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Bletchley Park Text launched

Correspondent: Trevor Collins Friday, 27th May 2005. 3:51:00 PM
Bletchley Park Director Christine Large and Open University Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching) Dr. Paul Clark launched the Bletchley Park Text service on Tuesday 24th May, along with some Year 3 and 4 pupils from Cold Harbour C of E School in Bletchley... ...full story

Lily's Award Winning Success
Correspondent: Zdenek Zdrahal
15th Oct 2004

We're proud to report that Lily Diaz Kommonen of UIAH has won the first prize in the Nabi Digital Storytelling Competition "Intangible Heritage"...

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EXPLORER Software to be used within Trinity College Dublin History Department
Author: Anthony Corns
16th Sep 2004

Ian Russel from the Department of History at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) is working in conjunction with the Discovery Programme and DIT to establish and online learning resource for history students attending TCD...

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Exploration of CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM) within the explorer tools
Author: Anthony Corns
5th May 2004

Members of the CIPHER team met up with English Heritage to discuss possible use of the CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM) within future CIPHER tools...

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CIPHER Project Is Now Complete...

The funded phase of the CIPHER project has now ended but the four forums produced are continuing. The aim of the project was to encourage public participation in heritage through the development of Cultural Heritage (CH) Forums. A summary of the outcomes of the project, the ongoing exploitation programme, examples of the project reports and demonstration tools are now available online...

The project partners are continuing to collaborate and are actively engaged in exploiting the outcomes of the CIPHER project, please contact one of the partners if you are interested in getting involved.

CIPHER Project

The CIPHER project aims to develop Cultural Heritage Forums, associated to regions, that empower communities to create, own and sustain online cultural content for themselves, through the provision of workable methodologies and tools for long-term development and sustainability

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Project Partners

The followng partners are involved in the project: The Open University's Knowledge Media Institute (UK), The University of Art and Design Helsinki, Dublin Institute of Technology's Digital Media Centre, the Czech Technical University, Internet-Lösungen und Dienstleistungen RiS GmbH (Austria), and The Discovery Programme (Ireland)

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CH Forums

Each of the four cultural heritage forums being developed focuses on one of the following themes: Irish Cultural and Natural Heritage (Dublin), Nordic Heritage Through Storytelling and Historical Artefacts (Helsinki), Shared Heritage of Central Europe (Austria/Czech Republic), The Tradition of Technological Innovation in South Central England (UK)

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