Presentations:

OpenLearn developments: from content to communities given by Andy Lane, SCORE

Beyond LearningSpace: Sector wide OER activity + SCORE given by Chris Peglar, SCORE

Introducing: JorumOpen given by Nicola Siminson, Jorum

POCKET (JISC-funded OER project) and its use of LabSpace given by Tina Wilson 

LabSpace use: partners and cases, from Brighton to Brazil given by Nigel Gibson, South West Learning Network and Andreia Santos, Open Learning Network (OLnet)

LabSpace technical development. what now, what next? given by Jenny Gray

Developing multiple outputs from OpenLearn OER - Gerald Schmidt, OU Learning and Teaching Solutions

Do you have interesting open educational resources (OER) which you would like to share and develop?
Do you have OER ideas which you would like to take forward publicly and collaboratively?

Organised by SCORE (the national Support Centre for Open Resources in Education www.open.ac.uk/score ) in conjunction with the OU's elearning community (eLC) this free event will follow an OER activity theme with particular focus on past activity and future plans for LabSpace (http://labspace.open.ac.uk/).

Link to full programme

Link to booking form

LabSpace is a Moodle based learning environment which has operated for the past three years as part of the OU's OpenLearn initiative, to encourage and support sharing, and in particular ‘remixing’ of open educational resources. This event will review what happens in LabSpace and explore its development into a sector-friendly sharing space. So, this is an event which is relevant to current LabSpace users and those who have not yet tried LabSpace for themselves. An option based on hands on activity in the afternoon, will supply pointers on how to get started, or to move existing LabSpace use to the next stage. 

The plenary sessions will share ideas around how LabSpace has been used and the techical developments underway, including rendering as ePub, MP3 and accessible DAISY talking books formats from the Autumn. We will draw on several examples from outside the OU to inspire and inform, including a presentation on JorumOpen - the rapidly expanding Creative Commons licensed national repository. (Find out more by visiting their site at Jorum).

PLEASE REGISTER BY 22nd JUNE by emailing the booking form to score@open.ac.uk. 
If you can't be there in person, note that plenary sessions will be recorded and available as web replays. 

Hope to see some of you there. Please circulate this information if you know others who would be interested in attending.

Date:  29th June 2010

Venue:  Library Seminar Rooms 1 & 2, and the Library Interactive learning Suite (afternoon only), The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA

Maps:  Campus, Local, Regional