JISC RSC YH Exchange News

The LSC’s Learning for Living and Work strategy states that provision for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities should challenge them, provide a sense of achievement, increase personal autonomy and deliver progression to new opportunities and experiences.
This event is designed to bring together organisations involved in the project and be a celebration and sharing of [...]

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ALT-C 2008: Rethinking the digital divide
9-11 September 2008, Leeds, UK
Third Call for papers and abstracts
*Please note our deadline has been extended to midnight, 9th March 2008*
Keynote speakers:
* David Cavallo, Chief Learning Architect for One Laptop per Child, and Head of the Future of Learning Research Group at MIT Media Lab;
* Dr Itiel Dror, Senior Lecturer [...]

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The winners of the JISC RSC YH e-Learning Conference 2008 survey prizes have been announced!
Congratulations to Nina Parkin (Rotherham College of Arts & Technology), James Bagley (Longley Park Sixth Form College) and Ros Moors, (Greenhead College)! An iPod Nano is winging its way to each.
Nina, James and Ros were picked at random from those [...]

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Have you ever wanted to find out about new technologies and software for teaching and learning but have never had the time or chance? Then our Excellence in e-Learning event is just for you!
“Teaching and Learning in the Virtual World” will provide you with all the help and support you need in finding how [...]

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Are you ready for the EduChallenge? Change is endemic in the education sector yet all too often change brings with it potential for resistance, compromise and/or failure to embed new ways of working. How should the change process be managed? How can staff be engaged and supported during the transition period? What different strategies can [...]

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Our region has had success in the Technology Exemplar Network!
Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education has been announced as one of the ten outstanding further education and skills providers from across England that will form the Technology Exemplar Network, designed to help colleges and other learning providers use technology more effectively.
The Technology Exemplar Network, [...]

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YENKA have released some interactive content for use in class demonstrations on interactive whiteboards. They are free for use in an educational context, but can’t be downloaded without permission. You don’t need to register, you can just go to the website and try them out. Most of the resources are around technology or [...]

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Dynamic Presentations for Interactive Teaching
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Interactive whiteboards (IWBs) and audience response (or voting) systems have become widespread across the education sector in recent years. Are they being used well by the staff that have access to them? This workshop explores the possibilities provided by these devices. It discusses the pedagogic and curricular implications, gives a grounding [...]

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An Introduction to Foundation Degree Forward’s (fdf’s) Employer Toolkit for Providers
Thursday 3 April 2008, 10.00am-16.00pm
University of Huddersfield
West Yorkshire Lifelong Learning Network are delighted to invite you to attend a one day staff development event focusing on fdf’s Employer Toolkit for Providers which will be led by Clare Stoney, fdf National Consultant.
The one [...]

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The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) invites institutions (see below for eligibility) to submit proposals for a number of small-scale pilots to support institutions in their response to staff and student expectations of flexible, convenient and time-saving access to institutional systems through “Web 2.0″ technologies and mobile devices.
Total funding of up to £300,000 is available [...]

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