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Image Enriched Learning in Tourism Project
FDTL 5
http://www.tourismimages.org.uk
University of Surrey and Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College
Project Director Professor John Tribe
Project Manager: Dr Dorin Festeu
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Identified problem:
*Difficult to find images that are relevant to a specific
topic
*Difficult to find concept-related images designed for
educational use containing descriptions
*Many relevant images are not copyright free
*Images that are relevant and copyright free come in
a size that makes them unusable in PowerPoint.
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Aim of IELIT project:
Make available an image library containing
images that are:
1. Indexed for tourism education
2. Copyright free
3. Standard format ready to use in PowerPoint
4. Relevant to specific modules taught in
British universities
5. Accompanied by suggestions regarding the
image use in lectures and seminars
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Expertise required
-Web-design
-Data-base software
-Image processing
-Indexing
-Subject specific knowledge.
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Working with specialists
-Internal web-designers
-External designers
-Resourca UTL
-Image processing-Photo-Base 4.5
-Working with the librarians
-Involving colleague lecturers as contributors
-Involving colleague lecturers as users-evaluators.
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Dissemination activities:
1. Seminar with 20 participants organised in
Buckinghamshire
2. Virtual launch on 27 September 2006 by using
ATLAS, CAHUTE, ATHE, HEA-HLST distribution
lists
3. Posters included in HLST Subject Network
Newsletter
4. Presentation and launch at the ATHE conference
in Cambridge December 2006
5. Article published in Link17
6. Article published in Tourism Concern
7. Staff development sessions organised in 15
universities.
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Evaluation of the impact
1. Statistics revealing the number of hits, visitors
and downloads
2. Letters and e-mails from users
3. Research conducted in Manchester Metropolitan
University involving 32 students
4. Research conducted in Buckinghamshire
Chilterns University College involving 8 lecturers
and 245 students
5. Project Advisory Group and Senior Advisers
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