Caroline De Brn MA DipLIS MCLIP

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The National e-Learning Object Repository (LOR)
Making connections and moving forward

• Caroline De Brún MA DipLIS MCLIP
• Associate Knowledge Management
• NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement

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Agenda

• National Health Service England
• Structure
• Priorities
• Current state of e-learning in the NHS
• Key providers
• National e-Learning Object Repository
• Purpose
• Background
• Description
• Next steps

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National Health Service England

• Largest organisation in Europe and 5th in the
  world
• Governed by Department of Health
• Policies implemented by 10 Strategic Health
  Authorities
• Local services provided by 152 Primary Care
  Trusts
• 1.3 million staff (Sept 2005)
• Patient population of 49,632,436 (GP lists 2003)

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NHS priorities e-learning priorities

• Improved decision making to support commissioning
• Patient safety and harm reduction
• Increased patient satisfaction
• Standardised service delivery across the UK
• Waste reduction
• Time and cost efficiency
• Abolishing ignorance and lack of understanding
• Implementation of new systems

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e-Learning in the NHS

• National Learning Management System
• Electronic Staff Record
• e-Learning for Health
• Department of Health
• clinical
• Core Learning Unit
• non-clinical
• Skills for Health
• National e-Learning Object Repository
• local content

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e-Learning Object Repository Purpose

• To have a central store for all locally produced
  e-learning objects, which
• - can be downloaded and re-used by NHS staff.
• - are then searchable and discoverable
• - can be managed and classified
• To act as a stepping-stone between locally
  developed e-learning content and national
  e-learning content.
• To identify an NHS user base for the eLearning
  Object Repository and develop a community of
  practice around eLearning resource development
  and sharing

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e-Learning Object Repository Background

• October 2007 commissioned by NLH on behalf of
  NHSI
• 7th October to 3rd December 2007 project
  specification drawn up
• 14th December 2007 invitation to tender sent
  out
• 30th January 2008 closing date
• A consortium was accepted to develop the LOR
• September 2008 - Beta version went live
• October 2008 support service recruited
• 31st March 2009 NLH moved to NHS Evidence
• 1st April 2009 LOR became part of NHS Institute
• June 2009 funding was agreed to continue the
  project

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e-Learning Object Repository New management
structure

• Service Support
• Yorkshire Ambulance Service
• Technical Support
• MyKnowledgeMap
• Intrallect
• Project Management and Engagement
• London Deanery
• Reporting to
• NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
• SHA e-Learning Leads Forum
• National e-Learning Management Board

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e-Learning Object RepositoryStakeholders

• Stakeholders
• NHS Institute for Innovation Improvement
• NHS Connecting for Health (NHS CFH)
• E-Learning for Health (e-LfH)
• Core Learning Unit (CLU)
• Skills for Health
• NHS Trusts
• HE
• Current content partners
• NHS Institute for Innovation Improvement
• NHS Strategic Health Authorities
• NHS Trusts
• e-Learning for Health (e-LfH)
• Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
• SONET University of Nottingham
• ALPS University of Leeds

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e-Learning Object Repositorye-Learning providers
Social Care Institute for Excellence
Skills for Health
e-Learning for Health
NHS CFH National Learning Management System
NHS Institute National e-Learning Object
Repository
Higher Education
NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
Core Learning Unit
Local e-learning content
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e-Learning Object RepositoryBeta release is live
now!

• Core searching, browsing and depositing
  functionalities are ready
• Offering the following products
• IntraLibrary for depositing and managing
  resources
• Compendle for creating and editing content
  packages
• Question Builder for creating questions, tests
  and quizzes
• Review Panel for reviewing digital resources

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e-Learning Object RepositoryAccess management
Via NLH e-Learning Hubhttp//www.library.nhs.uk/
eleanring Via the contributing
interfacehttp//elearning.library.nhs.uk/

• Anonymous users
• Search
• Browse
• All NHS ATHENS authenticated users
• Search
• Browse
• Preview
• Download
• Authorised content contributors
• Search
• Browse
• Preview
• Download
• Deposit

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e-Learning Object RepositorySystem configuration
(1)

• Agreement of Depositing Content
• Your institution is required to nominate 1) a
  main contact and 2) a depositor for the
  Repository.
• The depositor is responsible for creating and/or
  supplying metadata at the time of depositing
  learning resources in the Repository.
• Being the licensor, your institution is
  responsible for stipulating the licences for all
  the learning resources placed in the Repository.
• Your institution is also responsible for clearing
  all Intellectual Property Rights owned by Third
  Parties in the learning resources for use by your
  institution in perpetuity before depositing them
  in the Repository.

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e-Learning Object RepositorySystem configuration
(2)

• Agreement of Use
• Authorised users are permitted to access and use
  learning resources placed in the Repository for
  the purpose of education, teaching, learning,
  private and/or research.
• Any other uses of parts or the whole of learning
  resources obtained from the Repository are
  subject to the licences stipulated by the
  contributor of the learning resources.
• Any commercial use of deposited resources and/or
  adaptations is forbidden.

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e-Learning Object RepositorySystem configuration
(3)

• Creative Commons licences
• Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works
• Attribution-Non-Commercial
• Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike

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e-Learning Object Repository Next steps

• Transfer the site from the NLH URL
• Change the branding to NHS Institute for
  Innovation and Improvement
• Change the way contributor licenses are issued
• Build links with e-learning object developers and
  encourage them to add content to the LOR.
• Promote the resource and encourage usage by NHS
  staff.
• Confirm interoperability with the National
  Learning Management System.
• Prioritise development enhancements with in the
  budget allocation.
• Identify a new funding source to ensure the
  continuation of the project from April 2010
  onwards.

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e-Learning Object Repository Any questions?

• Caroline De Brún MA DipLIS MCLIP
• Associate Knowledge Management Team
• NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
• caroline.debrun_at_institute.nhs.uk