Presentation by Sarah Currier, Jorum Service Manager at Mimas, University of Manchester, as part of the CETIS Conference 2013 session on Open Practice and OER Sustainability, Birmingham, England, 12 March 2013. This brief presentation covers new developments at the Jorum national open educational resources (OERs) service, funded by Jisc for UK post-16 education, and its plans for contributing to a sustainable OER infrastructure.

1. The Art of the Possible: Infrastructure for Sustainability
Sarah Currier, Jorum Service Manager
CETIS Conference 2013:
Open Practice and OER Sustainability
Birmingham, England, 12 March 2013
mimas.ac.uk
jorum.ac.uk

2. Jorum
A National Service for Sharing Open Educational Resources
• Jorum is a UK national OER service to UK post-16 education, funded by Jisc.
• Anyone in UK post-16 education can share their CC-licensed OERs via Jorum.
• Others with OERs that may be of use to UK post-16 education can share too.
• Anyone in the world can find, see, download and use OERs hosted by Jorum.
mimas.ac.uk
jorum.ac.uk

3. Jorum
A National Service for Sharing Open Educational Resources
• Jorum is a UK national OER service to UK post-16 education, funded by Jisc.
• Anyone in UK post-16 education can share their CC-licensed OERs via Jorum.
• Others with OERs that may be of use to UK post-16 education can share too.
• Anyone in the world can find, see, download and use OERs hosted by Jorum.
co-funding and
co-invention are
our future.
mimas.ac.uk
jorum.ac.uk

4. How will Jorum support sustainability for OER?
Two-pronged approach:
• As part of Jorum Core: Jorum Reporting and API - supporting all users with
measuring, analysing and reporting on the impact of their OERs.
• Co-funding and Co-invention: Jorum Powered - cost-effective options for
educational organisations and communities in managing & promoting OERs.
co-funding and
co-invention are
our future.
mimas.ac.uk
jorum.ac.uk

5. Coming soon: Jorum Usage Data (with API)
Let’s take a look: http://beta.jorum.ac.uk/search
* For those using the presentation after:
- Perform a search
- Optionally, narrow your search with the faceted browse buttons
- Click the Report button …
- Click the API tab to look at that …
co-funding and
co-invention are
our future.
mimas.ac.uk
jorum.ac.uk

6. Jorum Powered: options for your OERs
• Jorum Powered offers three options to help you deliver a customised OER
service to your user community.
• The first two are fully managed and delivered by the Jorum team.
• The third offers support to help you in building your own customised interface
onto Jorum.
• They all give your users access to the full Jorum collection of OERs.
co-funding and
co-invention are
our future.
mimas.ac.uk
jorum.ac.uk

7. Option 1: A Jorum Sub-site - we can do it all for you!
A Jorum Sub-site is a complete repository solution, allowing you to manage your
content, workflows and users, with flexible customisation and branding. We can
create and maintain an OER repository for you, enabling you to focus on your
resources and community engagement. And your repository will give your
community access to the full wealth of Jorum content.
E.g.: Re:Source – a Jorum Sub-site serving Scotland’s colleges sector.
co-funding and
co-invention are
our future.
mimas.ac.uk
jorum.ac.uk

8. Option 2: A Jorum Window - showcase your OERs
A Jorum Window, branded and tailored to your needs, can showcase your
institution or community's OER, digital media and related initiatives e.g. your blog or
iTunesU feed. The Jorum team can build this for you, enabling you to focus on
developing and showing off your resources.
- Based on Jorum Beta technology for enhanced discovery and reporting.
- Sample wireframe here.
co-funding and
co-invention are
our future.
mimas.ac.uk
jorum.ac.uk

9. Option 3: The Jorum API Support
If you’re a developer, or you have developers within your community or institution,
you can use the Jorum API to build customised web tools and services that enable
you to expose Jorum resources and data within your own web presence. The API is
available to the community at no charge; however if you need support please
contact the Jorum team.
co-funding and
co-invention are
our future.
mimas.ac.uk
jorum.ac.uk

10. Jorum: http://www.jorum.ac.uk
Jorum Powered: http://www.jorum.ac.uk/powered
Jorum Beta: http://www.jorum.ac.uk/blog/post/56/jorum-just-got-a-whole-lot-beta
Sarah Currier (Jorum Service Manager): sarah.currier@manchester.ac.uk
Laura Skilton (Jorum Business Development Manager): laura.skilton@manchester.ac.uk
mimas.ac.uk
jorum.ac.uk