Putting the User at the Heart of Education
This is an update on a recent Usability workshop held by Ben Showers and Torsten Reimer as part of their work on the Usability and Adaptability of User-Interfaces.
Background
As universities and academic institutions increase the focus and investment on improving the ‘student experience’, so the ‘user’ needs to find their way into the heart of everything [...]
Digital Infrastructure for Learning Content Update: February 2012
So much has been happening since my last update in November 2011, I thought it would be useful to round up the news around JISC work on digital infrastructure relating to learning content.
OER
The Call for OER Rapid Innovation Projects closed on Friday 27th January and I’m pleased to say we received 34 bids. Thank you [...]
Curation in the Cloud Workshop
This event is funded from the JISC Digital Infrastructure Programme and organised in partnership with the JISC-funded Kindura Project, led by King’s College London and the Science & Technology Facilities Council.
Date: Wedn…
Read MoreLaunch of 3D Sheffield metalwork collection
This week saw the launch of the JISC-funded 3D Sheffield metalwork collection.
This rapid digitisation project was a partnership between Sheffield Hallam University, which brought their expertise in innovative 3D digitisation, and Museums Sheffield, which is delivering the 3D objects on their website.
Highlights of the web site incude:
- 200 beautiful 3D objects, browsable through [...]
How to make your JISC funding bid stand out from the crowd
Are you looking to secure JISC funding this year? As competition grows for funds, our advice on successful bidding can help you make a strong application.
Sarah Porter, JISC director of innovation, said: “We want to attract
bids from a w…
The Squeezed Middle: Exploring the Future of Library Systems
Last week saw a two-day workshop, held at Warwick University, exploring the future of library systems. I wanted to briefly highlight the format of the two days, and reflect on some of the outcomes from the event. In particular, how the workshop has helped inform a new funding call that will be published in early [...]
Read MoreMeshing Research and Digitisation
For all the successes of digitisation, it’s still a long, slow route from scanner to published article (or even monograph). Your team can create a rich, engaging website, but it takes plenty of time for scholars to start to work with the new material. It slips slowly into their ideas and interpretations, perhaps helped, perhaps [...]
Read MoreSome Findings from a Crowdsourcing Project
Scots Words and Place Names, run at the University of Glasgow, engaged the Scottish public via a variety of channels (direct contact with schools, a website, Facebook, Twitter) to enrich understanding of the uses and meanings of words and place names in Scots.
The final report, just published, has some interesting findings
This crowdsourcing project was incredibly [...]
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