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Anne Hewling PROWE Project Officer Open University, UK

Developing the scholarship of teaching and learning amongst part-time distance instructors by building community resources: an introduction to the PROWE project. Anne Hewling PROWE Project Officer Open University, UK. PROWE – what is it?.

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Anne Hewling PROWE Project Officer Open University, UK

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  1. Developing the scholarship of teaching and learning amongst part-time distance instructors by building community resources: an introduction to the PROWE project Anne HewlingPROWE Project OfficerOpen University, UK http://www.prowe.ac.uk

  2. PROWE – what is it? a Joint Information Systems Committee-funded Digital Repositories Programme Project between the UK Open University and the University of Leicester http://www.prowe.ac.uk

  3. PROWE – what is involved? • new communications tools e.g. wikis and blogs • part-time distance instructors • continuing professional development needs • communities of practice • repository theory and practice http://www.prowe.ac.uk

  4. What drives it? "In what ways could wiki and wiki-type environments be useful and useable as personal and informal repositories to support professional development within part-time instructor communities of practice?" http://www.prowe.ac.uk

  5. Institutional context - OU • Distance only institution • 180K distance students • 25K outside the UK • 7K associate instructors • Moving from First Class to Moodle http://www.prowe.ac.uk

  6. Institutional context - UoL • Blended institution • 18K students • 6K distance students • 350 associate instructors • Blackboard http://www.prowe.ac.uk

  7. Site foci OU – emphasis on building and supporting communities of practice by sharing and collaborating to build new knowledge UoL – emphasis on providing a core informational resource to underpin and solidify the institution/instructor relationship http://www.prowe.ac.uk

  8. The OU site -what has happened so far? • user needs assessment • tools assessment • elgg 1 – testing a technology • elgg 2 – testing practice http://www.prowe.ac.uk

  9. Issues • Defining typical and usable • System security - authentication • Content security - rules and reuse • Durability and transferability - FOAF http://www.prowe.ac.uk

  10. Some tentative conclusions • Potential • Limitations • Tensions http://www.prowe.ac.uk

  11. Contact us: Webpage: http://www.prowe.ac.uk Project email: info@prowe.ac.uk http://www.prowe.ac.uk

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