The Naked Truth..

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The Naked Truth..
Collaborative working patterns within European
RD Programmes

• Sally Reynolds, Audiovisuele Dienst, Katholieke
  Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

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Presentation

• Overview of our project activities within TAP
• Opportunities for collaboration - past
  experiences
• Future possibilities and support mechanisms

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The SAVIE Project
Support Action to facilitate the use of
Videoconferencing in Education

• Time-scale 1996-1997,
• Supported by European Commission
• (DGXIII, Telematics Applications Programme,
  Education and Training)
• Partners Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,
  Belgium (Lead)
• Helsinki University of Technology, Finland

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Objective

• to design and produce a set of training and
  implementation tools that will enable an increase
  in the effectiveness, frequency and productivity
  of education and training supported by
  videoconferencing

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Outcomes

• Standalone training packages Learning about
  Videoconferencing, (various language versions)
• Training sessions either via videoconference or
  face-to-face
• advice and support role
• web site http//www.savie.com

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The BIC Project
Blueprint for Interactive Classrooms

• Time-scale 1996-1999
• Supported by European Commission (DGXIII,
  Telematics Applications Programme, Education and
  Training)
• Partners Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,
  Belgium, (Lead)
• Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
• University College Dublin, Ireland
• Politecnico di Milano, Italy
• Universite Nancy 2 , France

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Objective

• Designing, Building and Testing Telepresence
  Classrooms which allow teachers and learners to
  interact over a variety of telecommunications
  networks in a cost-effective and pedagogically
  sound manner

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Outcomes

• 5 Demonstrator facilities
• handbook Classrooms for Distance Teaching and
  Learning a Blueprint
• busy web-site http//www.linov.kuleuven.ac.be/BIC

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Opportunities for collaboration

• Technology and Delivery Mechanism
• Sector and Target Audience
• Activity

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Nature of this collaboration

• Primarily information exchange
• Short-lived
• Somewhat superficial

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More extensive collaboration

• Demonstration activities of BIC with existing
  courses
• Dissemination and Support activities for results
• Translation and marketing of outcomes

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Barriers?

• Lack of information Cross Programme and Sector
• Lack of collaboration experience and skill in
  project consortia
• Nature of short term funding
• Reduced resources

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Future possibilities and support mechanisms

• Role of Concertation meetings and Commission
  events
• Support key relationship between Project Officer
  and Project Co-ordinator
• Support networking opportunities horizontally

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Contact details

• email
• sally.reynolds_at_linov.kuleuven.ac.be
• BIC web site http//www.linov.kuleuven.ac.be/BIC
• Thanks!