The Eduserv Foundation was a
United Kingdom
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nonprofit educational
charity that worked to realise the benefits of
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for learners, researchers and the institutions that serve them.
The Foundation operated between July 2003 until 2008, during which period it launched a number of programmes of activity including: Eduserv Research Grants; Assistive Technology Licences; Tutor Guides for Vocational Education; and Information Literacy initiatives.
The Foundation primarily funded work in the areas of:
*
repositories,
metadata
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* Descriptive metadata – the descriptive ...
and
open access
Open access (OA) is a set of principles and a range of practices through which research outputs are distributed online, free of access charges or other barriers. With open access strictly defined (according to the 2001 definition), or libre op ...
;
*
access and identity management;
*
service architectures;
* effective
elearning
Educational technology (commonly abbreviated as edutech, or edtech) is the combined use of computer hardware, software, and educational theory and practice to facilitate learning. When referred to with its abbreviation, edtech, it often refers ...
.
The Foundation was part of Eduserv, which is based in
Bath
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* Bathing, immersion in a fluid
** Bathtub, a large open container for water, in which a person may wash their body
** Public bathing, a public place where people bathe
* Thermae, ancient Roman public bathing facilities
Plac ...
,
UK, and which continues to carry out research and innovation projects that build on the Foundation's work
and maintains CHEST agreements for software procurement.
References
External links
Eduserv Research and Innovation pageeFoundations blog
2003 establishments in England
2008 disestablishments in England
Educational charities based in the United Kingdom
Information technology organisations based in the United Kingdom
Organisations based in Bath, Somerset
Organizations established in 2003
Organizations disestablished in 2008
Science and technology in Somerset
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