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<b>Short story:</b><br>
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You can quickly help an Manchester project for refugee artists by
voting here - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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href="http://elevator.jisc.ac.uk/sosi14/ideas/duct-tape-university">http://elevator.jisc.ac.uk/sosi14/ideas/duct-tape-university</a><br>
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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. <br>
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. <br>
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nice one, Mick<br>
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<h1 class="entry-title">Duct Tape University – experimental OER
project for communities</h1>
Please vote for the project below here – <a
href="http://elevator.jisc.ac.uk/sosi14/ideas/duct-tape-university">http://elevator.jisc.ac.uk/sosi14/ideas/duct-tape-university</a></header>
<p><strong>Summary: Duct Tape University – an OER discovery and
publishing tool for learning communities.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Open Educational Resources (OER)</strong> 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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>The project is the summer project of M. Chesterman Msc Student at
Man Met University supported by tutor Peter McKenna.</p>
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<h2>Why Vote for the Project?</h2>
<p>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 to<a
href="http://elevator.jisc.ac.uk/sosi14/ideas/duct-tape-university">
vote for the project</a>:</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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<h2>How you can help</h2>
<p>Please vote!</p>
<p>Click the <a
href="http://elevator.jisc.ac.uk/sosi14/ideas/duct-tape-university">Vote
Duck</a> button.</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/mickfuzz"><img class="alignleft
size-thumbnail wp-image-460"
src="cid:part5.04060708.01000107@clearerchannel.org"
alt="dtu_voite" height="150" width="150"></a><br>
<a href="https://twitter.com/mickfuzz">Please retweet – </a>
follow this link, to find some tweets to repeat.</p>
<p>Thanks for spreading the word.<br>
You could use the #artistsdoit or #oer hash tags too</p>
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