JISC RSC YH Exchange News

The latest case study from the Yorkshire & Humber region is now online on the Excellence Gateway:
York College: Build in e-Learning – Creating the Flexible, Mobile Solution in the Modern Classroom
York College took advantage of a new build project to design new learning spaces that meet the needs of 21st century learners. This introduced a [...]

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Merry Christmas from the JISC Regional Support Centre for Yorkshire & Humber!
Our 2008 advent blog posts concludes with interesting facts you may not know about the JISC Regional Support Centre for Yorkshire & Humber social networking site: My RSC YH Space
Week 4: My RSC YH Space
The JISC Regional Support Centre introduced its own social networking [...]

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JISC’s annual review is published online today. It documents a year of activity and accomplishment in JISC’s key spheres of interest. Including podcast interviews with outgoing Chair Sir Ron Cooke and
JISC Executive Secretary Dr Malcolm Read, it also features an image gallery and a Year in View providing highlights of JISC’s work during the 2007-2008 [...]

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The theme of this year’s iLearning Forum is Integrated learning: embedding learning technologies for individual and organisational development.
Learning professional colleagues from around the world will be meeting to explore state of the art practice in the use of technology for education and the development and management of human resources.
The draft programme is now available. Read [...]

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In order to contribute to the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009, eLearning Papers launches a call for papers on innovation and creativity in learning.
The papers may address themes such as open innovation and learning, innovative learning concepts and empowering peer networks.
The deadline for article submission is 12 January 2009. Read more here http://www.elearningpapers.eu/index.php?page=fix&id=13

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Congratulations to Pauline Rowe, Vice Principal of Calderdale College!
Kathy Boyer, e-Learning Advisor, presented Pauline with a £100 Amazon voucher after she completed the JISC Regional Support Centre Customer Satisfaction Survey 2008 and had her name picked randomly from all entrants in the region.
The Customer Satisfaction Survey (CSS) provides the JISC Regional Support Centre with invaluable [...]

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Several learning providers in the Yorkshire & Humber region have been included in the shortlist for Becta’s newest award scheme, the Next Generation Learning Awards.
Congratulations to:

In Touch Care, nominated in the Work Based Learning category and also the Further My Learning category
North Yorkshire County Council, nominated in the Adult & Community Learning category
Henshaws College, nominated [...]

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AccessApps has won the 2008 Scottish Open Source Award (SOSA) for Education Excellence!
AccessApps is an initiative developed by the Scottish JISC Regional Support Centres in cooperation with JISC TechDis. It consists of over 50 open source and freeware assistive technology applications which can be entirely used from a USB stick on a Windows computer, without [...]

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JISC is delighted to announce that registration for the JISC Conference in Edinburgh on March 24th next year is now open.
The full programme, with details of all parallel sessions is available online and you can sign up to the sessions you want to attend. Register as early as possible to avoid disappointment!
The conference is for [...]

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JISC TechDis – free Online Accessibility Self Evaluation service
What it is
Growing out of a series of pilots and online discussions with JISC Regional Support Centres, JISC TechDis now has six role related online self evaluations suitable for a wide range of teaching institutions and learning providers. For each role, the self evaluations allow managers to [...]

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