[Xerte-dev] FW: Digital Literacy in the Disciplines - Funding for small projects available (Deadline 1st May)

Fri Apr 12 11:37:51 BST 2013

Do you think we are in a position to still aim for 26th April? Otherwise, Alistair, Terry and others could really do with knowing a date we can have everything finished for.

From: Alistair McNaught [mailto:Alistair.McNaught at HEAcademy.ac.uk]
Sent: 12 April 2013 11:07
To: Julian Tenney; Terry McAndrew
Subject: RE: Digital Literacy in the Disciplines - Funding for small projects available (Deadline 1st May)

Let us know any final dates - we can announce on XerteFriday on 26th

A

From: Julian Tenney [mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk]
Sent: 12 April 2013 10:14
To: Alistair McNaught; Terry McAndrew; Julian Tenney
Subject: RE: Digital Literacy in the Disciplines - Funding for small projects available (Deadline 1st May)

26th April is looking pretty optimistic at the moment... but it shouldn't be too much later. A load of things have cropped up this last week that need sorting out,

From: Alistair McNaught [mailto:Alistair.McNaught at HEAcademy.ac.uk]
Sent: 12 April 2013 10:11
To: Terry McAndrew; Julian Tenney
Subject: RE: Digital Literacy in the Disciplines - Funding for small projects available (Deadline 1st May)

Hi Terry
Ron has been working on installing the latest version on our HEA servers to give us a brand new sandpit. It won't have the final latest functionality until after 26 April but it certainly gives people a chance to work on the current "best available" functionality.

The new TechDis sandpit probably won't be fully functional (in terms of self registration and monthly wiping) until Ron has done some more work on it but it may be worth contacting him directly because he has a simple bulk upload process whereby if he gets people's details on a spreadsheet template he has created he can generate many accounts in one go .

A

From: Terry McAndrew
Sent: 12 April 2013 09:50
To: Julian Tenney
Cc: Alistair McNaught
Subject: RE: Digital Literacy in the Disciplines - Funding for small projects available (Deadline 1st May)

Thanks Julian,

I fear I am going to get a bumpy ride in some HEA corners due to the binding with Xerte I have made but IMHO nothing else comes close to being a consistent vehicle for some student-led resource production which can expose many digital literacy issues. I need to think what is the best mechanism I can use to capture the stories along the way.

We MUST have the latest possible version so if there is another sandpit which would allow potential applicants to explore the functionality now, or one I can recommend. Please point me.

Re your question;
Applications are by DISCIPLINE, but I would hope to be able to maximise to number of institutions participating as that establishes 'nodes' of Xerte practice. If two different disciplines within the same institution want to put forward a common collaborative bid then that would be attractive as we get more coverage for one installation.

Your current best links to Xerte demonstrations would be valuable for illustration but, IMHO, a Nottingham background and logo all over it will not necessarily boost my "sales pitch" to other institutions.  If anything could help sell it for me it would be to have a 'branding configurator' which made it very quick and easy for an institution to set up its own distinct presentation: if it looks like it owns it then senior management are far more likely to buy-in to more adoption, especially when there is no site-licence fee.

Please report any issues you hear raised at the chalk face. I now need to get the DL blog rolling. If you are going to the STEM conference next week, or have notts colleagues who are, please point them to me.

I really hope I can promote Xerte into the HEA network for you with this. All critical feedback is welcome along the way.

Terry.

PS. I put the call out to many list and had loads of bounces - I'm working on this but by all means repost it to lists I am not familiar with, and send me a copy.

From: Julian Tenney [mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk]
Sent: 12 April 2013 09:19
To: Terry McAndrew
Subject: RE: Digital Literacy in the Disciplines - Funding for small projects available (Deadline 1st May)

Hi,

This is great, well done!

If there were two interested parties at an institution (ours) should they both apply, and you guys decide which one (if any) would be successful, or should institutions only send one application?

Also, we should make sure they are using the latest Xerte with the HTML5 stuff in it. We haven't quite finished that yet - when would you anticipate people to start installing it, and can you help us make sure that these projects use the new version (if they don't already have it set up)?

Thanks, this is great,

From: Open Educational Resources [mailto:OER-DISCUSS at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Terry McAndrew
Sent: 11 April 2013 11:59
To: OER-DISCUSS at JISCMAIL.AC.UK<mailto:OER-DISCUSS at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Subject: Digital Literacy in the Disciplines - Funding for small projects available (Deadline 1st May)

Digital Literacy in the Disciplines is a series of mini-projects that aim to develop the use of digital literacies the disciplines. Institutions are invited to bid for one of eight projects (two projects per HEA cluster of disciplines) attracting £5000 of funding per project.

This series of mini-projects is a component of the HEA's Educational Learning Technologies (ELT) work to develop Digital Literacies through further work in the disciplines. This element is aligned to the theme of 'Students as Partners'.

In this call we are seeking to fund a series of small projects to establish a consistent approach across a range of disciplines to enable staff to provide students with the opportunity to develop their digital literacies while creating re-usable interactive resources. It complements the JISC Digital Literacies programme to promote coherent, inclusive and holistic institutional strategies and organisational approaches for developing digital literacies for all staff and students in UK further and higher education.

The project is being delivered by the HEA's Educational Learning Technologies (ELT) work to develop Digital Literacies in the disciplines. Our intention is to extend awareness and practice through a discipline-based approach to developing digital literacy.

See http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/learningandtech/ELT-DLinD-SP

Deadline for applications is 1st May 2013

Terry McAndrew MSc, FHEA
Academic Lead: Educational Learning Technologies

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