Transcript The Learning Exchange

The Learning Exchange
Social Services
Learning Object Repository
Ian Watson & Paul Hart
Institute for Research & Innovation in Social Services
© 2009 Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.5 UK: Scotland License.
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Sharing Learning Objects in Health Care
24 March 2009
Users
The Learning Exchange:
Repository for the social services
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Social work students and lecturers
Social services workforce
Centres for Excellence
1900 items
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Multimedia Learning Objects
PDF
audio
web links
Content
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Learning objects
Policy documents
Research reports
Advice notes
Still images
Video
Powerpoint slides
Learning Objects
• IRISS objects
– Communication and Practice Learning
– Criminal Justice and Domestic Violence
– Community Care and Older People
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Scripted by social work educators
Professional actors
Professional direction, recording and post production
Designed to complement the revised Social Work curriculum
– Podcasts
• Research seminars
• Policy launch events
• IRISS derivative objects
– Volatile Substance Abuse (ReSolv)
– Good Practice Guide on Involving People who Use Services and Carers
(Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability)
• Third party objects
– Social Care Institute for Excellence e-learning objects
Audience / Users
• Originally Social Work Students and Academics
– Deposit by academics
• Copyright and warranties: major barrier to deposit
• Concern about ‘giving away’ valuable assets
• Now the wider social services workforce
– Deposit by specialist contributors
• IRISS absorbs the risk
• educate contributors
– STRADA (Scottish Training on Drugs and Alcohol)
Sharing and Re-use
Barriers
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Repository software provides no usage statistics
Copyright
• IRISS material now Creative Commons licensed
Drivers for sharing
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Use of standards:
LOM/DC and IMS; OAI-PMH / SRU
Creative Commons
Drivers - Viral Strategy
Community Aspects
• Promotion through participation in communities
• Clyde Valley Learning and Development Project
Social Care Group
• eLearning Alliance Scotland
• Learning Exchange Blog
• Community of Practice
• Elg, Moodle, Ning (K4P)
• Social Services Knowledge Scotland – Portal and
community space
Links
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www.iriss.ac.uk
www.iriss.ac.uk/openlx
http://www.iriss.ac.uk/IRISSlearning
www.ssks.org.uk