At the outset of the project, the project team has developed an overview of features of Web 2.0 platforms with a view to using some of them as repositories (in addition to JorumOpen). This page pulls together information about Web 2.0 resources relevant to C-SAP OER project.
Website
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Re-usability
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Personal
profile
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Search
options
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Stats feature
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Files supported
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Copyright licensing
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www.slideboom.com
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No consistent teaching notes
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Yes
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Basic
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Yes
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ppt, pptx, pps, ppsx
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Sildeboom copyright licence (commercial)
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www.vuvox.com
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No consistent
teaching notes available
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Yes
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Basic
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Yes
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video, image, music
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Limited licence[2]
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www.slideshare.net
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No consistent teaching notes
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Yes
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Basic
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Yes
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ppt, pps, pot, pptx,
psx, pdf; odp, ods, odt, doc, docx
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Creative Common (with an opt-out feature)
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www.docstoc.com
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No consistent teaching notes
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Yes
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Basic
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Yes
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doc, xls, ppt, pps, pdf,
rtf, txt, docx, xlsx, ppts
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Limited licence[3]
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www.slidelive.com
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No commenting option
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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ppt
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No freely available information on the website
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www.authorstream.com
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No consistent teaching notes
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Yes
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Basic
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yes
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ppt, pptx, pps and ppsx
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Limited license[4]
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www.scribd.com
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No consistent teaching notes
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Yes
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Basic
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Yes
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pdf, doc, ppt
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Scribd Copyright Management System (CMS)[5]
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www.sliderocket.com
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No commenting option
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Yes
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Basic
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Yes
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flv, ppt, pps, swf, jpg,
jpeg, png, gif
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No freely available information
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www.slideserve.com
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No consistent teaching notes
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Yes
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Basic
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Yes
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pps, ppt, pptx, ppsx
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Digital Millennium Copyright Act
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www.cnx.org
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Detailed teaching notes
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Yes
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Advanced[6]
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Yes
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Doc, pdf
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Creative Commons
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www.merlot.org
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Learning exercises[7]
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Yes
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Advanced[8]
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Yes
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Doc, pdf
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Creative commons
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http://labspace.open.ac.uk/
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Information directed mostly at students[9]
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No
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Basic
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No
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OU template[10]
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Creative Commons
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Website
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Upload limits
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Money/access matters
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Comments
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www.slideboom.com
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100MB limit
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Business upgrade available
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www.vuvox.com
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100MB limit
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Only free version
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Bit static, random content
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www.slideshare.net
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100MB max
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Some content is private
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Random content
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www.docstoc.com
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100MB max
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You need to pay for some content
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www.slidelive.com
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You need to register to view presentations, premium account available
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This is more of a presentation sharing application rather than a social networking website, you need an account to search etc.
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www.authorstream.com
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1GB max
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Premium option available
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www.scribd.com
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None stated
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You need to pay for some content
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www.sliderocket.com
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None stated
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Premium option available
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You need to register to view the presentations, a rather static website
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www.slideserve.com
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50 MB max
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There might be a paid upgrade in the future
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www.cnx.org
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None stated
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All content freely available
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Rice University platform – very US-centric, possible questions about long-term sustainability
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www.merlot.org
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None stated
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Some material seems to be password protected (you get directed to a closed VLE etc)
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A lot of material deposited without teaching notes – an option to add “learning exercises” not used often; based at California State University
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http://labspace.open.ac.uk
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None stated
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All content freely available
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Very heavily OU-oriented (and student-centric); When resources have been remixed it is often impossible to tell whose contribution it was
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[1] Peer review feature
[2] Users own their content, by posting on the site you grant VUVOX a limited license to use, modify, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute that content
[3] Caution on the website: Do not upload copyrighted documents for which you do not own the rights or have permission from the owner to share
[4] Ensuring that content posted is copyright-cleared is the responsibility of the poster
[5] Documents uploaded are checked against content available on scribd
[6] Material is searchable by content, collection subtype, subject, language
[7] An option to include teaching notes
[8] Searchable by material type/category, language, primary audience
[9] For instance how long a unit should take, what level it is, but nothing directed specifically at lecturers
[10] Course content published is in form of a website (OU template) with possibility to embed videos, music files etc.
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