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[Mick - Clearerchannel.org]

*Short story:*
> You can quickly help an Manchester project for refugee artists by
> voting here - http://elevator.jisc.ac.uk/sosi14/ideas/duct-tape-university

I'm on 78% of the votes needed. Nearly there! I know that what this
project creates will be useful to a lot of people on this list  so
please take 30 seconds to support it and/ or a couple of mins to spread
the word. 
Please post or email some people about it. Don't be shy! You can copy
and paste this email and send it on to some people that you think
appreciate this project.

nice one, Mick


  Duct Tape University -- experimental OER project for communities

Please vote for the project below here --
http://elevator.jisc.ac.uk/sosi14/ideas/duct-tape-university

*Summary:  Duct Tape University -- an OER discovery and publishing tool
for learning communities.*

*Open Educational Resources (OER)* search and sharing tools exist but
they often prove difficult to browse. The primary issues here are the
size of the resource and the lack of specific search terms / tools. Many
repositories  are too big and not specific enough for the majority of users.

It appears that there is a need for similar but smaller-scale tools
based on existing CMS frameworks. These would be suitable for informal
networks of learning providers, discrete projects /courses and
institutions without large budgets to implement larger software projects.

This project will evaluate existing frameworks to create a small-scale,
searchable OER repository which uses LRMI metadata to it integrate into
a wider eco-system of remixable OER. The approach should be light-weight
and replicable as possible.

The project is the summer project of M. Chesterman Msc Student at Man
Met University supported by tutor Peter McKenna.


    Why Vote for the Project?

As well as being of technical merit, the project will provide a concrete
tool for the Manchester organisation  Community Arts North West. Here
are some good reasons tovote for the project
<http://elevator.jisc.ac.uk/sosi14/ideas/duct-tape-university>:

    The project will create a simple to use, attractive website which
    will showcase the high quality training documents, lesson plans and
    learning activities. CAN training participants will be able to
    download these materials for free. It will be a great resource for
    CAN artists to use when planning their own workshops in the area of
    digital art and using the web for communication. We will use all of
    our skills and experience to make the website work so it is as easy
    to use as possible to find the resources you need.


    How you can help

Please vote!

Click the Vote Duck
<http://elevator.jisc.ac.uk/sosi14/ideas/duct-tape-university> button.

dtu_voite <https://twitter.com/mickfuzz>
Please retweet --  <https://twitter.com/mickfuzz>  follow this link, to
find some tweets to repeat.

Thanks for spreading the word.
You could use the #artistsdoit or #oer hash tags too


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