Derek Law

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Digital Libraries in the Classroom Test beds
for transforming Teaching Learning JISC
NSF ____________ TOWN MEETING 12th February
2002, 2.30pm

• Derek Law
• University of Strathclyde/ JISC Strategy Group
• Rachel Bruce
• Programme Manager JISC/DNER

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The call for proposals -

• The Context
• Aims of Digital Libraries in the Classroom
• Example project
• What we are not looking for
• Process points

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THE CONTEXT

• Digital Libraries in the Classroom builds on JISC
  NSF experience
• It is an important component of JISC development
  work
• Need to improve integration of technologies
  MLES/VLES, on-line learning materials, digital
  library materials, simulation, visualisation
• Need to integrate the use of these in practice

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The JISC Five- Year Strategy 2001-05

• Promote innovation in the use of ICT to benefit
  learning teaching, research the management of
  institutions
• Improve staff student skills in the
  exploitation of ICT, particularly in the use of
  the internet
• Promote facilitate international collaboration
  in the exploitation of ICT
• This programme will act as a catalyst for the
  rest of the sector

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The Basics

• Definition of classroom? not literal virtual
  classroom
• UK US partnership in undergraduate teaching
  see QA re. PG teaching HE lead but FE can be
  partners
• Up to 1.5 M per project over three years but
  projects will be five years duration 2002/03
  2006/07 - need own project funds
• Institutional commitment financial strategy
• Existing courses
• Technology learning
• Evaluation lessons
• The three Is Integration of technology
  content Innovation in teaching learning and
  Institutional commitment

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AIMS OF DIGITAL LIBRARIES IN THE CLASSROOM

• To fund FOUR significant exemplar projectsthat
• Help bring emerging technologies and available
  digital content into core teaching learning
• Use innovative approaches in integrating
  technologies for the benefit of undergraduate
  teaching learning
• Demonstrate how the pedagogical process needs
  adapted or developed to support the learning
  process when using technology
• Examine the organisational and human issues
  associated with the new modes of teaching

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EXAMPLE

• This is an example
• NOT a project we want to be done
• there is no pre-conceived view of the perfect
  project this a call for proposals not a
  specification to be commissioned use your
  imagination

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E.G. project scenario

• University of Hambledon / University of
  Pimpleton, Mass.
• Hambledon currently teaches Geography face to
  face with on line communication tools to
  deliver U/G modules
• Other departments have taken a similar approach
• the university has funded some staff development
  to use the teaching learning model

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Project scenario

• University has a partnership with Pimpleton,
  Massachusetts
• Both Universities offer BA Humanities
• Experience in Trans- Atlantic student
  communication
• Now want to develop this further - virtual
  tutorial support, video conferences, shared
  access to large datasets, real time tutorials
  in using geo-spatial software, sharing learning
  objects
• Underpinned by a single VLE connected to student
  tracking and information systems

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Project scenario

• Seek JISC NSF funds for
• enable institutions to monitor changes to
  institutional processes to deliver joint mixed
  mode teaching learning
• to develop pedagogic models used to support
  learning through the use of technologies to
  monitor impact
• to adapt software for synchronous use across the
  internet for embedding learning objects
• to build a back end tracking system based on
  appropriate standards to support the course
• see the web links to the full text of these
  project scenarios but remember these are not
  the only types of things that will be expected
  these are ONLY examples

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What we dont want

• NOT Digitisation projects content creation
• NOT Projects to implement infrastructure
  acquire substantial software/hardware
• It IS about innovation and change in the way in
  which subjects are taught and knowledge created
• minimal funds for additional metadata to
  disclose content
• minimal funds for hardware software
• infrastructure investment is the institutions
  responsibility

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Some areas projects should consider

• IPR
• Sustainability
• Standards
• Skills development
• Student teacher needs
• Measurements capturing lessons
• Embedding
• Value the UK US partnership brings to the work

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Processes

• CFP at http//www.jisc.ac.uk/pub01/c07_01_sup.ht
  ml
• Read it! - all of it!
• Look at section 5.0 this section gives a good
  indication of the types of things the reviewers
  will look for
• Partner form http//www.dli2.nsf.gov/nsfjiscmatch
  .html
• NOW FOR SOME REALLY GOOD NEWS

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Good news

• The deadline for proposals has been extended
• AND NOW FOR SOME BAD NEWS...

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Bad news...

• We havent got a final date yet
• BUT it will mean more time to find partners and
  to develop sound proposals
• Indicative timetable change
• Letters of intent to JISC NSF 15 April 2002
• Full proposals to JISC NSF 15 May 2002
• Money to institutions from October 2002
• Final revisions will be circulated to JISC
  ANNOUNCE posted on the web at
  http//www.jisc.ac.uk

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Proposal submission

• As stated in the supplementary information -
  joint proposal
• NSF via FastLane
• JISC to Alice Colban - hardcopy email
• Core body of the proposal should be the same but
  UK institutions dont need to give all the US
  specific information
• Additional guidance will be posted on the web
  once the NSF has released its call - which will
  be soon

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The Panel - Questions and Answers

• Derek Law (panel Chair)
• Alison Allden
• Rachel Bruce
• Steve Griffin (NSF)
• Catherine Grout
• Norman Wiseman
• FAQ will be put on the JISC website now up