Research Grants Awarded in 2006
The Eduserv Foundation awarded funding to three research projects in the fields of e-learning and identity management:-
The management, use and re-purposing of language learning objects
Kate Dickens, Eduserv Research Project at the University of Southampton
The project will address three issues in particular:
- adding context rich metadata to RLOs to assist in resource discovery and material selection
- streamlining processes in the selection, export and licensing of resources
- the ease with which RLOs can be re-used or re-purposed.
The project's deliverables will include open source tools:
- adding context rich metadata to RLOs to assist in resource discovery and material selection
- streamlining processes in the selection, export and licensing of resources
- the ease with which RLOs can be re-used or re-purposed.
The project's deliverables will include open source tools.
Web: www.elanguages.ac.uk/murllo/
Flexible and non-intrusive user authentication for mobile devices
Steven Furnell, Eduserv Research Project at the University of Plymouth
The project seeks to remove the reliance upon a single authentication metric (eg PIN based authentication). An operational prototype will be developed and tested in common usage scenarios, to include use of biometrics with a range of mobile devices.
Web: www.network-research-group.org/nica/
Open source authentication software that uses random questions about user activities to verify identity
Chi Nguyen, Eduserv Research Project at the University of Portsmouth
The project aims to improve accuracy and usability of current authentication methods initially in education institutions by generating random authentication questions from a subset of student information. Software deliverables will be designed for Internet and mobile applications in academic and commercial organisations.