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The Design, Development and Use of a CD‐ROM Resource Library for an Open University Course
Author(s) -
Jones Mark,
Kear Karen,
Reilly Andy
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8535.00067
Subject(s) - cd rom , resource (disambiguation) , computer science , multimedia , course (navigation) , product (mathematics) , instructional design , subject (documents) , set (abstract data type) , quality (philosophy) , world wide web , engineering management , engineering , mathematics , computer network , philosophy , geometry , epistemology , programming language , operating system , aerospace engineering
A CD‐ROM containing a resource library for students of a course on “Information Technology and Society” has been produced by a multidisciplinary team at the Open University. This inter‐faculty course adopts a resource‐based approach to its subject, and students are encouraged to search the contents of the CD‐ROM to find material relevant to the topics they are studying. To facilitate this searching, the articles in the library are electronically indexed using a set of course‐related themes. The development of the CD‐ROM gave rise to a number of issues: the content, which was based on printed publications, had to be adapted to suit the electronic medium; methods had to be devised to ensure the quality of the delivered product; and the roles of staff had to be adapted to accommodate electronic production methods. Feedback from students, via the course's conferencing system and a course survey, shows that the CD‐ROM was well received, and that students adapted successfully to the resource‐based approach.