Project evaluation by members of the Materials community
The following are a selection of comments made by those participating in CORE-Materials,
and collected throughout this pilot phase (for example, at Consortium meetings, and during
regular visits to Partner institutions). Since these comments have been ongoing, they have
also shaped the development of the project and its outputs / outcomes.
“Since the subject of Materials requires an understanding of multiple concepts, and in
3-D, many learning objects are based on interactive content, such as FlashTM. It is,
therefore, great to learn that the CORE-Materials website has harvested some of the
best of these interactive resources from across the world.”
“I am most impressed by the investment the Project Team has made in the search /
browse interface to CORE-Materials, and to the presentation of the diverse range of
its excellent electronic resources. This is all very user-friendly and intuitive.”
“Thanks for taking my existing [electronic] teaching resources and working with me to
add so much more to them in terms of their functionality through different [Web 2.0]
fileshare sites. This is all so new to me, and certainly to others in the Department. But
having demonstrated my enhanced electronic resources [on CORE-Materials] at our
Staff Away-Day, my colleagues now want to similarly deposit their teaching
resources.”
“The user statistics from having my teaching content promoted through COREMaterials and its Web 2.0 features, even for only a few months, is truly amazing! And
to gain such intelligence through tracking resource usage is an added bonus. My
company can clearly see the promotional and potential business opportunities that
can be gained… I am sure that universities and colleges will also benefit from this, in
terms of student recruitment and course marketing, especially given the greater
international competition in HE.”
“These CORE-Materials guides are very informative. I will now be able to upload my
teaching materials to your site and its related [fileshare and JorumOpen] sites.
Technologies such as Personal Learning Environments are completely new to me; I
only learned of them through interacting with you. But, I am completely ‘sold’ on
them. They will be great for my students to use in their project work, and to build
resource collections starting from your site.”
“I really appreciate learning from you about things I knew nothing about; OERs, CC
licences, Web 2.0. Myself and colleagues are at the cutting-edge of international
research in the Materials interface, and develop specialist training courses offered
through blended learning. But, still, we were completely unaware. We now appreciate
how you have opened our eyes and minds to CORE-Materials.”
“Having lots of small ‘bite-sized’ materials is just what I need from your [COREMaterials] website for enhancing my lectures and tutorials. As Director for Learning
and Teaching, I will be promoting these across the School, and reusing and adapting
them... It is also great that all legal aspects have been sorted out, so I do not need to
worry about future copyright. Your resources are certainly free and open.”