RSC YH Exchange

The JISC Institutional Access Management Support Project (JIAMSP) invites applications from smaller UK FE / HE institutions for support to obtain assistance to enable joining the UK Access Management Federation by becoming an Identity Provider (IdP).
The JIAMSP still has some places remaining for its first cycle. For details on how to apply click here:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/themes/accessmanagement/jiamps.doc
This [...]

JISC has announced that provision of Shibboleth/Athens gateways for all universities and colleges will no longer form part of the JISC Services portfolio from 1st August 2008.
Eduserv had asked JISC for a non-negotiable price for the provision of the Gateway Services significantly above what the JISC Board believed could be justified as a balanced or [...]

There will be an update from the BECTA e-Maturity Framework at the JISC RSC YH Staff Development Conference next week.
Geoff Rebbeck, e-Learning Co-ordinator at Thanet College, has been working with BECTA on the framework and will deliver, in his keynote speech, all the latest news from the project. The event will also explore ways [...]

The Jorum team have organised a series of events, covering both Jorum User and Jorum Contributor. The intention is to provide hands on training and practical advice. The events are geared towards staff from the following areas:

Potential and existing Jorum Site Reps
Learning resource, library, online services or e-learning staff
Potential contributors of learning and teaching resources
Learning [...]

A consultation paper has been released by DIUS seeking views on informal adult learning. It considers the role of Government, the involvement of new technologies, the role of the voluntary sector, the engagement of families and access for older people.
The deadline for the consultation is 15th May 2008.
You can access this document at: http://www.info4local.gov.uk/documents/consultations/649414

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LEARNING AND TEACHING IN IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL WORLDS
A special issue of ALT-J, Research in Learning Technology
Immersive virtual worlds (IVWs), such as Second Life, Active Worlds, Croquet and Forterra and massive multi-player games (MMPGs), such as EverQuest and World of Warcraft represent a paradigm shift in learning
technology, and an important challenge to the world of education. [...]

The Learning and Skills Council will be funding the capital costs of upgraded JANET connections for all FE Colleges in England. This offer will result in bandwidths up to 100Mbit/s and will result in much faster and more efficient connections. The Colleges will also make a contribution to the ongoing recurrent costs of this upgrade.
Letters [...]

The Centre for Excellence in Leadership (CEL) has developed three toolkits to encourage the use of e-learning and technology and to assist leaders to use technology effectively to enhance and support their business operations. A notebook facility allows the use of the toolkits for valuable noting of CPD requirements.
The three toolkits are for:

Work Based Learning
Adult [...]

The Ideas Incubator will be open from 21 January to 29 February 2008 for new ideas.
Futurelab is seeking exciting ideas about new ways of learning with technology. The aim is to develop your idea further so that it can be showcased, perhaps modelled in a way that lets people try it out, or that possibly [...]

More than half of teachers believe internet plagiarism to be a serious problem.
A survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) found that 58% of teachers felt that a quarter of work returned included material copied from the internet.
ATL general secretary, Dr Mary Bousted, said: “Schools and colleges need to have robust policies to [...]