innovative technology services
Research Grants Awarded in 2005
Three projects were awarded funding in this the second round of Eduserv's Research Grants Programme. The funding was intended to support projects that encouraged the application of ICT in education.
Developing the infrastructure for a distributed e-library of medieval music transcriptions in standardised format
Peter Jeavons, Eduserv Research Project at the University of Oxford.
The project uses a new coding system for neume symbols to develop innovative software that significantly extends the capabilities for visualisation, comparison, and analysis of chant transcriptions.
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Bayesian keys: biological identification on mobile devices
Jonathan Rosewell, Eduserv Research Project at the Open University.
The project will develop identification software using Bayesian statistics and also exploit new mobile technologies. The effectiveness of the system will be evaluated in an educational setting.
Cross sector development and delivery of reusable learning objects to support lifeling learning in health sciences and practice
The project builds on progress made by an existing successful community of practice and will pursue the creation of high quality e-learning content in the form of reusable learning objects (RLOs).