EDINA newsline
March 2010: Volume 15 Issue 1
Jorum, already a trusted source of learning and teaching resources, has now opened up for the sharing of resources created under Creative Commons (CC) licences through its new collection – JorumOpen.
JorumOpen provides free access to a growing collection of open educational resources available globally, and we encourage further deposit of open materials. We will also see further content deposited via the UKOER Programme and tagged as ‘ukoer’.
Members of UK Further and Higher Education Institutions can deposit using the UK Access Management Federation to log in – but anyone is able to search, browse and download the resources deposited into JorumOpen.
The new Jorum Deposit Chooser will guide users through a simple step-by-step process to help determine which Jorum collection is the most suitable for their needs.
All material within JorumOpen is exposed to search engines such as Google – further enhancing the accessibility of these resources, and providing the perfect platform for users to showcase their work and learn from the expertise of others.
Alongside the JorumOpen collection, Jorum’s existing collection – JorumUK – will continue. JorumUK contains resources that their creators and owners prefer to share only within the UK Higher and Further Education community. This collection contains all resources deposited in Jorum prior to 2010 under the previous institutional licence: these require an institutional subscription to deposit, search, browse and download resources.
Changes to the JorumUK collection will be made throughout 2010, which will see the introduction of an additional licence – JorumEducationUK. This licence will enable creators and owners to share only within the UK Further and Higher Education community. Other new features set for release include:
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