JISC

Sharing learning resources

There is an increasing commitment at national policy level to encourage academics and institutions to take content developed elsewhere and adapt it for their own use. Several tools and standards exist to support this re-use of existing content but it is often the cultural and legal aspects of sharing content that present barriers to the learning and teaching community. There is actually very little large scale formal sharing but significant instances of small scale sharing with colleagues and collaborators, which is usually the result of issues around trust, ownership and perceptions around quality.

Session Facilitator: John Casey (JORUM and Trust DR project)

1. What useful approaches can institutions adopt to both support and enable sharing of learning resources? Kevin Brosnan (L2L - Learning to Learn project, x4L programme)
2. What do you think are the most significant cultural barriers to sharing and identify some successful and realistic approaches to mitigate these? Fleur Corfield (SURF WBL project, x4L programme)
3. Could a subject-discipline approach be a successful way to encourage sharing of learning resources? Chara Balasubramaniam, eViP Programme Manager, e-Learning Unit, Centre for Medical and Healthcare Education, St George's University of London