Programme

1. Welcome EDINA Learning and Teaching Briefing EventTuesday 19 November 2002Main Library BuildingCommittee Room

2. Programme • 1.30 Coffee available • 1.45 Welcome and introductions – Peter Burnhill • 2.00 Overview of EDINA's L&T work – Moira Massey • 2.20 Numeric Data project – Robin Rice • 2.40 Xgrain project and demo – Peigi MacKillop • 3.00 Coffee break • 3.20 NLN project and demo – Sarah McConnell • 3.40 Jorum+ project – Moira Massey • 4.00 e-MapScholar project and demo – Moira Massey • 4.20 Q & A session • 4.45 Close

3. Why is EDINA involved in L&T? • Major funding body is Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) • JISC originally funded only by HE; priority originally network provision; then involved in provision of large research datasets, journals, bibliographic services etc. • EDINA started out supporting research work in HE • Change of government in 1997 placed greater emphasis on needs of learners • 2 JISC funding calls in 1999 for L&T • JISC funded by FE funding councils from 1999

4. JISC Vision • Information Environment (IE) is key aspect of JISC 5-Year Strategy 2001 - 2005 “… to build an on-line information environment providing secure and convenient access to a comprehensive collection of scholarly and educational material” • Among other things, the IE will support the F/HE community in the submission, sharing and re-purposing of online learning materials

5. 1999 • Request for Proposals • Using Numeric Data in Learning and Teaching • Geo-data investigation projects (browser and cross-walk) • Circular 5/99: Developing the DNER for Learning and Teaching • e-MapScholar • Xgrain • ZBLSA • Geo-Data Portal (Go-Geo!) • Geo-Data Crosswalk • [ANGEL]

6. L&T Context • Excellent content already exists in FHE, but • very difficult for teachers to locate and re-use • not compliant with interoperability specifications • many teachers reluctant to re-use entire courses • but would use nuggets from other people’s work, add own content, re-purpose and re-use • time constraints to develop from scratch • Facilities to modify & customise essential, which • support interoperability standards • provide toolkits that hide unnecessary complexity • offer support to everyone engaged in the process

7. Re-usable objects • Digital/re-usable information assets • e.g. images, films, maps, pieces of text • assets in the sense that they have potential for re-use • have standards-based meta-data e.g. IMS, IEEE LOM • With addition of specified learning objective(s), become learning objects • e.g. explanation of a particular concept, assessment object etc. • assessment objects described using IMS QTI • Aggregations of learning objects e.g. units of learning, may be put together as content packages • and described using IMS/EML/SCORM

8. NLN and Jorum+ • NLN Learning Materials Delivery Project • Scoping study Nov 2001 – March 2002 • NLN project March 2002 – July 2003 • Likely extension from August 2003 • Likely migration of materials to long term JISC repository • Jorum+ • Scoping study for long-term JISC learning materials repository • X4L Programme call early 2002 • EDINA and MIMAS joint bid to Strand B (for development bay) • Asked to combine scoping study and development bay in Jorum+ • Jorum+ project October 2002 – July 2005

9. L&T Contacts • Close links with several LTSN Subject Centres for project work, and also contacts in others • LTSN Generic Centre • Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards (CETIS) • Close contacts in all JISC FE Regional Support Centres • JISC Plagiarism Advisory Service at University of Northumbria • JISC L&T Portal • BECTa NLN-MDIT