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Shared question banks in electrical and electronic engineering - A Call for 
Participation
seeking paid question consultants in
power electronics, applied electromagnetics, programming for engineers. 
control engineering, maths for engineers, telecommunications, semiconductor 
physics, data communications, computational tools


The Electrical and Electronic Engineering Assessment Network (e3an) is a 
national project working to develop test banks of peer-reviewed questions 
for use in UK higher education.

In the early stages of the project we identified and refined question 
production methods, and are now making available our initial question bank 
of resources for free download from our project web site 
http://www.e3an.ac.uk/ The test bank currently covers: analogue 
electronics, digital electronics and microprocessors, circuit theory, 
signal processing.

We are currently recruiting question author consultants who will join our 
theme teams and be paid to generate and contribute questions sets to the 
test bank.  A one-off payment of £1000 is available to successful 
consultant authors who participate in a briefing, submit an acceptable set 
of 50 questions and participate in the peer-review process.  Additional 
cash will also be available for theme team leaders.

We are looking for engineers willing and able to participate in question 
theme teams in the following areas:
power electronics, applied electromagnetics, programming for engineers. 
control engineering, maths for engineers, telecommunications, semiconductor 
physics, data communications, computational tools

If you believe there is a missing area in which you would like to see a 
team develop please also respond to this call, indicating your suggestions.

Timescales:
* identify team members during May 2002,
* brief new team members in late May and early June.
* We anticipate that team members will work on their question sets over the 
Summer vacation period so that they can review the questions in early 
September.
Precise timings for authoring will be negotiated within teams, although our 
project deadline for satisfactory completion of this work is Friday 
September 6th.

If you would like to participate please complete the form below.  Those who 
have already attended one of our launch meetings need only indicate that 
they are still willing to participate.

e3an is a collaborative project funded by the Higher Education Funding 
Council for England and the Department for Higher and Further Education, 
Training and Employment under the Fund for the Development of Teaching and 
Learning.  The project is led by the University of Southampton in 
conjunction with Bournemouth University, The University of Portsmouth and 
Southampton Institute.

Please complete the form below by adding personal information and deleting 
information which does not apply to you

Send your response to Su White by email to [log in to unmask]
I would like to become a question author consultant for e3an
I have already attended a launch meeting, and confirm my interest in 
becoming a consultant.
Title:
Forename:
Surname:
Institution:
Department:
Phone:
Fax:
Position and responsibilities:
Any additional relevant background information (optional):

I should like to contribute to the e3an question bank and I have expertise 
relevant to the following topics (delete as applicable) power electronics, 
applied electromagnetics, programming for engineers. control engineering, 
maths for engineers, telecommunications, semiconductor physics, data 
communications, computational tools

As well as my local university region I would be able/willing to attend 
meetings in (delete as applicable) London, Leeds, Manchester, Bristol, West 
Midlands, East Midlands, Other (suggest)

I suggest additional questions in the following areas:

I agree to be added to the e3an consultants mailing list, and that my 
details may be made available to other e3an consultants in relation to the 
project.


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Su White, Faculty Learning and Teaching Co-ordinator
ECS, Room 4229 Zepler Building
University of Southampton, Southampton, S017 1BJ
tel +44 (0)23 8059 4471    fax +44 (0)23 8059 2865
http://ecs.soton.ac.uk/~saw/
Project Coordinator: Electrical and Electronic Assessment Network
(e3an) http://www.e3an.ac.uk/ [log in to unmask]
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Su White, Faculty Learning and Teaching Co-ordinator
ECS, Room 4229 Zepler Building
University of Southampton, Southampton, S017 1BJ
tel +44 (0)23 8059 4471    fax +44 (0)23 8059 2865
http://ecs.soton.ac.uk/~saw/
Project Coordinator: Electrical and Electronic Assessment Network
(e3an) http://www.e3an.ac.uk/ [log in to unmask]
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Su White, Faculty Learning and Teaching Co-ordinator
ECS, Room 4229 Zepler Building
University of Southampton, Southampton, S017 1BJ
tel +44 (0)23 8059 4471    fax +44 (0)23 8059 2865
http://ecs.soton.ac.uk/~saw/
Project Coordinator: Electrical and Electronic Assessment Network
(e3an) http://www.e3an.ac.uk/    [log in to unmask]
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