There are still places left on the following JIBS User Group seminar:
Re-purposing content: from e-publications to learning objects
e-Books have been viewed cautiously by many libraries. Access and licensing
problems have made them seem inflexible and costly. Users have been slow to
take them on board because of their perceived limitations. The e-learning
community appears to have largely ignored e-books as learning materials,
focusing instead on 'learning objects'. Could e-books become learning
objects, perhaps by breaking down content into chunks suitable for use in
e-learning packages? Or are the two things wholly different? These issues
will be explored by speakers at this meeting
DATE: Tuesday 24th May 2005
TIME: 1.30 - 4.30pm
VENUE: Aston University Library and Information Service, Library Seminar
Room. See map at http://www.aston.ac.uk/prospective-students/contact/
PRESENTERS:
Julie Carpenter, Education for Change
In 2003 the JISC E-Books Working Group commissioned Education for Change Ltd
and the University of Stirling to undertake a study to define the business
and market context for electronic textbooks for UK further and higher
education, to shape the work and role of the Working Group and a vision for
the future (up to 10 years ahead) of electronic textbooks. Julie will tell
us of the report's findings and what has happened since.
Prof. Steve Molyneux, Director, Learning Lab / ADL Partnership Lab (UK)
The Learning Lab provides a centre of excellence to support all those
involved in the design, development and use of learning technologies. Steve
will talk about the Lab's collaboration with the US Advanced Distributed
Learning Initiative and the role of what he calls "sharable content objects"
in the future of e-learning
Charles Duncan, CEO, Intrallect Ltd and Moira Massey, JORUM Project Manager
JORUM is the JISC-funded community repository for learning and teaching
materials, that will shortly be provided as a free online service by the
national data centres, EDINA and MIMAS. The aim of JORUM is to promote the
sharing, re-use and re-purposing of resources amongst Further and Higher
Education Institutions in the UK. Intrallect Ltd provide the repository
software system, intraLibrary, that underpins the JORUM service. Moira will
talk about the JORUM project that is establishing the JORUM service, while
Charles will demonstrate the intraLibrary system and explore the kinds of
resources that can be made available to the community
Prof. Steve Walmsley, Kainao Ltd
Sentient Learning are marketing the Learning Object Repository developed at
Huddersfield University as part of the HLSI (Higher Level Skills for
Industry) project. The Repository is being re-branded as LearnBuild and the
companion authoring software as LearnBase. Steve Walmsley, previously the
project director at HSLI, is now a director of Kainao Ltd, the company which
seeks to further develop the product and sell it on a commercial basis Steve
will talk about the products, and the company's future plans for them.
FEE: Free to JIBS members; £30 for Non JIBS members
Tea / coffee included
Please use a separate form for each individual application. If a hard copy
of this form is used, please return it to Jill Lambert at Library and
Information Services, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET.
Email [log in to unmask] Tel 0121 204 4505 Fax: 0121 359 7358
The closing date for application is Friday, 13 May. Cancellations will be
accepted up to one week before the seminar after which time payment of the
full fee will still be charged.
If you are interested in joining or learning more about JIBS please go to
the JIBS User Group Web page at www.jibs.ac.uk.
N.B. For bookings cancelled after 10th May a charge of 10% of the total fee
will be levied. For bookings cancelled after 17th May the full fee may be
charged.
BOOKING FORM
Please complete the details below and return by Friday 13th May 2005 to:
Jill Lambert, JIBSUG Treasurer at Library and Information Services, Aston
University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET. Email [log in to unmask]
Tel 0121 204 4505 Fax: 0121 359 7358
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