1. Celeste McLaughlin
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Strictly Digital Website.
http://www.rsc-scotland.org/strictlydigital/

3. Finding suitable resources
»Define your search strategy
»Using search engines
»Using your library’s resources
»Creative Commons / Attribution
»Open Educational Resources (OER)
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4. Define your search strategy
»Do you need primary or secondary sources
»Popular or scholarly publications
»Up to the minute information or resources
that cover a specific time period
»Covering a specific geographical area or
that were published in a particular place
»What language is the material required in
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5. Finding Resources
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Google advanced search tools

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Googleofferings
»Advanced search tools
»Google Scholar - http://scholar.google.co.uk/
»Google News - http://news.google.co.uk
»Google Blog Search -
http://www.google.co.uk/blogsearch?hl=en-GB

7. Finding Resources
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8. Finding Resources – Licenced
Collections
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9. Finding Resources
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What are Open Educational Resources?
Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning
materials that are freely available online for everyone to use,
whether you are an instructor, student or self-learner.
Examples of OER include: full courses, course modules, syllabi,
lectures, homework assignments, quizzes, lab and classroom
activities, pedagogical materials, games, simulations, and
many more resources contained in digital media collections
from around the world
JISC / Higher Education Academy OER infoKit
http://bit.ly/oerinfokit
Last accessed 2013

10. Finding Resources - OERs
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11. Finding Resources - OERs
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12. Finding Resources - OERs
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• An open resource-sharing service developed for
the college sector in Scotland
• The platform developed in partnership with
Jorum
• Will provide free access to a wide range of open
resources (including Jorum)

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14. Managing and Sharing Resources
»Organise topic based collections using
online tools
»Add “bookmarklets” to you browser
toolbar
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Bookmarking Alternatives = Digital Curation

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Using the Cloud to Access your Information

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»Scoop-it and Education

17. Digital Curation
»Enables storing, organising & sharing
favourite websites
»Meaningful keywords added so collections
are searchable
»Bookmarks can be shared with students or
colleagues
»Sets of resources can be presented in
visually stimulating formats
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iPad app
»Available for multi devices
iPhone app

19. Activity – Digital Cuartion
Create an account in Scoop.it and start to curate a
selection of resources on a specific subject of your choice.
Remember to tag your selections with key words and add
some of your own insight and comments to
contextualize, add value to each resource.
www.scoop.it