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Project
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DLNET
is a project funded by the National Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics Education Digital Library (NSDL)
initiative of the National Science Foundation under grant
DUE-0085849.
It is a collaborative effort of four institutions: American
Society for Engineering Education (ASEE),
the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
(IEEE),
Iowa State University (ISU)
and Virginia Tech (VATECH).
The development effort of DLNET will draw from the considerable
experience of the faculty and digital library staff of the
collaborating institutions. IEEE will contribute its manpower
and link its own ongoing web-based lifelong learning effort
(IEEE
ICET) to this DLNET initiative. ASEE will assist in involving
other institutions and associations and focus on the dissemination
of information about this enterprise through its course distribution
platform (ASEE LearnOn).
Iowa State University will contribute its expertise and interests
in the areas of web-based course module development and the
creation of standardized templates needed to facilitate content
posting being implemented at PowerLearn.
The very active involvement of IEEE and ASEE is expected to
bring additional resources to the project because it will
build on extensive lifelong distance learning activities currently
funded by these partners. Moreover, their participation and
allowing both the IEEE and ASEE portals to be gateways for
DLNET will ensure user confidence and early buy-in from a
large user group of engineers and technologists.
The Alexandria Research Institution (ARI)
of Virginia Tech will manage the project providing the necessary
support to integrate the inputs from participating institutions
as well as from the Digital Library and Archives and the Educational
Technologies Group at the University.
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...to
offer a roadmap, including implementation strategies and building
blocks, of a Digital Library Network for Engineering and Technology
(DLNET) that will assist in the lifelong learning of engineering
faculty and students, practicing engineers and technical professionals.
DLNET is one of the projects under the "Collections"
aspect of the NSDL program. In this regard, DLNET plans to
develop a platform for hosting engineering and technology
related content targeted at the practicing engineer and technologist.
The platform will include tools for collecting reviewing,
validating and cataloguing new materials, and provide a portal
through which contents can be both viewed and accessed. The
portal will also provide a gateway to education and research
materials published by universities and professional associations
in the various engineering disciplines including the IEEE
and ASEE. More importantly, DLNET will serve as a partner
in the federation of digital libraries under NSDL.
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The
DLNET team is comprised of faculty and staff from the American
Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), the Institute of
the Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), Iowa
State University and Virginia Tech. It also consists of several
graduate students from the two learning institutions. The
team members are listed below:
Saifur Rahman, Principal Investigator,
Professor and Director, Alexandria Research Institute, Virginia
Tech
Gail McMillan, Co-Principal Investigator,
Associate Professor and Director, Digital Library and Archives,
Virginia Tech
Peter Wiesner, Research Collaborator,
Director, Continuing Education
Institute of the Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
(IEEE)
James D. McCalley, Research Collaborator,
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dept., Iowa State University
John F. Moore, Research Collaborator,
Director, Educational Technologies, Virginia Tech
Kevin Oliver, Research Collaborator,
Instructional Designer & Evaluator, Educational Technologies,
Virginia Tech
Eric Iversen, Research Collaborator,
Development Officer, American Society of Engineering Education
Yonael Teklu, Research Associate,
Alexandria Research Institute, Virginia Tech
Shankar Mahadevan, Graduate Research Assistant,
Alexandria Research Institute, Virginia Tech
Vara Prashanth Pushpagiri, Graduate Research Assistant,
Alexandria Research Institute, Virginia Tech
Phaneendra
Kumar Piratla, Graduate Research Assistant,
Alexandria Research Institute, Virginia Tech
Prajwal
V. Manalwar, Graduate Research Assistant,
Alexandria Research Institute, Virginia Tech
Suzanne
Szerlip, Project Intern,
IEEE, Educational Activities
Sean
Zhu, Project Intern,
IEEE, Educational Activities
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