The document discusses the JISC's initiatives to enhance education and research through Virtual Research Environments (VREs), emphasizing collaboration and data management among researchers. It outlines various phases of VRE development, including technological advancements and practical applications within different domains. The document also highlights specific projects, tools, and user engagement strategies to support research communities and improve educational outcomes.

1. LiLa Conference 2011: Sharing Online Laboratories for Education – 11 April 2011Presenter or main title…“Virtual” VREs - bringing research into the curriculumSession Title or subtitle…Christopher BrownDigital Infrastructure Team

2. JISC Mission To provide world-class leadership in the innovative use of ICT, to support education and research11/04/2011| Slide 2

3. Primary JISC ActivitiesCommittees &Consultatione-Administratione-Learninge-Researche-ContentServicesInnovationProgrammese-InfrastructureAccess ManagementNetworkOutreach &Embedding11/04/2011 | Slide 3

4. JISC e-Research ProgrammesResearch Communities EngagementVirtual Research EnvironmentsResearch Data ManagementResearch Infrastructures and Services11/04/2011 | Slide 4

5. VRE definitionA VRE comprises a set of online tools and other network resources and technologies interoperating with each other to facilitate or enhance the processes of research practitioners within and across institutional boundaries.A key characteristic of a VRE is that it facilitates collaboration amongst researchers and research teams providing them with more effective means of collaboratively collecting, manipulating and managing data, as well as collaborative knowledge creation.11/04/2011 | Slide 5

6. JISC VRE Programmes11/04/2011 | Slide 6

7. VRE Phase 1ExperimentalApplication of VLE approaches to researchApplication of Service Oriented Architectures to research11/04/2011 | Slide 7

8. VRE Phase 1 - Domain AreasSocial Sciences and Arts and HumanitiesOGHAM

9. BVREH

10. Sakai education research

11. CHESHIRE 3

12. Political DiscourseNatural SciencesISME

13. IBVRECross-DomainCSAGE

14. CORE

15. Sakai portal demonstrator

16. EVIE

17. ELVI

18. IUGO

19. GROWL

20. MEMETIC11/04/2011 | Slide 8

21. VRE Phase 1 - TechnologiesPortalELVIEVIEPortal DemoIBVRECOREMEMETICISMEIUGOOGHAMEdu ResearchCheshireCSAGEBVREHPolitical DiscourseGrowlDomain SpecificSakaiGeneric11/04/2011 | Slide 9

22. VRE Phase 2DevelopmentalUser Centric & Research FocusedVRE Exemplars

23. Demonstrators11/04/2011 | Slide 10

24. VRE Phase 2 – Four Demonstrators11/04/2011 | Slide 11

25. VRE for Study of Documents and Manuscripts11/04/2011 | Slide 12

26. 11/04/2011 | Slide 13

27. VRE for Study of Documents and Manuscripts11/04/2011 | Slide 14

28. 11/04/2011 | Slide 15

29. CREWCollaborative Research Events on the Web (CREW)11/04/2011 | Slide 16

30. Overview Slides April 2009 http://www.crew-vre.net/11/04/2011 | Slide 17

31. CREW11/04/2011 | Slide 18

32. “Facebook for Scientists” ...but different to Facebook!

33. A repository of research methods

34. A community social network

35. A Virtual Research Environment

36. Open source (BSD) Ruby on Rails application with HTML, REST and SPARQL interfaces

37. Project started March 2007

38. Closed beta since July 2007

39. Open beta November 2007myExperiment has over 3000 members, 200 groups, 1000 workflows, 300 files and 100 packs*Go to www.myexperiment.org to access publicly available content or create an account*April 201111/04/2011 | Slide 19