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Hello I have been asked to post this on the list. Some of you may find it of interest. I also want to take the opportunity to let you all know that some of the settings on intarch-interest have now been changed, in the hope of stimulating dialogue. Any replies that you now make to postings will go to the _list_ for everyone to read, ruminate and respond, and not just to the individual sender as was originally the case. Judith (list owner intarch-interest) \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Judith Winters Tel: +44 1904 433955 Assistant Editor, Internet Archaeology Fax: +44 1904 433939 http://intarch.ac.uk/ [log in to unmask] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 22:37:18 -0700 Subject: Electronic Publishing and the National Grid for Learning The British Computer Society Electronic and Multimedia Publishing Specialist Group is holding the following meeting (apologies for any cross-posting). Just-in-Time Education: Electronic Publishing and the National Grid for Learning Thursday 11 June 1998 9.30 a.m. for 10.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies Russell Square, London WC1 The Government's Consultation Paper on Connecting the Learning Society: National Grid for Learning states that the Grid 'will be a way of finding and using on-line learning and teaching materials'. It goes on to say that the Grid will provide 'high quality software and content . . . ensure that nothing is provided at public expense, which could otherwise be provided commercially of good quality and reasonable cost'. Inevitably, a starting point for the Grid will be re-purposing many of the existing curriculum materials, but, as noted in the BCS report "2000 and Beyond: A School Odyssey" , there are great opportunities for developing text and multimedia specialist resources for educators and learners. This meeting explores some of experiences of commercial publishers who have published multimedia materials for the diverse needs of the learning community. It also addresses some of the issues and challenges that publishing for the Grid raises from viewpoints of both the publishher and user communities. SPEAKERS Philip Boyle (UK NetYear), on the development of IT and support for IT specialists in schools as part of UK NetYear. David Colvin (Aids to Communication in Education Advisory Trust), who will discuss 'special needs' of people with physical disabiities. Diana Forster (Oxford University Press), who will talk about the development of the "Oxford Children's Encyclopaedia". John Hayes (ORACLE UK), who will describe the Interactive Classroom. Malcolm Herbert (British Educational Communications and Technology Agency BECTa), who will report on the development of the interactive Virtual Teacher Centre. Francis Howlett (British Educational Communications and Technology Agency BECTa), who will describe the evaluation of Integrated Learning Systems. Jack Kenny, a freelance journalist, who writes for the "Times Educational Supplement", "Educational Computing" and other publications and who will consider user needs as they relate to the National Grid for Learning. Latha Menon (Websters), who will present a multimedia publisher's point of view, as well as reporting recent Australian multimedia publishing developments. Christina Preston, Director of MirandaNet, who will provide a general overview of the National Grid for Learning. Graham Turnbull, Publishing Manager, Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN), who will describe the SCRAN Curriculum Navigator, a web-based tool for teachers, commissioned by the Scottish Office as an official input to the National Grid for Learning. For registration details, mail the British Computer Society Electronic and Multimedia Publishing Specialist Group at: [log in to unmask] or look at the web site, URL given below, where a registration form is given. ------------------------------------- Name: David Penfold, Administrator British Computer Society Electronic and Multimedia Publishing SG 30 Edgerton Road, Huddersfield HD3 3AD, UK Tel 01484 519462; Fax 01484 451396; Mobile 0850 058544 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Group home page at URL: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/kis/support/cc/staff/malcolm/bcs-emp.html %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%