Date: Friday 18th June 2004
Venue: Ty'n Rhos Country House, Seion, nr. Caernarfon, North Wales.
The meeting is free, all are welcome, lunch is provided.
Vashti Zarach, SIG Coordinator, will give an introduction and update.
Paul Bailey of JISC will be giving an update on the JISC e-Learning Framework Programme, including an overview of projects resulting from the recent technical call.
Michael Aherne of Reid Kerr College (a Scottish FE college) will be talking about developing standards for prospectus information.
Jon Rowett of Brockenhurst College (an FE college from the New Forest in England) will be giving an update on Emily, the MLE at Brockenhurst. Jon gave a presentation on Emily at an earlier SIG meeting, which Brockenhurst hosted.
Tom Franklin will be giving a talk on outcomes of the JISC SWANI Interoperability Pilots Programme, which investigated systems integration in FE colleges in Scotland and Wales.
Greg McClure and Davey O’Hare from the NIIMLE Project (Northern Ireland Integrated Managed Learning Environment) will be reporting on the NIIMLE Project. Areas covered will include the background to the project, technical architecture (including Enterprise Web Services), experiences using Enterprise Web Services, uPortal, and general experiences and issues.
Terry Rourke and Dave Croot from the SHELL Project will also be presenting. Terry will talk about the use of ioNodes for data transport, and Dave will be talking about transferring learner records between PDP systems.
[The JISC SHELL and NIIMLE Projects were funded by Phase 1 of the MLEs for Lifelong Learning Programme to build cross-institutional MLEs. NIIMLE is based in Northern Ireland, and SHELL in South-West England.]
If you wish to stay on and visit North Wales at the weekend, please feel
welcome to contact me and ask about local attractions and accommodation.
North Wales Tourism website.
Vashti Zarach (Ms.),
CETIS Enterprise SIG Coordinator,
Research
Institute for Enhancing Learning,
Padarn,
School of
Education,
University of Wales Bangor,
Normal
Site,
Bangor,
Gwynedd,
LL57 2PX. Tel: 01248 388384.
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