JISC RSC YH Exchange News

As part of their regional workshop programme, Netskills will be running the following workshops in Newcastle in December:
1. Programming for Web Developers, 1st December
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Now you can finally get to grips with the fundamentals of web programming and add exciting, dynamic functionality to your web site. Having picked up the skills required to present web content [...]

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Lifelong Learning UK is facilitating the development of the Workforce Strategy for the Further Education (FE) Sector in England. Its aim is to shape an FE workforce in England that is ready for the exciting opportunities and challenges of this fast-changing sector.
Working on behalf of the sector, Lifelong Learning UK will, in 2008/09, update the [...]

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Ofsted has reviewed arrangements for the inspection of the FE and skills system to ensure that they are coherent and well matched to the needs of the user and the quality of the service, and that they develop their ability to target inspection where it will make the most difference.
Proposals for a revised Common Inspection [...]

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‘In Their Own Words – Investigating the Learners’ Experience of e-Learning; What do we know? How do we know it?  What do we dare to find out?’
A series of workshops to disseminate the findings from the second phase of the JISC Learner Experiences strand projects are coming up in the next few months:
9 December 2008 in Birmingham http://tinyurl.com/67cwj7
20 January 2009 in London http://www.rsc-london.ac.uk/1292
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There are just a few places remaining on the following TASI courses:
An Introduction to Image Metadata (21st November 2008)
This course is designed specifically to help you consider how to effectively incorporate metadata into the fabric of your image collection, through explanation, discussion and practical activities.
Essential Techniques in Digital Image Capture (27th November 2008)
This entry level course provides [...]

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Please note the following call for paper submission for a Special Issue of the ALT Journal (ALT-J).  Details are as follows:
Mobile and Contextual Learning
A special issue of ALT Journal, Research in Learning Technology
Mobile learning is rapidly growing from a set of research projects into worldwide deployment of services for classrooms, field trips, workplace training, tourism [...]

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The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) will host its first National practitioner research conference on 25 and 26 February 2009 at the Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel, London.
Research and the dissemination of findings and learning are integral to the continued development and future success of the further education and skills sector. This conference will build [...]

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The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) has set up the Excellence and Improvement Fund to enable providers to work collaboratively in accessing funding to support research projects which focus on teaching and learning and pedagogical development.
Projects should last no longer than six months and should clearly demonstrate how they will be evaluated and the [...]

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JISC invites institutions to submit funding proposals for projects to undertake work under the third round of its Learning and Teaching Innovation Grants Programme.
JISC wishes to fund one year projects and activities that fit with the vision, outcomes and principles of the JISC e-Learning programme and support innovative approaches to learning and teaching. This is [...]

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The Jorum team will be running an open community event, the Jorum Forum, in Manchester on Wednesday 10th December (10am – 3.30pm), and we would like to invite practitioners who use or contribute to Jorum (http://www.jorum.ac.uk/) to learn more about Jorum’s progress and vision for the future, and to have input into ongoing developments.
The event [...]

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