MONIST Newsletter #1 (August 2004)

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MONIST Newsletter #1 (August 2004)

This is the first number of the monthly published monist newsletter.
This newletter is directed to all registered monist users. It will focus
on annoucements about

*** new published contents (units and courses),
*** new software releases (concerning the monist console as well as new
    versions of external resources),
*** new features or bugfixes of the monist console
*** courses in higher education, that will support the application of
    the monist console,
*** new postings on the monist website (www.monist.de)
*** general information about the monist project.

This first issue will give you are brief overview about the projects
'state of the art'.

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Release 1.0
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The monist console Version 1.0 is now available at www.monist.de.

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Project Profile
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Monist is a free platform for educational simulations in the neural and
cognitive sciences. It is designed to:
*** learn and teach dynamic and complex brain phenomena with educational
    simulations
*** publish and share existing resources with the monist console, a
    free, innovative web-application
*** design and customize your own units and courses with an integrated
    authoring system
*** download http://www.monist.de

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Application Scenarios
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Educational simulations, as introduced in the monist platform, can be
used in almost every learning context found in higher education, i.e.
tutorials and lectures. Simulations can be used selectively, e.g. in
experimental courses, or can be combined to complete simulation courses.
Due to the properties of the monist communication system, even blended
learning and pure online courses are possible application scenarios.

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Current State of Content
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More than 100 units with simulations are published in the monist system
and another 100 are announced for the next months. Thematically, the
units come from all fields of the neural and cognitive sciences, e.g.
demonstrations of signal processing in visual "simple cells",
simulations of biological functions such as "directional hearing",
artificial networks performing "data-mining" or psychophysical
experiments on "change blindness".

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Open Archive for Brain Simulation
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Platform and content originate from a project funded by the German
Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Now, we are heading for
extension of content in all fields of the neural and cognitive sciences.
Please feel invited to upload your content. The publication procedure is
simple, once you have installed the monist console. The editorial will
be automatically notified on your contribution and performs a simple
check.

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Next Steps
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From Open Repository To Certified Publication: Outstanding, fully
documented content may be featured in the open-access E-Journal "Brains,
Minds, Media & Education" that is currently being prepared. It will be
internationally peer-reviewed and publishes lastingly provided and
citable short-papers that complement the educational resources.

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FAQs
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Frequently asked questions concerning the monist console are available
at the monist homepage www.monist.de

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Subscribe/unsubscribe
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This first newletter has been send to all registered users. If you are
not interested in receiving this newsletter, you can unsubscribe by
sending an email to newsletter@monist.de with the subject 'unsubscribe'.
You can resubscribe any time by sending an email to newsletter@monist.de
with the subject 'subscribe'.

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If there are any questions, suggestions, or problems, please contact us
directly via support@monist.de.

Yours sincerely, the monist team.
Received on Mon, 23 Aug 2004 18:29:18 +0200