Transcript BioscienceVRolfeVirtAnalyticalLab

OER Subject Strand Conference
(Biosciences, Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine)
Royal Institute of British Architects
London 26th October 2010
Dr Vivien Rolfe
The outcomes of our JISC/HEA Phase
1 OER project and objectives for our
JISC/HEA Phase 2 OER project.
(OER = Open Educational Resources)
• Virtual Analytical Laboratory (VAL) was part of
Bioscience Subject Centre “Interactive Laboratory
and Fieldwork Manual for the Biosciences”.
• JISC/HEA OER Phase 1.
• Aim: Turn VAL into an open resource.
• Content focused.
• Copyright cleared,
accessible, interoperable.
• Web promotion an after
thought.
Approach
• 9 lab topics (e.g. micro, histol,
serial dilutions).
• Animation (swf), audio (MP3),
PDF, video (FLV, MP4).
• Over 200 web pages of OER.
• Subscribe by RSS, iTunes.
Outputs
• Resources uploaded to JorumOpen.
• API Strips (328 Views)
• Gram Stain (172)
• Staff OER Questionnaire (167)
• Views could be me. Views doesn’t mean use. No
measure of reuse. Hard to track repurposing.
Impact? JorumOpen
Impact? Google Analytics
Visits
No. Mobile Users
8000
70
60
6000
50
40
4000
30
20
2000
10
0
0
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
USE
REUSE
(20%)
• Low response n=25 from trash collectors to
life guards. 50% of respondents were in
education.
Impact? Survey Monkey
• JISC Phase 2. “Sickle Cell
Open”.
• Focus on search engine
optimisation and web
promotion.
• Focus on tracking and
monitoring strategies.
Moving Forwards
URL: http://www.sicklecellanaemia.org
DMU URL: http://www.scooter.dmu.ac.uk
Facebook: SCOOTER
Blogger: http://scooter-dmu.blogspot.com/
Further details:
SCOOTER: [email protected]
Search Engine Optimisation: [email protected]
Contact us if you have any questions!