Secker, J.; (2001) Access to Core Course Materials Project: the Dutch Study Pack Experiment report. UCL Library Services / Education and Professional Development: London, UK.

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Prior to the launch of the Access to Core Course Materials Project, the Dutch Department approached Education and Professional Development (EPD) and asked for assistance to develop an interactive study pack for their students. Dutch were in the process of compiling a bid for funding from the Language Union based in The Hague to develop interactive learning material. In developing a pilot version of the study pack, they hoped to strengthen their chances of obtaining funding. The call for proposals closed on 1st October 2000 and Dutch wanted students to be able to test the pilot pack during the Autumn Term of 2000. These two factors led to a very tight deadline for the work which eventually had to be extended. The Access to Core Course Materials Project was launched at UCL in July 2000 as a joint project between Library Services and EPD. The Project seeks to examine the potential of providing course materials in a digital format and is interested in any additional features that electronic materials could include, such as multimedia. The pack envisaged by the Dutch department fell into the more sophisticated end of the spectrum of what the Access Project was hoping to achieve and ideally a less sophisticated model would have be pursued first. However, given the overlap of interest and the enthusiasm from the Dutch department; the experiment was incorporated into the Project. The work was undertaken over the summer of 2000 given the Dutch department's deadline of 1st October and it was decided the less sophisticated model could be developed afterwards. "The Dutch experiment", as it was referred to, was intended to be exploratory work to demonstrate full potential of providing course materials in a digital format. The second, less sophisticated experiment would digitise a selection of readings from the teaching collection and make this available to students for a trial period. This work, known as Teaching Collection Experiment will involve a second department. Staff and students in the selected departments will test both experimental systems and evaluation work will be undertaken. The pilot service launched as part of the Access Project will then be designed using the real-life experiences of these two experimental systems, in conjunction with the results from the needs analysis of departments across UCL. The service offered to departments during 2001 is likely to incorporate elements from both the Dutch Experiment and the Teaching Collection Experiment.

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