Use of MANs Initiative

    All Projects in Strands 2 and 3


    PEARL
    Providing Ethnological Archives for Research and Learning


    World Wide Web and RealAudio® technologies
    provide access to selected articles from the journal
    Tocher, including real-time playback and control of
    the audio archive item(s) from which the content
    of these articles is transcribed.

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    BEGINternet
    Using the MANs for Teaching and Learning


    Materials describing how the MANs can be used
    by HE teachers were developed for access using
    WWW and as a printed booklet.

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    PICS
    Psychological Image Collection


    An archive of images of use for Psychology
    research was set up.

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    IDIOMS
    Intelligent Discovery of Information On MANs in Scotland


    HE web masters throughout Scotland were
    encouraged to index their sites using Harvest; the
    indexes were brought together and made available
    via HENSA.

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    C-Web
    A Courseware Web


    This project aimed to provide a service to the TLTP community by offering a WWW presence and by developing methods to deliver courseware.

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    TALiSMAN
    Teaching And Learning in the Scottish MANs


    TALiSMAN is developing and delivering a range of workshops, seminars and documentation to help the
    Scottish academic community use the MANs for
    Teaching and Learning.

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    Arts Server
    At Edinburgh College of Art


    A web server was providedand is now used from
    three computer laboratories.

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    Netware Training
    Training for Novell users


    Training materials were developed for staff using
    Novell networks.

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    Philosophy Web Server
    At University of Dundee


    Teaching materials for students of Philosophy were
    authored and made available on the Web.

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    CBL for computing courses


    Web based materials were developed for teaching computing courses.

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    Training staff for distance tutoring.


    Materials were developed to train staff for computer-mediated distance learning.

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    MARBLE
    MAN Accessible Resource Based Learning Examplars


    10 sub-projects developed multimedia teaching
    materials in a wide range of subject areas for
    delivery across the MAN.

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    Web cache server


    A server was provided and configured to provide a
    web cache.

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    Computing provision for students


    Cost-effective, networked, distributed computing
    provision for students.

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    Network management system


    A network management system was installed for use
    by all members of the FaTMAN consortium.

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    CLUES
    Consortium for the Provision of Digital Images on Demand


    CAL materials in Biological and Environmental
    sciences, electronic and electrical engineering, and
    medicine and health care.

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    Using the Philosophy Web Server
    At University of Dundee


    Staff were taught how to make use of the materials
    provided on the Philosophy web server.

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    Mathematics Web Server and Hypertext Tutorials


    Mathematics tutorials were developed for the Web;
    these included the facility to compile C programs
    on the Web.

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    Tutor at a Distance


    Students were able to communicate with a tutor
    using Mbone technology.

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    Walmsley Collection of Human Embryo Slides


    An extensive database of resources relating to
    human embryonic development.

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    Common Helpdesk


    Software was obtained to run a helpdesk for users
    at Dundee.

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    ACSL
    Advancing Computer Supported Learning


    Shared screens were used to teach students at a
    distance

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    CLICK & LISTEN
    Teaching the phonetics and phonology of Scots and Scottish English


    Multimedia teaching materials including audio
    examples and Java based animations for students of
    phonetics; uses Scots and Scottish English.

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    CAL into Mainstream Teaching
    Preparing for FaTMAN - Bringing computer-assisted learning into mainstream teaching


    Staff development initiative to enable the effective
    integration of learning technologies into teaching

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    CVU
    Clyde Virtual University


    Internet-based multimedia learning materials were
    made available at a site presented as a Virtual
    University with a Lecture Hall, Virtual Café, Library,
    Assessment Hall and Administration Office.

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    Co-working for course design and project supervision


    Students of Design, Manufacture and Engineering Management used a shared whiteboard across the
    MAN to share ideas with students of Design,
    Manufacture and Engineering Management at
    another campus.

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    FAB
    Functional Anatomy and Biomechanics


    World Wide Web based tutorials and
    comprehensive glossary covering the anatomy and
    biomechanics of the human lower limb. Uses film
    clips, animations, diagrams, self-assessment
    questions. Suited to self-based and object based
    learning, and can be used with a range of different
    courses.

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    IMPACT
    High Performance Parallel Computing using ClydeNET


    A high performance computing capability for the
    Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde

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    NETMUSE
    Net based Music Education


    Multimedia packages in support of HE Music

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    Child Health Medi-CAL


    Core medical curriculum using 30 interactive
    multimedia model patients

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    National Learning Network for Remote Sensing


    Two web-based multimedia interactive courses in
    remote sensing are being developed

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    MANTCHI
    MAN-based Tutoring in Computer Human Interaction


    The objectives of this project are to promote and
    develop collaborative task-based tutorial teaching
    of computer human interaction over the MANs; to
    measure educational effectivenss; to develop and
    integrate tools for remote online tutorials; and to
    develop and validate principles.

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    SUMSMAN
    Scottish Universities Maths and Statistics across the MANs


    A core curriculum for mathematics and statistics

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    Distance learning resources


    The aim of this project was to provide wide access
    to distance learning resources and support

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    FINESSE
    Finance Education in a Scalable Software Environment


    A distributed learning environment for finance
    students, developing a computer-based portfolio
    management game, updated daily with Stock
    Market data

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    OMNIBUS
    Business information resource


    A multimedia library for business studies.

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    Medical MAN


    Through this project,the focus of which is medical
    teaching, separate existing networks have been
    linked which allows wider accessability of
    teaching/learning material to staff/students

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    Webserver provision


    The aim of this project was to provide a WWW
    server.

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    Broadband Link with partner school


    A microwave link allowed student teachers to be
    monitored and supported during their teaching
    placement.

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    Web services
    Supporting Clydenet web activities


    A person was employed for one year to support all
    web activities by UMI projects in the ClydeNet
    area. Projects could put information on the Clydenet
    regional web server, obtain advice on web
    developments, find out what other developments
    were taking place in the region.

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    TASCMAD
    Training and Support for Communication using Multimedia Applications from the Desktop


    Advice on Mbone videoconferencing, with
    demonstrations and discussion of potential, for users
    in the Clydenet region.

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