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The Carrick Exchange: Not Just Another Repository, Geraldine Lefoe, Meg O'Reilly, Dominique Parrish, Sue Bennett, Michael Keppell, Cathy Gunn

Dr Meg O'Reilly

In 2004, the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education was established by the Australian government to “promote and advance learning and teaching in Australian higher education.” (Carrick Institute, 2006). One aspect of the role of this institution is to establish the Carrick Exchange, “a new online service that will provide learning and teaching resources and functions to support communication and collaboration across the national and international higher education sector” (Carrick Institute, 2007a). This paper provides an overview of the purpose of the Carrick Exchange and will focus on the research contribution of ascilite, a professional association in …