PEDESTAL Platform for Exchange of Documents and Expertise Showcasing Teaching At Loughborough http://pedestal.lboro.ac.uk/ Sue Manuel

Rights and Rewards in Blended Institutional Repositories Project Funded under the 2005 JISC Digital Repositories Programme Three project partners - based at Loughborough University Department of Information Science EngCETL (Engineering Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning) The University Library What is PEDESTAL? Demonstrator repository for teaching and learning resources User requirements – survey, interviews, existing tools (repository and social systems) Informal/social approach to sharing resources Structured around users not the content

Funded under the 2005 JISC Digital Repositories Programme

Three project partners - based at Loughborough University

Department of Information Science

EngCETL (Engineering Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning)

The University Library

What is PEDESTAL?

Demonstrator repository for teaching and learning resources

User requirements – survey, interviews, existing tools (repository and social systems)

Informal/social approach to sharing resources

Structured around users not the content

Curiosity – what are colleagues doing in their teaching? Discover – new ways of creating resources and new teaching methods Exchange – ideas, information and skills Share – teaching resources with colleagues Comment - provide feedback on resources Key concepts

Curiosity – what are colleagues doing in their teaching?

Discover – new ways of creating resources and new teaching methods

Exchange – ideas, information and skills

Share – teaching resources with colleagues

Comment - provide feedback on resources

PEDESTAL

Key features – Open Access Search - search across a number of university services – repositories and websites Tags - communities, groups, people, folders, files, blogs - around interests or projects Communities - join communities and groups around interests or projects Comments - give feedback on resources – what was useful, how it was used, what was amended

Search - search across a number of university services – repositories and websites

Tags - communities, groups, people, folders, files, blogs - around interests or projects

Communities - join communities and groups around interests or projects

Comments - give feedback on resources – what was useful, how it was used, what was amended

Search Tags – people, folders, weblogs Google Mini Search Appliance – cross-search, or individual collections - PEDESTAL, Institutional Repository, Image bank, VLE, websites

Tags – people, folders, weblogs

Google Mini Search Appliance – cross-search, or individual collections - PEDESTAL, Institutional Repository, Image bank, VLE, websites

Search results Tags Google

Tags

File access Download – link to download and record of number of downloads Read comments – link to read comments and display number of comments on a file

Download – link to download and record of number of downloads

Read comments – link to read comments and display number of comments on a file

Personal Profile Page – Information automatically pulled in. Supplement this with additional detail Weblog - discuss teaching interests, resources and events Comments - add a comment to describe resources for others Community - join communities and groups around interests or projects Key features – Loughborough University staff

Personal Profile Page – Information automatically pulled in. Supplement this with additional detail

Weblog - discuss teaching interests, resources and events

Comments - add a comment to describe resources for others

Community - join communities and groups around interests or projects

Profile Brings together current role, biography, teaching and research Opportunity to describe teaching interests List of research outputs from the University’s Publications Database – links to Library Catalogue and Institutional Repository List of folders – resources on PEDESTAL Link to a personal weblog

Brings together current role, biography, teaching and research

Opportunity to describe teaching interests

List of research outputs from the University’s Publications Database – links to Library Catalogue and Institutional Repository

List of folders – resources on PEDESTAL

Link to a personal weblog

Create a profile Web form to input details File upload for image Tags to describe expertise and interests Select ‘Special Interests’ - communities

Web form to input details

File upload for image

Tags to describe expertise and interests

Select ‘Special Interests’ - communities

Create folders Range of access permissions – Public, Logged on Users (L’boro staff), Restricted or Private Metadata – folder name, description, keywords Tag – group / community

Range of access permissions – Public, Logged on Users (L’boro staff), Restricted or Private

Metadata – folder name, description, keywords

Tag – group / community

Upload files Browse to file – upload button Read and accept licence terms and conditions Amend file name and add descriptive information

Browse to file – upload button

Read and accept licence terms and conditions

Amend file name and add descriptive information

Blog Import an existing weblog

Import an existing weblog

Favourites Manage links to regularly accessed resources Add people, folders or files Delete at a later date

Manage links to regularly accessed resources

Add people, folders or files

Delete at a later date

PEDESTAL activity – April - June 2007 45 people have added to their profile 46 folders created 104 files uploaded 9 weblogs imported 202 tags 346 downloads 62 files have comments added 21 favourites Advertising PEDESTAL – began end April 2007 Current activity:

45 people have added to their profile

46 folders created

104 files uploaded

9 weblogs imported

202 tags

346 downloads

62 files have comments added

21 favourites

Advertising PEDESTAL – began end April 2007

Current activity:

Further information PEDESTAL developer Melanie Bates – [email_address] Project Director Charles Oppenheim - [email_address] Research assistants Sue Manuel - [email_address] tel: 01509 227187 Steve Loddington - [email_address] tel: 01509 227187 Project website: http://rightsandrewards.lboro.ac.uk/ PEDESTAL website: http://pedestal.lboro.ac.uk/

PEDESTAL developer

Melanie Bates – [email_address]

Project Director

Charles Oppenheim - [email_address]

Research assistants

Sue Manuel - [email_address]

tel: 01509 227187

Steve Loddington - [email_address]

tel: 01509 227187

Project website: http://rightsandrewards.lboro.ac.uk/

PEDESTAL website: http://pedestal.lboro.ac.uk/