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Liverpool Hope University College has developed and implemented a unified learning support system based on web-technology.
The philosophy behind the development is to provide an attractive, intuitive interface with a gentle learning curve. The elements of this system are:
A student 'portal' called HopeLIVE, which is publicly available. This portal is designed to be the route to all learning resources. HopeLIVE sets out to unify what used to be a large number of different information sources, each of which required a student to know of its existence and to find out how to get more detailed information. In addition to learning resources students can access subject information, on-site services, and different type of study resources. HopeLIVE is intended as an ever-growing resource and staff in the Learning & Teaching Development Centre at Liverpool Hope will keep it updated.
A module-centric virtual learning environment, the Module Communication Centre, (MCC) which allows students to get at the information relating to a module, join in discussions, on-line seminars and communicate to staff and other module members. Included in this is a suite of utilities for staff to enable them to manage the content of their MCC and to create learning resources. The MCC is focussed on the unit of course delivery, a module, which has high salience for both staff and students. When an academic requests an MCC they get an interface with links to a module handbook, module resources, group messages, interactive seminars, a notice board, real-time chat area and a members area. Also in development for the MCC are Web Genies. A genie allows the MCC owner to create and publish a sophisticated web resource by filling in information on web pages. The Bibliography Genie, for example, builds a database of bibliographic references so that chosen items can be selected to create booklist pages and down loadable pages suitable for word-processing.
If you would like to look around HopeLIVE please follow the link below.
If you would like access to a demonstration Module Communication Centre please email me at [log in to unmask] and I will supply you with a temporary password.
HopeLIVE is available for public access at http://hopelive.hope.ac.uk
If you require more information on our developments please don't hesitate to contact me
Kind Regards
Sylvie
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Sylvie Steward
Staff Development/Technical Advisor
Learning & Teaching Development Centre
Liverpool Hope University College
Hope Park, L16 9JD.
Tel: 0151 291 2032
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