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Dear All
I would like to submit an application to an ESRC/NERC call for
Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Research Studentships in the Social and
Environmental Sciences - closing date 01 May 2000.
The proposal must be made for a named candidate and yes you've guessed
it we don't have one yet. If you know of any MSc students that might be
interested in such a studentship could you please ask them to contact me
immediately by
phone or e-mail. The ideal candidate will have a background in
electronic learning technologies and preferably an interest in
environmental science (though this is not essential).
The working title for the proposal is:
- Satisfying environmental change information requirements of
educational users through the appropriate use of advanced learning
technologies -
The proposed objectives for the research are to:
1) Determine requirements for environmental change information amongst
target users (schools and HEI's)
2) Develop a suite of tools to deliver the required information to
different educational user groups. The aim should be to optimise the
complexity of the information conveyed and maximise comprehension.
3) Assess the comprehension and utility of information delivered and
modifying the tools accordingly.
4) Predict future information requirements of users and propose a
strategy to help satisfy these.
The proposal will be developed jointly between the NERC Centre for
Ecology and Hydrology, Merlewood (Cumbria) and a university department
specialising in advanced learning technologies.
Hope this might be of interest to someone.
Best regards, Ian
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Dr Ian C Simpson
Environmental Change Network
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Merlewood Research Station
Windermere Road
Grange-over-Sands
Cumbria LA11 6JU
United Kingdom
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