JISC RSC YH Exchange News

Exploring e-Portfolios
12 Dec 2008 (Full day event)

10:00 – 16:00
National Science Learning Centre, York
This interactive hands-on event will give an opportunity to try out a number of e-portfolios.
An e-portfolio is an extremely useful teaching and learning tool. It is an online collection of evidence that can provide a record of learner progression and achievement, easily accessible [...]

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Excellence in Inclusivity SMT Briefing
21 Nov 2008 (Half day event)
10:30 – 13:00 (registration at 10:00)
 The Royal York Hotel & Events Centre, York
The JISC RSC YH is delivering a package of support for Excellence in Inclusivity over the coming year.
This FREE briefing will take place on Friday 21st November and will be a briefing for senior [...]

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The latest case studies from the Yorkshire & Humber region are now online on the Excellence Gateway:
North Yorkshire County Council: Recording Inclusive Evidence for Learner Progression
A case study on the creation of an Electronic Learner Progress Book that includes video and audio evidence. It is intended to make the RARPA process more inclusive for learners [...]

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Proposals are sought from institutions or consortia for projects implementing a technical innovation at an institutional level in the context of lifelong learning and workforce development, building on existing strengths.
Funding is available for projects starting from March/April 2009, with a project length of 18 months to two years. All projects must be complete by 31 [...]

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There is still time to book on the following workshops that Netskills will be running in Newcastle this November:
1. Nvivo – software for qualitative data analysis, 17th November
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NVivo is a quick and easy tool for storing and retrieving data. It provides the tools to manage data, create codes and search text to aid the analysis [...]

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Shooting with High-Definition Video (HDV)
Wednesday 12th November 2008
10.30 am – 5.00 pm
BUFVC, 77 Wells Street, London W1
Intended audience: participants from higher and further education who wish to learn professional camera techniques to improve their own recording methods for use in courseware, research and teaching.
In this one day workshop we take a non-technical approach to learning [...]

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An initiative which has seen the creation of a wealth of openly available multimedia content recently won the JISC/Times Higher Award.
University of Westminster lecturer Russell Stannard received the award from Sir Ron Cooke, Chair of JISC, for his websites which build upon pioneering work using video to mark students’ work. Using screen recording software, Stannard recorded himself walking through various [...]

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A new community has been set up on the Excellence Gateway that will support FE colleges.
This community is for all practitioners, strategic planners and managers in the area of 14-19 education who are involved or interested in the use of technology. Its aim is to provide a forum for this growing community to share ideas [...]

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The JISC RSC YH-managed Learning for Living & Work project has seen a regional success!
Chris Tansey, Foundation Course Leader at Wyke College, beat two other finalists to win in the Special Needs Practitioner category at the recent Handheld Learning Awards!
Chris adopted an unusual method when applying for the funding for assistive equipment.  Instead of focusing [...]

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UK online centres has launched a round of capital funding available to existing and new UK online centres in deprived areas. Centres can apply for between £2,500 and £25,000 to fund items of capital expenditure, which should be presented in one of two formats:
New Centre Package – server, service connections (excluding rental and service contract [...]

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