ANGEL: Authenticated Networked Guided Environment for Learning
JISC are funding the ANGEL Consortium to develop tools to integrate
learning environments with digital library developments
With more and more courses going online and the proliferation of
networked information resources there is a pressing need to integrate
access for students, and to integrate support and management from
academics and librarians. JISC (1) has funded the ANGEL consortium to
develop powerful access management tools which will be available for
reuse by the whole HE community by the end of the project, January 2002.
Institutions using ANGEL will be able to offer students the advantages
of
- integrated access to digital library resources e.g. from the local
library, the DNER (2) and the wider Web; online learning as delivered
for example by WebCT and similar course-content management tools; and
locally produced resources such as reading lists, examination papers,
lecture notes, electronic course packs, model answers, discussion lists
and tutorial advice.
- customised and personalised views of available resources, based on
course needs, current progress and personal preferences
- seamless access to all the services
- support across the whole range of material
Educators and librarians will be able to
- design courses which effectively combine all kinds of material
- track student progress through all resources
- offer support and guidance across all sorts of networked sources
The Guided Environment for Learning of ANGEL will build on pioneering
research in integrating access in the hybrid library such as the
Headline PIE (3) and in virtual learning environments such as De
Montfort's Learning Domain. The Networked Authentication part of the
effort will develop an access management system. ANGEL will be working
closely with JCAS (4) who are designing the successor to the Athens,
SPARTA.
As well as portable, re-usable, open software components the project
will deliver for the whole HE community
- updates on personalisation, authentication and authorisation
developments
- public reports on the metadata, licensing and other interoperability
issues.
The consortium led by London School of Economics and Political Science,
also includes De Montfort University, EDINA, Sheffield Hallam
University, South Bank University and the University of Edinburgh. The
project lasts for 30 months starting September 1st 2000.
Contact
John Paschoud
ANGEL Project Manager
The Library,
London School of Economics & Political Science
10 Portugal Street, London WC2A 2HD
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 6129
Fax: +44 (0)87 0131 3813 (via eFax.com)
References
(1) JISC the Joint Information Systems Committee http://www.jisc.ac.uk
(2) DNER Distributed National Electronic Resource
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/pub99/dner_desc.html
(3) Headline PIE http://www.headline.ac.uk/publications/pie/
(4) JCAS JISC Committee for Authentication and Security
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/jcas/index.html
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