VSNS Rules and Recommendations
This document is in preparation.
Some preliminary thoughts on
future VSNS activities and courses are included below.
- it has to be done *well*
- it's a *lot* of work
- well-defined subjects (F90) are easier to do on a collaborative
basis than broad ones (e.g. "Truth")
- are there going to be real-life students?
- how interactive is it going to be; or is the web material 'read-only'
- if interactive, how do you get feedback?
- if there are several consultants, how do they agree what to cover
- is there assessment? for accreditation?
- why put the course on the Web?
- access to new technology
- world-class consultants
- collation of reference material
- differences of culture internationally
And here are some ingredients of the 'VSNS-starter pack' under construction:
1 - (Short) MISSION statement (basically what was already
written for the GNA catalogue (Sept 94).
2 - GUIDELINES in the form of first questions to prospective
course providers - see above.
3 - List of the concrete offers from VSNS: this will, in the next
months, consist of a list of achievements based on the Protein
Structure and the C++ course technology, the administrative side
etc.
4 - List of what VSNS hopes to become and offer in the future.
5 - List of REFERENCES in the form of participating institutions,
individuals (to inquire about VSNS and/or collaboration with
VSNS)
6 - Blurb explaining the relationship to GNA and how it may be
used.