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Started this discussion Jul. 5, 2007

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Library:: http://library.open.ac.uk/

About Me:: I work at the open university UK on a project called openlearn which makes OU material available under a creative commons license.

Website:: http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/home.php

Interest in Library 2.0: I'm interested in all 2.0! I'm involved in open educational resources and I think there must be a synergy!

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What is OpenLearn...

…and who are OpenLearners? It’s a question that’s been in my head for quite a while now.

Each week I run the stats which show how many people have visited the site overall, and how many have visited LabSpace and LearningSpace in particular. We report how many people have registered on OpenLearn, and how many people who have visited the site have registered on an OU course in the same session. We keep track on the top ten units, dwell time, page views…

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Posted on July 16th, 2007 at 8:31am — No Comments (Add)

OpenLearn Netvibes Universe

Well, after a long(ish) pregnancy the OpenLearn Netvibes Universe has finally been born. We’re the first University in Europe to have representation in a Universe (in fact Tom Hadfield’s work on the Harvard Universe is the only other University Universe I’m aware of).

We don’t yet show up in the search so I’m not sure which category we fall under (I assume it will either be `organisations’ or `non-profit’), but either way I’m hoping that…

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Posted on June 26th, 2007 at 5:43am — 1 Comment (Add)

OpenLearn wins top prize at IMS Global Learning Consortium's Learning Impact Awards

Hi,

I just wanted to share the great news that OpenLearn has won the IMS Global Learning Consortiums' top prize this year!!

Full press release below:

Vancouver, British Columbia – 19 April 2007 – The IMS…

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Posted on April 20th, 2007 at 3:24am — No Comments (Add)

Web 2.0 Experiment - The Digg Effect

As you may know, I've been doing quite a few experiements with various web 2.0 tools (Pageflakes, Netvibes, yourminis, Grazr, Dapper etc), and in the next week or two I want to do an experiment with Digg - I'm going to put up a story about openlearn and the top ten popular units, to see how many people visit the site go on to continue to learn from our free materials.

If you have a digg account would you be willing to digg my experimental story? I will share everything I learn o… Continue

Posted on April 17th, 2007 at 2:18pm — No Comments (Add)

OpenLearn Video

I just wanted to share this movie with you which the team has been created to sum up what the openlearn project is about.

Back in February this year, openlearn was selected as a finalist in IMS Global Learning Consortium’s Learning Impact Recognition and Awards Program. Our entry received full marks from judges in the area of…

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Posted on April 15th, 2007 at 8:15am — 1 Comment (Add)

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At 5:07am on April 17th, 2007, fran m said…: hi stuart thx for the add!

At 5:04am on April 17th, 2007, fran m said…: hi stuart thx for the add!

At 4:05am on April 10th, 2007, Lyn Parker said…: Hi Stuart, thanks for the add. I work in a Development Team at the University of Sheffield Library. We are considering making our online information literacy tutorials available through JORUM so am interested in how this has gone at the OU.

At 4:02pm on April 9th, 2007, Dorothy Hughes said…: Hello, Stuart!
Thank you for adding me to your list. The openlearn project is of great interest to me for a number of reasons. Currently, I'm managing a virtual library that is battling DRM (digital rights management) issues. I will be looking at your web site to see how its being handled in your corner of the universe.
Dorothy (DM Hughes)

At 1:09pm on April 9th, 2007, Winter said…: Stuart,
Thank you for the invitation! I can't wait to check out your openlearn web site. I am in Library Development and a large part of our projects focus on training for librarians and trustees.
Winter

At 10:46am on April 9th, 2007, Memo Cordova said…: Hello, Stuart. Thanks for the add. The openlearn project looks interesting; I'll be looking into it a bit more!

At 9:18am on April 9th, 2007, Mordyth Ahn said…: Thanks for getting in touch, Stuart. Boy, do I have a lot to learn about!

At 8:50am on April 9th, 2007, Marianne Lenox said…: Stuart, If it weren't early Monday morning I'd be all over Open Learn...but soon! Thanks!

At 1:00am on April 9th, 2007, James said…: Hi, Stuart. Thanks for the friend request. The Open University is quite interesting. There probably could be a Open Library component to it for assisting students just as you would do in a regular college library.

At 10:00pm on April 8th, 2007, Louise Rutherford said…: Hi Stuart,
Thanks for the invite. I used to work at a community college - City and Islington College in London, and I worked a little bit on testing some 'learning objects'; I'm interested in open learning and I'm going to your open learning website now!