Design for Learning Start Up meeting 23 – 24 May 2006 Gathering Support Requirements Sheila MacNeill CETIS, University of Strathclyde Lisa Corley CETIS, University of Bolton

Design for Learning Start Up meeting 23 – 24 May 2006 Main aspects of support: Events (8 over two years) Project visits Website

Design for Learning Start Up meeting 23 – 24 May 2006 Event ideas Technical - focusing on development & implementation issues Pedagogical - focusing on wider pedagogical implications Wider community - sharing outcomes/experiences outside this project - e.g. LAMS, 10 Competence etc. Mix of f2f and online meetings

Design for Learning Start Up meeting 23 – 24 May 2006 blogs and wikis Blog: A weblog (usually shortened to blog, but occasionally spelled web log or weblog) is a web-based publication consisting primarily of periodic articles, most often in reverse chronological order…Like other media, blogs often focus on a particular subject, such as food, politics, or local news. Some blogs function as online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic.mediaonline diariesimages Wiki: a type of website that allows users to easily add, remove, or otherwise edit all content, very quickly and easily, sometimes without the need for registration. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for collaborative writing. The term wiki can also refer to the collaborative software itself (wiki engine) that facilitates the operation of such a websitewebsitecollaborative writingcollaborative software

Design for Learning Start Up meeting 23 – 24 May 2006 wiki Example of a programme support wiki: ex/JISC_Digital_Repository_Wiki

Design for Learning Start Up meeting 23 – 24 May 2006 Ideas for web support group blog - to share resources Project / programme wikis? Repository of learning designs Ideas for how it would work?

Design for Learning Start Up meeting 23 – 24 May 2006 Your support requirements? Events Project visits Website Question 3 & 4 on Project Support needs Analysis sheet in pack: What kinds of external advisory support will you need to complete the project successfully? What form would you like this advice and support to take?

Design for Learning Start Up meeting 23 – 24 May 2006 feedback Overview of jisc & jisc programmes Outside view List of everyone – contact page, , photos Final dissemination event – for all projects to present – JISC organised Portal – one place to go, portal to other projects. Coordinated central place Contract – ¾ of staff on one project contracts finish before end of year- sustainability? Institutional issues – embedding project & staff

Design for Learning Start Up meeting 23 – 24 May 2006 Ped planner projects to meet with other projects to discuss interface issues – integration of outputs More money Guide to JISC Keyword search Making sense of complexity Ped planner link up Newsletter/updating mechanism Search for info, research info etc

Design for Learning Start Up meeting 23 – 24 May 2006 Support for evaluation and evaluation toolsets Keywords and cross ref with people involved in similar projects Contact with developers and tools Technical issues: may want advice Distribution and sourceforce Accessibility Feed in to IMS – issues & where do they go? IPR – open designs – what are the issues re sharing etc Ways of working – not too many meetings, places to put things, plethora of websites