6.Jorum

Through Jorum, you can find, share and discuss learning and teaching resources, shared by the UK Further and Higher Education community.

Jorum is a JISC-funded Service in Development in UK Further and Higher Education, to collect and share learning and teaching materials, allowing their reuse and repurposing. This free online repository service forms a key part of the JISC Information Environment, and is intended to become part of the wider landscape of repositories being developed institutionally, locally, regionally or across subject areas. We use a modified version of DSpace for Jorum.

Jorum is run by Mimas, based at the University of Manchester.

The word ‘Jorum’ is of Biblical origin and means a collecting (or drinking) bowl.

Jorum is a service in development, now run solely by Mimas, the National Data centre at the University of Manchester, and funded by JISC. Prior to 1 August 2011, it was run collaboratively between Mimas and Edina, the National Data centre at the University of Edinburgh.

Jorum case study

Jorum hosts and points to a wide range of learning and teaching resources in various formats, ranging from simple files and links to external resources, to more complex learning objects, including content packages and open courseware. The Jorum Collection Development Policy provides further information.

Sharing and repurposing resources allows teaching staff to not only save time in lesson planning but encourages best practice amongst the teaching community.

Finding resources in Jorum

Searching and browsing for resources in Jorum is easy, via the search box at the top of each page of the website. You can enter any search term, which will return a list of any resources matching your search criteria.

Anyone can search for and download resources from Jorum, providing you respect the terms and conditions of use as specified in the resource's licence, and Jorum's Terms of Service.

You will not need to log in to view and find resources in Jorum that have been deposited under a Creative Commons (CC) licence, as these are “open access”. 

Jorum offers open Creative Commons licences

Creative Commons (CC) licences

Creative Commons (CC) licences permit varying degrees of copying and reuse of content, and can be used to license resources known as Open Educational Resources (OER). Anyone can download, reuse and repurpose OER within the terms and conditions of use in the resource’s CC licence. Resources shared under these licence options are the most flexible and the one that is required for use in the OER Programme. All content released under the OER Programme will have the tag ‘ukoer’.

There are a number of reasons to use Jorum

·         Jorum offers a ‘keepsafe’ for resources; securely stored and professionally managed

·         Participate in the advancement, embedding and sustainability of e-learning across the UK

·         Promote electronic resources to peers across the UK, and beyond by assisting their teaching and allowing them to repurpose the work to suit their needs

·         Many projects need to disseminate resource outputs to comply with their funding. Jorum can help fulfil this requirement.

Sharing your resources can benefit others who teach and learn, and allow them to learn from your expertise. Sharing your resources can also act as a showcase for you and your institution.

Source: http://www.jorum.ac.uk/