Announcement - apologies for cross posting
The EBONI (Electronic Books ON-screen Interface) project Web site is now up
and running at:
http://eboni.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/
EBONI is an 18-month project funded under the JISC DNER Learning and
Teaching Programme. It aims to develop a set of recommendations for
publishing educational works on the Web which reflect the needs of academics
and a diversifying population of students throughout the UK. This will be
achieved through an evaluation of texts which are found to be representative
of approaches to the design of learning and teaching material on the
Internet.
In particular, EBONI aims to:
- evaluate the different approaches to the design of learning and teaching
resources on the Web, and to identify which techniques/styles are most
successful in enabling users to retrieve, quickly and easily, the
information they require. Examples of techniques which will be evaluated
include: hypertext; tables of contents; navigation icons; search mechanisms
(for searching within the text); indexes; graphics; and specific features of
HTML such as frames, tables, coloured text and lists;
- identify and report on the individual requirements of academics, students
and NGfL professionals in learning and teaching on the Web; and
- compile a set of best practice guidelines for the publication of guides,
tutorials and textbooks on the Internet for the UK Higher Education
community.
For further information please visit the EBONI Web site at:
http://eboni.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/
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Ruth Wilson
EBONI Research Assistant
Centre for Digital Library Research
University of Strathclyde
Tel: 0141 548 3705
Fax: 0141 553 1393
Web: http://eboni.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/
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