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The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) has commissioned a new programme to support whole organisational approaches to the harnessing of technology for learning.
The eCPD Programme, part of the Teaching and Learning Programme, will develop materials and tools to support practitioners make more effective use of technology to improve teaching and learning.
Launch conference
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JISC’s third online conference  Innovating e-Learning 2008 ran between 4-7th November  and attracted nearly 400 delegates from higher and further education. The programme, which featured live interactive sessions in Elluminate – a tool for online collaboration – and in Second Life, was judged a resounding success by delegates.
The theme Learning in a digital age – are [...]

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Learning on Screen, the annual conference established by the Society for Screen-Based Learning, focuses on the delivery of learning and research with moving image and sound – be it broadcasting, web delivery or cinema.
It will be held at The Wellcome Collection (183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE) on 7th and 8th April 2009 and the Learning [...]

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Netskills will be running their popular ‘Databases on the Web’ workshop at the University of Leeds on 10th December and there are still spaces available.
Being able to integrate database technology with the provision of web content is now a common expectation for web site developers. Harnessing these techniques can improve the management, maintenance and scalability of your web [...]

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The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is introducing a new Skills Capital Projects Fund and a new Regional Skills Capital Development Fund which will be accessible to providers that have not previously been eligible for FE capital funding, to support and encourage providers to specialise and innovate to meet the LSC priorities. The fund is [...]

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JISC’s new briefing paper on Shared Services in UK Further (FE) and Higher Education (HE) surveys the current landscape, discussing the benefits of and barriers to such administrative partnerships for the sector. 
Shared administrative services are defined as ‘institutions cooperating in the development and delivery of services, so sharing skills and knowledge, perhaps with commercial participation’. [...]

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Thirty successful projects for the second phase of MoLeNET have been announced.  Congratulations to those organisations from Yorkshire & Humber!  They are:

Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education
Joseph Priestley College
Leeds College of Art & Design
The Sheffield College 

The Mobile Learning Network (MoLeNET) is a collaborative approach to encouraging, supporting, expanding and promoting mobile learning, primarily in [...]

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Sir Ron Cooke, Chair of the JISC Board, recently reported to John Denham MP as part of the Government’s ongoing review of HE. The report outlines issues that the HE, HE in FE and skills sectors in particular need to address if the full potential of e-learning is to be fully realised. The main recommendations [...]

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BETT, the world’s largest annual educational technology show will take place from 14th-17th January 2009 at Olympia in London.
The show, now in its 25th year, showcases UK and international technology products, resources and best practice. It also demonstrates how ICT can transform learning in schools, colleges and universities, motivate learners and improve organisational effectiveness.
It is [...]

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Supporting and Enhancing Learning through the Effective Use of Technology
Notification of forthcoming conference and invitation to present a workshop.  Workshop proposals needed by 12.00 noon on Monday 8 December 2008
A conference in central London on Thursday 5 February 2009 for all those engaged in the Further Education (FE) system.
We would like to invite you to share good practice [...]

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