EDNER : Formative Evaluation of the DNER

a JISC funded project

Welcome !

EDNER - the formative evaluation of the UK higher education sector's Distributed National Electronic Resource (DNER) - was a three year project being undertaken by the Centre for Research in Library & Information Management (CERLIM) at the Manchester Metropolitan University and the Centre for Studies in Advanced Learning Technology (CSALT) at Lancaster University.

Following the restructuring of the JISC, EDNER focussed on the development of the JISC Information Environment as well as the formative evaluation of the 5/99 Development Programme and its constituent projects. Although EDNER did not evaluate individual projects, it worked closely with all those involved in the Programme and shared lessons emerging from this important development as widely as possible.

A further year of funding was awarded during 2003-4 to undertake a more broadly-based formative evaluation of the JISC Information Environment (IE). Details of these continuing evaluation activities, including reports, can be found on the EDNER+ webpage.

EDNER is funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee