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Deliverables

The tangible products that a project produces and seeks to disseminate to others, as a core aspect of the project.

Source document for glossary entry: Hinton, T., Gannaway, D., Berry, B., & Moore, K. (2011). The D-Cubed Guide: Planning for Effective Dissemination. Sydney: Australian Teaching and Learning Council, p. 6.

"In the context of the grants programme, a deliverable is an output from the project - a product or resource that has been generated through undertaking the project. Deliverables include frameworks, criteria, learning resources, workshops, reports, learning objects and tools etc. The terms deliverable and output can be used interchangeably" (OLT 2015, p. 45).

Source document for glossary entry: Office for Learning and Teaching. (2015). 2016 Innovation and Development Grants and Strategic Priority Commissioned Grants: Programme information and application instructions. Version 1.0.


Dissemination

In the context of the grants programme, dissemination is ‘the planned process of understanding potential adopters and engaging with them throughout the life of the project, to facilitate commitment to sustained change’. It is a key means by which project impact is achieved. Dissemination activities are ‘The individual actions by which aspects of the project are disseminated to others, for awareness, knowledge, and action’ (Hinton et al. 2011, p. 6).

Source document for glossary entry: Office for Learning and Teaching. (2015). 2016 Innovation and Development Grants and Strategic Priority Commissioned Grants: Programme information and application instructions. Version 1.0.

Reference used in glossary entry:  Hinton, T., Gannaway, D., Berry, B., & Moore, K. (2011). The D-Cubed Guide: Planning for Effective Dissemination. Sydney: Australian Teaching and Learning Council.


Dissemination activities

The individual actions by which aspects of the project are disseminated to others, for awareness, knowledge, and action.

Source document for glossary entry: Hinton, T., Gannaway, D., Berry, B., & Moore, K. (2011). The D-Cubed Guide: Planning for Effective Dissemination. Sydney: Australian Teaching and Learning Council, p. 6.


Dissemination strategy

The intentionally-developed approach to dissemination of a particular project which includes identification of targeted potential adopters, an assessment of the climate of readiness for change, planning how engagement will be built throughout the project, and enabling transfer of project outcomes.

Source document for glossary entry: Hinton, T., Gannaway, D., Berry, B., & Moore, K. (2011). The D-Cubed Guide: Planning for Effective Dissemination. Sydney: Australian Teaching and Learning Council, p. 6.