JISC

Links

Open Mentor Project Web Site 

Open Mentor CETIS Development Page 

Distributed eLearning - eTools Page

Software Description

OpenMentor consists of several components – In effect, the system consists of two major parts – (a) a learning system, that acquires feedback rules through a training set, and (b) a web interface that uses these rules to provide feedback to teachers. 

The OpenMentor system will be available as a toolkit which can either be a standalone service or be part of a larger service oriented architecture such as the e-learning framework. It will specifically make use the Rating/Annotation service within ELF to gather information on the level and quality of tutorial support.

Aims and Objectives

The main aim of the OpenMentor project is to provide a learning support tool for teachers in further and higher education, which will help them by providing reflective comments on their assessment and feedback of student assignments and coursework. 

The key objectives of this proposal are as follows:

• To convert eMentor into an open source equivalent system, OpenMentor, and to ensure it meets the standards needed for adoption by IT facilities in education.
• To validate the new OpenMentor against assessment strategies used in a range of further and higher education institution.
• To establish an essay and report assessment mentoring tool for teaching staff in further and higher education.
• To disseminate OpenMentor through the UK education community.