TASI advice paper

TASI have some excellent advice on using images in teaching and research. Their paper 'Roles and Responsibilities for Staff Using Images for Teaching and Research' covers copyright (clearing copyright, third party licences, Creative Commons etc), using images in e-learning, in lectures and in research. There are links to additional help and information.

TASI have a section of their website dedicated to advice on finding and using digital images, see: http://www.tasi.ac.uk/advice/using/using.html.

PESL - Promoting Enhanced Student Learning

The University of Nottingham have developed a repository of video interviews and case studies. These resources are designed to inform the teaching process and to enhance learning. Topics covered include: plagiarism, student roles in small groups, gaining class attention and educational jargon explained.

PESL can be found at: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/teaching/

Repositories

Resources for use in teaching may be located in the repositories listed below.

General
MERLOT - peer reviewed materials arranged by subject category.
JORUM - range of materials arranged by categories (access restricted to UK FE and HE only).

Subject based
INTUTE - science, engineering and technology resources.
Higher Education Academy - Engineering Subject Centre - engineering resources for learning and teaching.
UK Centre for Materials Education - science and materials education resources.

Regional
Yourkshire and Humberside - YH Learning - educational resources for subject specialists (username and password required).
SCRAN - educational material and digital resources from cultural institutions in Scotland. Free access to the database of thumbnails and titles. Teachers in Scotland have full access to a range of copyright cleared resources and learning packs.

Others
British Universities Film and Video Council - Moving Image Gateway - catalogue of moving image websites reviewed by BUFVC's Information Service. Four broad subject areas are covered: Arts & Humanities, Bio-Medical, Social Sciences and Science & Technology.
TRILT - Television and Radio Index for Teaching and Learning - this resource is only available to BUFVC member institutions. A list of these can be found via the TRILT home page. Resources include UK tv and radio data on the web.
BBC Motion Gallery - BBC footage collection, production-ready footage to view and purchase.

Internet Archive

If you are look for historical collections in digital format try the Internet Archive. There are collections of images, texts and audio. The archive web page section of the site, The Wayback Machine, (http://www.archive.org/web/web.php) lets you enter the web address of a site, you then have access to any archives, arranged in date order.

TASI resources

TASI (Technical Advisory Service for Images) is an excellent resource for information on all aspects of working with images. They have advice sheets on a range of topics from 'Managing digitisation projects' to 'Creating digital images'. They also offer suggestions for finding and using digital images in education.

JORUM repository

The JORUM is a free resource for UK higher and further education staff. This repository holds teaching and learning materials contributed by the education community. To contribute, view and use materials in JORUM institutions must first register to use the service. Instructions for checking if you institution is registered, and how to register are available at: http://www.jorum.ac.uk/user/index.html.

Once you have confirmed that your institution has registered you will be able to login with your Athens username and password. You can browse for resources by subjects, or search by keyword or resource creator name.

For information Loughborough University is registered as a contributor and user of the service.

Rights and Rewards project

I am working as a Research Assistant for a JISC funded project (Rights and Rewards in Blended Institutional Repositories Project) looking into the rights and rewards associated with Institutional Repositories. The project's focus is on teaching resources and to what extent these can be blended with research resources. The project partners are all based at Loughborough University, they are the Department of Information Science, The Engineering Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (engCETL), and the University Library.

More information about the project and its outputs can be found on the project's website: http://rightsandrewards.lboro.ac.uk