Building a PuffinShare Dave Millard Learning Societies Lab Universtity of Southampton

Overview Features, Issues and Philosophy The Nature of a Repository Tagging Copyright Collections Storyboards and Discussion

Features, Issues and Philosophy

The Nature of a Repository

Tagging

Copyright

Collections

Storyboards and Discussion

Features, Issues and Philosophy What are the key questions that we must answer in order to build something that is useful to this community?

Repository vs. Index Will people upload content or link to content? Will Faroes’ added value be the content, or the information about how to use content for teaching?

Will people upload content or link to content?

Will Faroes’ added value be the content, or the information about how to use content for teaching?

What about tagging? Personal Tags (34%) “ myfavorite”, “readthislater” Subjective Tags (4%) “ cool”, “sucks” Factual Tags (62%) “ tutorial”, “politics” Studies have also shown that often it is the least popular tags that are the most useful

Personal Tags (34%)

“ myfavorite”, “readthislater”

Subjective Tags (4%)

“ cool”, “sucks”

Factual Tags (62%)

“ tutorial”, “politics”

Studies have also shown that often it is the least popular tags that are the most useful

Copyright What position should we take? Link without restriction? Upload items with a copyright statement? “ Report abuse” mechanisms? Assume Creative Commons?

What position should we take?

Link without restriction?

Upload items with a copyright statement?

“ Report abuse” mechanisms?

Assume Creative Commons?

Collections Should we allow people to create collections Like albums , channels and reading lists What is a collection of teaching resources called? When does a collection become a Learning Object? Are these Learning Objects from the bottom up?

Should we allow people to create collections

Like albums , channels and reading lists

What is a collection of teaching resources called?

When does a collection become a Learning Object?

Are these Learning Objects from the bottom up?

Storyboards and Discussion A Storyboard is a sequence of screenshot mock-ups that demonstrate an application’s look-and-feel and shows potential functionality

Future Work We are currently working on a first version of PuffinShare The discussion today will directly inform this! Hope to have a public beta by the Summer We are building a simple version first Will add functionality in response to user interest Probably Tags and Collections first We will offer to visit interested (potential) users Help identify (and upload) digital resources Gather feedback on PuffinShare

We are currently working on a first version of PuffinShare

The discussion today will directly inform this!

Hope to have a public beta by the Summer

We are building a simple version first

Will add functionality in response to user interest

Probably Tags and Collections first

We will offer to visit interested (potential) users

Help identify (and upload) digital resources

Gather feedback on PuffinShare

Questions/Comments Thank you all for your help with the project!

Thank you all for your help with the project!