Use of MANs Initiative

    UMI Projects for Staff Development


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    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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    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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    Netware Training
    Training for Novell users


    Training materials were developed for staff using
    Novell networks.

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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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    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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    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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    Common Helpdesk


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

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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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    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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    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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    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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