Analysis of academic attitudes and existing processes to inform the design of teaching and learning material repositories

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To cite this version:Melanie King, Steve Loddington, Sue Manuel, Charles Oppenheim. Analysis of academic attitudes and existing processes to inform the design of teaching and learning material repositories. Active Learning in Higher Education, SAGE Publications, 2008, 9 (2), pp.103-121. <10.1177/1469787408090838>. <hal-00571972> Analysis of academic attitudes and existing processes to inform the design of teaching and learning material repositoriesA B S T R AC T The last couple of years have brought a rise in the number of institutional repositories throughout the world and within UK Higher Education institutions, with the majority of these repositories being devoted to research output. Repositories containing teaching and learning material are less common and the workflows and business processes surrounding these types of repositories were unclear. The user motivations to contributing to and downloading from repositories were also unknown. This article reports on two studies: a widescale survey carried out with HE staff to identify barriers and incentives to contributing to teaching material repositories; and interviews carried out as part of a workflow study at Loughborough University, to identify existing practice in the creation and sharing of teaching material. Confusion is reported with regard to the difference between a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) and a repository. However, many different purposes of a teaching and learning material repository are highlighted. This article discusses how repositories could successfully interoperate with other institutional applications and highlights the benefits of teaching material repositories to the user, through scenarios. Recommendations relating to the key aspects of the design and implementation of a repository service are outlined. Introduction and background PreambleOur objective was to uncover potential users' attitudes towards sharing teaching and learning materials within a digital repository. The results of our investigations informed the design of a demonstrator institutional teaching and learning material repository to provide academics with new ways of sharing resources and expertise. The intention was not to replicate a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) which is the most commonly used mechanism for sharing teaching material with students, but improve access to resources for different staff across the education sector.

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“…Civil society groups were highly successful in promoting standards proposed to international platforms. For example, proposals forwarded by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Learning Technology Standards Committee (IEEE LTSC) meant that standards have been increasingly led by professionals and users in the field and less by industry (Lourdi et al, 2007;Frank et al, 2004;King et al, 2008;Fisher et al, 2006). Civil society associations, particularly the European Forum for the Arts and Heritage and (from 2010 onwards) Culture Action Europe, were closely involved with policy formation throughout.…”

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“…Além disso, na construção dos repositórios, o design centrado no usuário torna os repositórios mais amigáveis para a pesquisa dos recursos educacionais, ampliando, desse modo, as possibilidades de compartilhamento e uso (GONZÁLEZ-PÉREZ; RAMÍREZ-MONTOYA; GARCÍA- PEÑALVO, 2018;KING et al, 2008).…”