Please accept my apologies for any cross posting, our funding charges
us to disseminate as widely as possible!
COSE 1.1 RELEASED
Version 1.1 of the COSE Virtual Learning Environment system which
includes many new features, including some suggested by existing users,
is now available.
To see a demonstration of COSE 1.1, and read much of the support
material supplied with the system, visit the COSE Website:
www.staffs.ac.uk/COSE (note uppercase)
and follow the links to the COSE 1.1 Support and Demonstration Server.
This includes instructions on downloading the Sun Java Plug-in 1.2.2
required to use COSE. Please note that as the demonstration server is
configured to automatically use the very latest version of COSE on
log-in, it is likely to prove slow to start up on dial-up lines.
The demonstration server will shortly allow you to view examples from
real courses.
PURCHASING COSE 1.1
COSE is "FREE" to UK HEIs - Although the real educational site license
price of is £3495, COSE 1.1 can be purchased for £40 by UK Higher
Education Funding Council funded institutions. This is because the
devlopment of COSE 1.x versions has been funded by the UK Joint
Information Systems Committee under its JTAP programme. See the COSE
Website:
www.staffs.ac.uk/COSE
for full details for all sectors. COSE is purchased from Longman
Software Publishing, who will supply a COSE 1.0 boxed set which can
then be upgraded to Version 1.1 on-line. A link to Longman is given on
the COSE Website. Please note that the COSE Project has five year
agreement with Longman, which hopefully reassure those who are dubious
about using "domestic product"
thanks for your time
Mark
Mark Stiles - Manager
The Learning Development Centre
Staffordshire University
The Octagon
Beaconside
STAFFORD ST18 0AD
Phone +44 (0)1785 353647
FAX +44 (0)1785 353482
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