An Introduction to JORUM

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Kenny Baird
Kenny.Baird_at_ed.ac.uk
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Definition of JORUM A free online service for
UK HE and FE institutions, supporting the
sharing, reuse and repurposing of learning and
teaching resources. The JISC funded service
will be jointly run between the EDINA and MIMAS
national data centres based at the Universities
of Edinburgh and Manchester.
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Aim of JORUM Helping to build a community for
Sharing
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• Why have a JISC Repository?
• Long term retention of publicly funded outputs
• An experimental national repository promoting
  sharing, reuse and repurposing of content.
• A keep safe and showcase for learning and
  teaching resources produced by FE and HE
  institutions.
• A place where all content is properly tagged
  with essential metadata, ensuring materials can
  easily be found and have adequate rights holder
  information.

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The JORUM timeline
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JORUM Contributor
JORUM User
JORUM
Putting content in
Getting content out
JORUM RD
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JORUM Contributor Putting Content In
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• JORUM Contributor - Putting Content In
• Allows colleges and universities to deposit
  learning and teaching materials
• JORUM hosts publicly funded outputs and content
  developed at institutions
• Learning Resources small assets (documents,
  images, diagrams) and comprehensive learning
  objects. Non-subject specific, covering FE HE
  levels
• Teaching Resources supporting teaching staff
  in doing their job (e.g. tutor guides, lesson
  plans, schemes of work and staff development
  materials)

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What type of objects does JORUM support?
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• Single files
• Content Packages
• Virtual Objects

E.g. 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
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What happens when resources are contributed?
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Step 1 Contribute Step 2 Publish Step
3 Catalogue Step 4 Review
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Where do the materials come from?
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• Centrally funded e-learning projects
• JISC Projects (e.g. X4L Phase 1 and 2,
  Distributed e Learning projects)
• HE Academy Centres of Excellence in Teaching and
  Learning (CETLs)
• UK Further and Higher Education
• Individual institutions
• Institutions working as part of a Consortium
• Working with other organisations/programmes
• Other JISC services e.g. Digital Curation Centre
• HE Academy Subject Centres
• AND hopefully you!

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The JORUM Deposit Licence
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• Contributor Institutions sign a Deposit Licence
• Contributors grant Users a non-exclusive,
  royalty-free licence to use materials for
  educational (non-commercial) purposes
• Aggregate, annotate, Excerpt and modify
• Search, retrieve, display and download
• Save, print
• Incorporate into learning environments compile
  into study packs
• Promotional purposes

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How do I become a contributor?
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• Go to www.jorum.ac.uk/contributors and read
  about
• Why you should contribute
• How you can become a contributor
• Registering
• Get in touch using support_at_jorum.ac.uk to discuss
  your needs
• Download the Deposit Licence, get it signed and
  return following our clear guidelines
• We will process your request and send account
  details

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JORUM User Getting Content Out
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JORUM User
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• FREE service
• Institutions sign up to the service via JISC
  Collections
• Users log in using Athens username and password
• Available to teaching staff from UK F/HE
  institutions
• Able to find, preview, download, reuse and
  repurpose materials for use with learners in
  their institution
• Institutions will nominate 1 site representative
  and 1 technical support representative

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JORUM User Demo
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JORUM Support
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• New JORUM website containing support and training
  materials for both Users and Contributors
• Regular training events and demonstrations
• 24/7 access and a dedicated helpdesk

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Keep an eye out for our posters
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and keep up to date with our website.
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www.jorum.ac.uk
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JORUM Research and Design Areas
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• Expansion of current licence model
• Technical Infrastructure
• Metadata Watch
• Review of workflow
• Preservation
• In-house software development
• More at www.jorum.ac.uk

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Questions?