JISC

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Aims & Objectives

The aim of this project is to improve the evidence base in support of sharing learning materials.

The objectives of this project are to:

• Collect, collate, analyse, assess and present such evidence as exists in the UK and elsewhere, that is relevant to the case for or against the following four scenarios:
  • lecturers sharing learning materials
  • lecturers using and attributing others’ material
  • institutions putting in place policies whereby learning materials are well managed, so that they can be shared appropriately and reused over time
  • UK tertiary education sector as a whole putting in place arrangements in support of sharing learning materials

  By ‘learning materials’, this project refers to digital content used in teaching. The project will focus on learning materials produced within UK Higher Education Institutions.

  Lead Organisation

  Intrallect, Intrallect Limited, Regent House, Blackness Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7HU

• Develop from this evidence base, the best possible business cases for each scenario
• Identify where there are gaps in this evidence base, and to suggest a methodology whereby a full business case could be developed
• Discover and present actual business cases that have been used by the community, together with a commentary on their success or otherwise