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Jorum Training Events

The Jorum team will runs Jorum Training Events, where we showcase some of the new learning and teaching resources in Jorum, demonstrate both searching for and depositing resources in JorumOpen and JorumUK. There are plenty of hands-on opportunities and practical advice.

Further events are being planned - please watch this space for further details, or sign up to our JORUM-UPDATE mailing list to receive news of further dates as they are released.

The events are aimed at staff from further and higher education institutions, including:

Potential and existing Jorum Site Reps
Learning resource, library, online services or e-learning staff
Potential contributors of learning and teaching resources
Learning technologists and staff from projects producing electronic resources

Spaces are limited (according to the venue) and will be awarded on a first come first serve basis.

Aims of the events

raise awareness about Jorum
explore the sharing and repurposing of learning and teaching resources
provide a blend of presentations, demonstrations and hands-on opportunities
…and time to ask questions, meet colleagues and discuss ideas!

What do the events cover?

Jorum - what is it? Future directions
Why interoperability matters
Finding useful learning and teaching resources in Jorum; creating subject based RSS feeds - practical session
Demonstration of new resources within Jorum
Considerations prior to contributing, e.g. copyright clearance and IPR; technical issues
Contributing a resource to Jorum (uploading; adding metadata) - practical session
The new Jorum OER Deposit Tool - practical session
Repurposing resources using freely available tools
Uploading and using resources within VLEs

Upcoming Events

Further events are being planned - please watch this space for further details, or sign up to our JORUM-UPDATE mailing list to receive news of further dates as they are released.