘Advances in Open Systems for Learning Resources’ at the 4thAnnual Repository Fringe

meeting, Edinburgh 5 August 2011

Presentation given. The report can be found on the Project Blog

Waypoint binary files

These are the binary files for the configurable search/browse engine underpinning Delores Extensions.

http://www.bath.ac.uk/idmrc/themes/projects/delores/documentation/waypoint

Sux0r Bayesian Feed

Filter

This filter distinguishes between different OERs based on a set of selection vectors.

Output / Outcome Type

Brief Description and URLs (where applicable)

Website

www.engsc.ac.uk/oer/engineering-a-low-carbon-future

Search tool

www.engsc.ac.uk/an/oer-project/loc/

Focus group recommendations

5 categories of suggested alterations were suggested by the focus group; User Guidance, Appearance, Search, Comments and User Info, and Other.  In total 20 recommendations were received ranging from adding a key for various symbols to changing the search facility to a Boolean system. (Final Report appendices)

Blog posts

Serendipity Engine - (My aspirations to generate serendipity rather than worry about providing perfect results for a perceived target audience.) 

http://icesculpture.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/serendipity-engine/

OER vs. NOER – (Open Educational Resources (OERs) are not the only way to find materials for teaching) 

http://icesculpture.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/oer-vs-noer-why-the-new-kid-must-go-to-the-old-school/

Conference presentations

http://www.slideshare.net/EngSC/jisc-cetis-conf-pres2 

Output/outcome type

Brief Description and URLs (where applicable)

Fieldwork Education Resource Collection (FERC)

http://www.openfieldwork.org.uk/api/

Guidance documents

http://openfieldwork.org.uk/?page_id=6

Expert knowledge

Developed within project team and disseminated via targeted local and national events, e.g. OER11, Expert Seminar, GEES Annual Conference and University of Plymouth (UoP) events

Expert community

- 18 attendees of Expert Seminar (Chester, 23rd May 2011)

- Contact list of 19 interested academic staff developed from survey and consultation

Published article

Planet 26 in press

Project blog

http://openfieldwork.org.uk/

Defining fieldwork resources blog post

http://openfieldwork.org.uk/?p=182.

Can a resource go out of date blog post + comments

http://openfieldwork.org.uk/?p=198.

Duplication and granularity of fieldwork resources blog post

http://openfieldwork.org.uk/?p=246

Technical information blog post

http://openfieldwork.org.uk/?p=185

1

Sanders, M., Kneale, P., Knight, Y. & Stokes, A. (2011) Open Fieldwork Project: Bringing together open licensed resources for fieldwork education (poster). Geoscience Education Graduates for the 21st Century (GEES Subject Centre), Leeds, UK. (http://openfieldwork.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Leeds-poster-final.pdf).

2

Sanders, M. & Stokes, A. (in press) The Open Fieldwork Project: Bringing together open licensed resources for fieldwork education. Planet, 24, 96.

3

Sanders, M. & Stokes, A. (2011) Bringing together open resources for fieldwork education. OER11, Manchester, UK. (http://www.ucel.ac.uk/oer11/presentations/OER1145.pptx)

4

Sanders, M., Stokes, A. & Knight, Y. (2011) Open Fieldwork Expert Seminar. Workshop held at the University of Chester, UK. (http://openfieldwork.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ExpertFwSem4delegates.ppt)

5

France, D., Sanders, M., Stokes, A. & Welsh, K. (2011) Fieldwork practicalities and pedagogy: the use of technology enhanced learning and open educational resources (OER). GEES Subject Centre Annual Conference, Birmingham, UK. (http://openfieldwork.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/OFgees11.ppt)

6

Sanders, M., Stokes, A., Knight, Y. & Kneale, P. (2011) Open Fieldwork Project: The Fieldwork Education Resource Collection (poster). GEES Subject Centre Annual Conference, Birmingham, UK. (http://openfieldwork.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/GEES11poster.pdf)

7

Sanders, M., Stokes, A. & Knight, Y. (2011) The Open Fieldwork Project: creating a searchable collection of resources to support fieldwork education. Technology Enhanced Learning Showcase, University of Plymouth, UK. (http://openfieldwork.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/OFtelConf.ppt)

8

Sanders, M., Stokes, A., Knight, Y. & Kneale, P. (2011) Open educational resources in fieldwork, and their potential for transcending disciplinary boundaries. Vice Chancellor's Teaching and Learning Conference, University of Plymouth, UK. (http://openfieldwork.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/OFVCsConf.ppt)

9

Sanders, M. & Stokes, A. (in press) The Open Fieldwork Project: enhancing access to fieldwork resources. Planet 26.

10

Kneale, P., Knight, Y., Sanders, M. & Stokes, A. (August, 2011) The Open Fieldwork Project: enhancing fieldwork learning using open educational resources. Royal Geographical Society (RGS-IBG) Annual Conference, London, UK.

Output / Outcome Type

Brief Description and URLs

WordPress blog framework

http://politicsinspires.org/

NB: The release of the blog posts is not part of the project; the project focuses on the delivery platform and the provision of additional material around the blog posts

Tools

All tools/code/plugins created by this project are available at http://openspires.oucs.ox.ac.uk/triton/resources/

Podcasts feeder – this plugin brings in feeds of Oxford’s audio and video content and then selects the podcast most relevant to the blog post currently being read.

Newsfeed – this brings in several RSS feeds from various newspapers and media sources featuring subject-specific content

‘Advertising’ space area - one space on the front page is given over to advertising relevant events or news items: it currently uses RSS feeds from the DPIR and POLIS websites to feature Department news.

Picture picker - It’s not easy to get a picture into a WordPress post; at minimum a file has to be uploaded. The picture picker allows a contributor to search Flickr for pictures (CC-BY licence only) and then add an attributed version to the blog post directly.

Categories/tags - a slight change was made to the default category widget code (a new widget created) to allow for more control over the display of categories (such as how many posts per category)

Profiles – Site visitors wanted an article to come with provenance, especially of the post’s author. Academic staff often maintain profiles in multiple locations so work has taken place to reuse this content where possible.

Export PDF - Work has taken place to look at how content from the site can be converted into other forms. In doing so, support for increased delivery options and download (offline access) could be supported.

Registration process - The registration process for the site has been developed to include information on licensing and various legal policies. It has also been automated and secured with the aim of being as simple as possible for people to use.

Dynamic collection ‘like’ tool - The dynamic collection tool allows an author to enter a set of keywords which the plugin then turns into WordPress content by searching RSS Feeds and URLs selected by an administrator. The content the plugin returns can also be ‘liked’ by visitors to the site, and so popular content is highlighted.

Aggregated OER and curated sets of OER

Dynamic collections – for four main categories (political theory, comparative government, international relations, and European politics and society) collections of subject-relevant educational material are dynamically brought into the site:

Reusable learning material – content from OER sites all licensed for reuse

Images - CC-BY licensed images from Flickr

Podcasts – audio and video from subject-relevant collections, some of which may be licensed for reuse

Blogs – collections of topic-relevant posts from other blog sites, some of which may be licensed for reuse

An example is shown here http://politicsinspires.org/oer/political-theory/

Learning path creator - a new bookmarking tool which allows registered users to bookmark in their browser any online resource and deposit this within the blog framework. This bookmark approach quickly builds new groups of quality-controlled, curated OER which provide a structured list or learning pathway around a thematic topic. An example is shown here

http://politicsinspires.org/learning-path/london-riots/

Videos to show how to install and use the tool are shown here

http://openspires.oucs.ox.ac.uk/triton/resources/ 

Report

Focus Group and Consultation Report (Final Report Appendix 1) 

Report

Politics in Spires Survey (Final Report Appendix 2) 

Report

Politics in Spires Legal Issues (Final Report Appendix 3)

Report

Evaluation Report (Final Report Appendix 4)

Guidance

Full technical documentation http://openspires.oucs.ox.ac.uk/triton/resources/

Guidance

User documentation and administrator guides (Editorial guidelines, registration process, picture picker etc.) http://openspires.oucs.ox.ac.uk/triton/resources/

Guidance

WordPress tutorials for contributors (videos) http://openspires.oucs.ox.ac.uk/triton/resources/

Guidance/marketing

Introductory videos on OER and Creative Commons aimed at academic contributors http://openspires.oucs.ox.ac.uk/triton/resources/

Marketing

SEO tools and Google analytics (Final Report Section 5.3.5)

Marketing

Project website http://openspires.oucs.ox.ac.uk/triton/ and blog http://blogs.oucs.ox.ac.uk/openspires/category/triton/

Marketing

Twitter/Facebook integration (Final Report Section 5.3.5)

Marketing

DPIR Blog Publicity and Launch Strategy (Final Report Appendix 5)

Knowledge

Triton has worked with other projects and shared knowledge and expertise, e.g. Delores, C-SAP, Nottingham, attendance at the JISC/CETIS Hack day

Knowledge

Triton has completed the handover of the site to the DPIR at Oxford, supplying all site documentation and knowledge of the build to facilitate future development by the department

Blog post re Picture Picker

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/flickr-picture-find-and-attribute/

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/flickr-picture-find-and-attribute-advanced/

Blog post re a community of political blogs

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2011/06/24/open-educational-resources-mit-opencourseware/#more-2462

User documentation and support

http://openspires.oucs.ox.ac.uk/triton/resources/index.html

Blog post re integration of dynamic collection with Wordpress

http://blogs.oucs.ox.ac.uk/openspires/2011/08/09/here-be-dragons-journeys-to-the-edge-of-wordpress-with-oer-content/

Blog post re aggregating OER

http://blogs.oucs.ox.ac.uk/openspires/2011/08/04/aggregati-aggregatum-aggregat-doh/

Discussion (by Leeds Metropolitan University) of Politics Inspires site

http://repositorynews.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/plugged-in-for-oer/