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News and eventsCARET Team to Develop and Research the Semantic Web for Education3 July 2008: CARET will be the lead partner in a major new project jointly funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council under the Technology Enhanced Learning Programme. The "Ensemble" project will explore the potential of the ‘Semantic Web’ to support teaching in complex, controversial and rapidly-evolving fields where case based learning is the pedagogical approach of choice.
CARET Collaborations Highlighted in Journal Special Edition26 September 2007: The latest issue of Technology, Pedagogy and Education (Volume 16 Issue 3) reviews the use of new technologies by the ESRC Teaching and Learning Research Programme. Edited by Patrick Carmichael of CARET, the issue includes articles describing the use of the TLRP virtual research environment and digital repositories, both hosted and developed at CARET - as well as accounts of how researchers and practitioners can use technologies to support research, user engagement and dissemination. A further article describes how the Applied Educational Research Scheme of Scotland uses its own virtual research environment (also CARET-based) to support 'communities of enquiry' involving researchers, policymakers, teachers and students.
TfLN Team win BERA/Sage Research into Practice Award
The Awards Panel were delighted by the quantity and quality of submissions received, but the Plant Sciences team won through for their commitment to involving both staff and students in their expansive action research project, and for bringing about change without alienating either group. The team put together a strong submission, drawing on two years of research, feedback, dissemination, assessment and reflection. This was then presented to the judging panel of education experts to illustrate how research was used to improve the teaching and learning experience for staff and students.
Winner of Video iPod Announced
16 May 2007: Undergraduate student Helen Ennos is the lucky winner of the Video iPod drawn from a list of respondents to the Student Technology Survey conducted last term. The survey data have been used to inform a series of innovative qualitative techniques which are now being employed at CARET as part of the Learning Landscape Project. The methods include the 'experience sampling method', the 'cold turkey method', the 'very advanced technology method', and 'movers and shapers' focus groups. Approximately 50 students selected from the survey pool are taking part in the study over a period of four weeks. For more information on the study, please contact Matthew Riddle Student Technology Survey
If you have any questions or comments about the survey, please do not hesitate to contact Matthew Riddle. CARET Welcomes Cambridge Alumni 22 September 200622 September 2006: CARET recently opened its doors to Cambridge alumni, as part of the Cambridge Alumni Weekend. It is our second year of participating in this University-wide event, and we were delighted to welcome 22 alumni and guests. John Norman, Director of CARET, gave a talk outlining current activities at CARET. He highlighted the growing research profile of CARET and its recent success in achieving external grant funding for new projects in educational research and educational technology that will benefit the University. In particular, Mr Norman pointed to the initiation of the Teaching for Learning Network. The project, led by Dr Patrick Carmichael (CARET), Dr Keith Johnstone (Department of Plant Sciences) and Dr David Goode (Cambridge-MIT Institute and Faculty of Social and Political Sciences), will research and support the development of teaching practice in four Cambridge departments: Plant Sciences, Classics, Engineering and Materials Sciences. Alumni attended a series of hands-on talks and demonstrations showcasing recent work at CARET, including CamTools (the Cambridge Virtual Research and Learning Environment), the Shahnama Project (an image database of Persian manuscript illustrations), and the Personal Development Planning Project (a website enabling students to reflect on their Cambridge experience and plan for the future). CARET is keen to listen to and learn from the experience of Cambridge alumni. To learn more about how CARET is enabling technology enhanced learning at Cambridge, or to discuss opportunities for collaboration, please contact the Director. About Alumni DayEvery year, the Cambridge Alumni Weekend welcomes hundreds of alumni and their guests to the University. This year, 1200 individuals from 18 countries worldwide participated in the weekend. Now in its sixteenth successful year, the three-day event features an extensive programme of talks, demonstrations, discussions and social events. The involvement of alumni in University life bridges the gap between the University and the wider community. The Alumni Weekend represents a significant recognition by the University of the importance of its alumni, and provides a key avenue through which alumni can continue to participate and gain insight into the day-to-day life of the University. More information Cambridge Alumni: http://www.foundation.cam.ac.uk/ CamTools: http://camtools.caret.cam.ac.uk/ Shahnama Project: http://shahnama.caret.cam.ac.uk/index.php From Cambridge to Beijing: CARET at the China International Distance Education Conference 21 October 2005
21 October 2005: Sultan Kus represented CARET and the University of Cambridge at the China International Distance Education Conference 2005. Attended by over 200 Chinese and international delegates, this event represented a key milestone in China’s fast-growing programme of developments in distance education. Sultan’s participation in the conference was the culmination of a three-week visit at Tsinghua University in Beijing, where she was based at the Department of Computer Science. Tsinghua University’s Shi Yuanchun, Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Institute of HCI and Media Integration, invited Sultan to present a paper on “Technology for Teaching and Research at Cambridge.” Professor Shi is a pioneer of e-learning and “smart classrooms”, recognized internationally for her contributions to e-learning and distance education. Sultan’s paper introduced four case studies, showcasing different approaches to teaching with technology. The intention was to highlight best practice at the University of Cambridge, and to explain CARET’s role in brokering creative partnerships between teaching staff and technical developers. Translation of Sultan’s paper from English to Mandarin was performed by a former Cambridge visiting scholar, Associate Professor Zheng Li. In 2001, Associate Professor Zheng worked on two CARET projects involving open standards (SCORM and OKI). Associate Professor Zheng is now a Faculty member of Department of Computer Science and Technology at Tsinghua University, and a member of China’s Distance Education Technology Standardization Summit Forum. The conference was organized by the Distance Education in China Press, and supported by three key Chinese governmental organizations working in the area of education and IT. These include the Educational Technology Branch Committee, the National Information Technology Standardization Committee Network Centre, and the China Adult Education Association. Staff get to grips with teaching in technology 31 May 2005
31 May 2005: Rhiannon Williams and Catherine Howell from CARET were invited to present a staff training session at the French Department Away Day, held on 31 May 2005. The session was designed to explore some of the ways in which technology can improve teaching and research, and lessen staff workload. Representing Context in a Research Archive of Educational Evaluations 1 April 20051 April 2005: Staff at CARET, together with the Centre for Applied Research in Education at the University of East Anglia and the University of London Institute of Education, begin work today on an ESRC-funded project to develop a research archive of educational evaluations produced by internationally reknowned researchers who have attended the 'Cambridge Conferences' on educational evaluation over the past thirty years. The project, directed by Dr. Patrick Carmichael (CARET) and co-directed by Prof. Mary James (IOE), Prof. John Elliot (UEA) and Prof. David Bridges (UEA) will use CARET's expertise with the DSpace digital repository platform to develop an archive of case records and case studies, analysis and research instruments, together with reflective and retrospective commentaries and analyses by the original researchers involved in some of the most significant recent qualitative research in education. As well as establishing a secure digital archive for diverse data, the development of this archive offers the potential for the development of a valuable online teaching and research resources for teachers and students both in the UK and around the world. Teaching with VLEs Training on 17 November 200426 October 2004:
Rhiannon Williams will be running a 2-hour course: 'Teaching with VLEs
(virtual learning environments): Introduction' in the Computing Service
training programme on 17th November. The session includes an introduction
to VLEs in Higher Education as well as hands-on experience of adding content,
communicating and managing a class in the learning environment, CourseWork.
At the end of the session, participants will have the skills and information
to set up and run their own course support site using CARET's free CourseWork
service for the University. e-Novels and Cambridge University Author Steve Alton and Harriet Truscott.1 October 2004: CARET and the Faculty of English are delighted to announce Personal Demons – an innovative project using multimedia and the web to improve young people's literacy skills. With the help of author Steve Alton, secondary English pupils will gain a genuine insight into the process of writing a novel. The project is led by Harriet Truscott, Research Associate in Educational Technology at the Faculty of English, and teacher Jack Todhunter, from Newman School, Rotherham. For the last year, Steve Alton has been discussing his new novel, Personal Demons , with Jack Todhunter's students at Newman School. Newman pupils were asked to act as editors and writers, looking at Steve's drafts, agreeing with him what needs to be improved, and then writing their own contributions to the novel. As Alicia from Newman School said, “I have always wanted to be a novelist, so work in English at the moment is a dream come true". The success of this first project has encouraged Steve, Jack and Harriet to begin work on an online version, which will allow more schools to experience the thrill of working with a real author on a real book. The online Personal Demons project will include animation, emails and text messaging to create an immersive experience where the students are constantly surprised and challenged. Harriet Truscott said, “Jack and I are very excited about this – we think it will be a unique project, and I'm delighted that CARET is able to support such an innovative concept of learning.” CARET showcase at Faculty of English open day Project posters for Exegesis and Medieval Imaginations 25 September 2004: On Saturday 25th September, CARET showcased its work at the Faculty of English's open day. Over the past four years, CARET has worked closely with the Faculty of English to support lecturers and students in their learning and teaching. Support has been bo th financial and technical, and has resulted in four well-received online teaching resources. For the past two years, the Faculty of English has employed a Research Associate in Educational Technology, Harriet Truscott, who has been responsible for leading the relationship between the Faculty and CARET. Projects to date include: Medieval Imaginations, a website introducing students to the medieval world-view through the images of the period; Exegesis, designed to support students studying Shakespeare; English Handwriting 1500–1700 , a complete online paleography course; and Converse , a collection of interactive resources for secondary schools. Over the course of the next year, Dr Penny Wilson will work with CARET to trial the use of CourseWork (the University's virtual learning environment) with English students. Scotland's ITI Techmedia select CARET teaching resources Linda Robson, Staff Tutor in Technology of the Open University looking at the Converse web site. 6 September 2004: Scotland's ITI Techmedia selected three CARET game-based learning projects as examples for their recent series of workshops on game-based learning in the school and workplace. ITI Techmedia is one of Scotland's three Intermediary Technology Institutes, created to stimulate greater entrepreneurial dynamism in Scotland. CARET's Harriet Truscott attended the universities workshop at Glasgow on 6th September 2004 , to demonstrate Converse, Brainteasers and Puzzles, and The Human Factory, and to discuss CARET's experiences in developing game-based learning materials with other Universities prominent in the field. Representatives from other universities included Linda Robson, from the Open University, Helen Wood of the Centre for Research into Socio-Cultural Change at Manchester University, Judy Roberton of the Human Communication Research Centre at Edinburgh University, Barry Moor from Strathclyde University, and Neil Morrison and Dave Cole from the Interactive University. Highly motivated participants contributing to a valued-added outcome. That will indubitably lay the firm foundations for any leading company presentation of the process flow should culminate in idea generation, working through a top-down, bottom-up approach. The vitality of conceptual synergies is of supreme importance the components and priorities for the change programme by adopting project appraisal through incremental cash flow analysis. Brainteasers and Puzzles team say goodbye Left to right – Mark
Stickley, Sushant Sund, Kathryn Lawrence,
John Uff, Chris Applegate and Alex Donzel. 15 July 2004: As the project comes to the end of its HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England) funding, the team– growing from one to two to six over the last two years to create and deliver one of Cambridge University's web–based aspiration–raising projects - say goodbye as members of the team go their separate ways. The team would like to thank everyone who has played a part in making this project what it is, and we hope you will continue to use and enjoy the Brainteasers and Puzzles website. CARET will continue to host and maintain the website so the games will remain freely available for everyone and anyone to access. Should you wish to contact CARET about the website, please phone 01223 765 040 or email info@caret.cam.ac.uk and your query should get to the appropriate person. |
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15 March 2007: CARET is conducting a survey on the use of Information and Communications Technologies among students at the University. The survey takes approximately 5-10 mins to complete, and will provide the University with useful information in order to cater for student needs. Students who take part will be in the draw to win a Video iPod. The winner will be announced at the commencement of Easter term. 
Sultan Kus. 
Rhiannon Williams. 
Participants.