David Dawson
Senior ICT Adviser
Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries
Fifth Floor, 19-29 Woburn Place London WC1H 0LU
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sonja BISSET (7403) [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 2:36 PM
> To: 'JISC-ANNOUNCE'
> Cc: 'Tish Roberts'
> Subject: Technology Watch - New Website and call for Expressions of
> Intere st
>
> TECHNOLOGY WATCH
>
> The Technology Watch Group launches its web site, at
> http://www.jtap.ac.uk/techwatch , on 4th September 2000.
>
> The site will act as the main vehicle for fulfilling its role of informing
> the HE and FE communities of emerging technologies and of the debate on
> their significance for the sector.
>
> Technology Watch is a Group of JCIEL providing a service on behalf of
> JISC.
> It includes Standards Watch, previously under the Standards Group of JCAS
> and the Technology Watch role of the Web Focus Officer, formerly under
> JCEI.
>
> The web site provides easy access to a broad range of information on
> trends
> and developments in C and IT that are relevant to learning and teaching
> activities of tertiary institutions. The contents will be updated
> continuously and the coverage will expand as the programme proceeds and as
> new technologies come in to focus.
>
> The main part of the web site will hold reports on the key technologies
> identified by the Technology Watch Group including those that have been
> commissioned for the site. These will include reports on technologies, on
> standards, on the web, on issues for learning and teaching and on issues
> for
> e-business. The site will contain news items, debate and information on
> just
> about every technology important to education as well as a wealth of links
> to related sites worldwide.
>
> Coinciding with the launch of the web site is the issue of an invitation
> to
> tender for writing reports. Technology Watch has identified those
> technologies that are considered key for the community to know about. The
> principal way in which it will achieve this is through a tendering
> process.
> In order to bring substantive, appropriate information to the community,
> it
> will also commission reports, invite contributed reports and search out
> materials from the education community, from business and from vendors
> that
> can be hosted in one site.
>
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