Transcript LORO (Languages Open Resources Online): A Repository for the Department of Languages Anna Comas-Quinn Department of Languages The Open University Worcester, 24th March 2010

LORO (Languages Open Resources Online):
A Repository for the Department of Languages
Anna Comas-Quinn
Department of Languages
The Open University
Worcester, 24th March 2010
Aim of the project
• To create an online repository for the Department of
Languages, based on the Language Box, to allow
course developers, tutors and staff tutors easy access
to tutorial materials for all languages and levels.
Project outcomes
• All materials for all levels and languages are
available, and users can share their own materials
with the user community.
• OU tutorial materials made available to the wider
languages community.
• A change in the way we work (OERs, access,
transparency, quality).
How is LORO shaping up?
• Most core collections uploaded, providing a bank
of over 700 resources
• LORO now integrated with the OU server
(http://loro.open.ac.uk), with user accounts for
each member of staff
Latest data
• 90% of tutors have used LORO to download materials
for their course
• 30% of tutors have browsed and downloaded
materials for other courses they don’t tutor
Moving on to phase II
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Individual accounts
Sharing levels
Training and support
Tagging and commenting
Rights issues
Types of LORO users
• The 90-9-1 rule
• Passive
• Active
• Creators
• All users are good users!
Jakob Nielsen (2006) “Participation Inequality: Encouraging More Users to contribute”
Jakob Nielsen (2006) “Participation Inequality: Encouraging More Users to contribute”
Any questions?
Contact [email protected]
or
Anna Comas-Quinn
LORO Project Manager
[email protected]