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> <------with apologies for cross-posting-------> > Curriculum Online Countdown continues! > Digital Content Seminar > Victoria Park Plaza, Victoria, London SW1V 1EQ > Monday 28 October 2002 > Curriculum Online - What is it? > Curriculum Online is an exciting new educational service paving the way towards a new generation of innovative, media-rich learning resources. It offers a once in a lifetime opportunity to achieve step changes in teaching and learning by delivering high quality digital learning material directly into the classroom. It is being developed through a unique partnership between government and industry to create a new market place bringing together users, suppliers and materials. An independent showcase for all educational digital resource providers, it is provider independent, offering teachers a reliable one-stop shop for certified resources, searchable by Key Stage, subject and topic. > Why get involved? > Curriculum Online will provide major opportunities for all those involved in education to benefit not only from the overall investment we are making in educational Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) - £1.8bn from 1998-2004 - but also from the specific resources available to schools to purchase public and private sector products showcased though the portal - £50m to be made available to all schools in England for the school year 2002/2003. > This same opportunity is available to public sector organisations who also want to encourage the use of their freely-accessible materials in schools. Curriculum Online will be a key tool for teachers in encouraging the use of all types of electronic learning resources > -> either on CD-ROM or Online. > What do you need to do? > All content providers will be required to register to become Curriculum Online registered content providers. There are parallel arrangements for retailers also. Details of how the registration process will operate are available at http://register.curriculumonline.gov.uk <http://register.curriculumonline.gov.uk/> . Content providers are required to self-certify and tag the digital resources they wish to appear on the portal in line with the guidance contained at the above site and on www.dfes.gov.uk/curriculumonline. By special agreement with DfES, registered museums, publicly funded archives and public libraries already meet the > '> due diligence> '> criteria to be included in Curriculum Online. > How can we help you? > The DfES Curriculum Online team, working with technical partners BECTa, Simulacra Media and Parity, have developed and tested the BECTa Tagging Tool to help you tag your resources against the required Curriculum Online metadata scheme. We have teamed up with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and are now writing to invite you to attend a workshop addressing issues relevant to registration, self-certification of resources and tagging of resources, to make sure that you get it right first time with minimum extra effort, and understand how to make the most of the opportunities offered through Curriculum Online. An outline programme for the seminar is attached and presentations will include: > · an update on Culture Online outlining progression as to how Culture Online and Curriculum Online may complement each other > · illustrations as to how education is being prioritised for the cultural sector and how that work is being supported; > · feedback of user testing of the Tagging Tool and technical guidance; > · Portal search functionality overview; > · feedback of user testing from teachers in relation to Curriculum Online; > · open sessions with technical support teams to address individual enquiries. To attend, please complete the attached registration form and return it to the conference organisers by either e-mail to [log in to unmask] or fax on > 0115 943 5520 as soon as possible. Joining Instructions, including a location map will be sent to you shortly. Should you have any queries or require any further information about arrangements for the seminar, please telephone the organisers on their helpline number: 0115 943 5579. We look forward to seeing you on Monday 28 October. Yours sincerely > > > Doug Brown > Divisional Manager > ICT in Schools > Department for Education and Skills > > Ruth Shaw > Project Development Officer > Culture Online > Department for Culture, Media and Sport > > <<Outline Programme.doc>> > > <<Registration Form.doc>> > > David Dawson > > Senior ICT Adviser > > Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries > > 16 Queen Anne's Gate, London SW1H 9AA > > email: [log in to unmask] tel: 020 7273 1415 > > www.resource.gov.uk <file:///D:/Documents%20and%20Settings/davidd/Application%20Data/Microsoft/Signatures/www.resource.gov.uk> www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk <file:///D:/Documents%20and%20Settings/davidd/Application%20Data/Microsoft/Signatures/www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk> > > Join the People's Network mailing list at www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/peoplesnetwork.html <file:///D:/Documents%20and%20Settings/davidd/Application%20Data/Microsoft/Signatures/www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/peoplesnetwork.html> > > Join the ResourceNews mailing list at www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/resourcenews.html <file:///D:/Documents%20and%20Settings/davidd/Application%20Data/Microsoft/Signatures/www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/resourcenews.html> > > The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential. 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