Hope you all had a good christmas and new year.
Appended is a JISC call for proposals which is relevant to VLEs. Contact
jisc if you're interested, not this list.
> *JISC Call for Proposals Pre-announcement*
> *Exchange for Learning Programme (X4L)*
>
> The Call for Proposals will be issued in early January
> 2002, with an expected closing date in late February 2002.
> This pre-announcement alerts the FE/HE community to the
> call and allows institutions to explore possible
> partnerships or consortium proposals in advance of the call
> being issued.
>
> The JISC is establishing a new Exchange for Learning
> Programme (X4L) that aims to encourage widespread
> involvement by the FE and HE community in the development
> and use of electronic materials for learning and teaching.
>
> The focus of the Exchange for Learning Programme (X4L) will
> be on projects that will foster change in online learning
> and teaching by exploring the potential of re-purposing and
> sharing content for use in learning. It is envisaged that
> projects will engage in pilot activity that may contribute
> to services in the future.
>
> The Exchange for Learning Programme (X4L) involves
> exploring the re-purposing of existing and forthcoming
> JISC, and other content, to make it suitable for use in
> learning. Part of this activity is to explore the process
> of integration or plugging in of usable objects into online
> learning such as Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs). This
> area of development has the potential:
>
> * to increase the range and number of materials accessible
> for use in learning and teaching
>
> * to establish mechanisms for tagging digital content as
> learning objects, and the mechanisms for interaction
> between local provision and national repositories
>
> The Exchange for Learning Programme (X4L) will include a
> call for proposals from members of the FE/HE community to
> assemble new learning objects and to unlock existing
> content to serve pedagogical ends. Partnerships with owners
> and providers of relevant content would also be welcomed
> under the call.
>
> Projects will also be sought from organisations and
> services with relevant resources expertise, focusing on
> the development of tools, provision of advice and
> development of a pilot service architecture
> to support the Exchange for Learning Programme (X4L).
>
> Members of further education and higher education
> institutions funded via the UK funding bodies will be
> eligible to submit proposals. Proposals from individuals,
> departments, single institutions and consortia of
> institutions will be welcomed.
>
> As guidance, proposals for projects from 1 to 3 years
> duration and with budgets ranging from #10,000 to #300,000
> will be considered. The programme will commence in
> April/May 2002, though project start dates can be staggered
> and projects starting after July 31st 2002 will also be
> considered.
>
> This programme is part of the JISC Information Environment
> Development see
> http://www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/development/IEstrategy.html
>
> ----------------------
> Catherine Grout Assistant Director, Development
> JISC/DNER Office Strand Bridge House
> 138-142 Strand London WC2R 1HH
> UK
>
> voicemail: (0044) 0207 848 2493
> fax: (0044) 0207 848 2939
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Geoff Minshull
Direct Learn Training
Online services to education, courseware development, project management,
deafness/disability consultancy
Web: http://www.directlearn.co.uk/ - last updated 18.11.01
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