JISC RSC YH Exchange News

Comedian and actor Lenny Henry is to step on stage to host the Celebration of Learning and Skills Awards (CoLaS) 2009, shining the spotlight on Yorkshire and the Humber’s skills landscape.
Now in its second year, the CoLaS awards is back to light up learning, recognising and rewarding those individuals and employers who are investing in [...]

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Wish you were more comfortable using new technology developments in your classroom?
In this ESCalate workshop, HE and FE practitioners of e-learning in education will guide you through a range of e-learning applications in this free hands-on workshop, allowing you to come away filled with ideas, know-how, and a jump start on your own e-learning projects.
The [...]

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The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) invites institutions to submit funding proposals for projects to be funded as part of its e-content programme for 2008-2011.  Funding of up to £2.1 million is available within two strands:

Institutional  Skills and Strategies – For institutions to develop their skills and strategies for digitising and delivering their digitised content.
Clustering [...]

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Call for Papers for e-Learning Papers
Children and adolescents in modern societies are growing up in a world where digital technologies are ubiquitous. The widespread use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and online services by youngsters in their everyday life, for leisure, entertainment and social interaction is also impacting on their learning needs, requirements and [...]

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Copyright Clearance for Print, Broadcast and Multimedia Production
 Monday 27th April 2009
10.30 am – 5.00 pm
Book now on one of the most popular courses run by the BUFVC. This is an essential one-day starter for those needing to use copy and manage existing third party content in their work and to deliver to students and the [...]

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RIBA Learning & Skills Sector Forum Conference & Further Education Building Design Excellence Awards 2009
Building Colleges for our students’ future
RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London, W1B 1AD

Tuesday 31st March 2009
The RIBA Learning & Skills Sector Forum, in association with the LSN, will host its annual conference and award ceremony on March 31st 2009.
The Building Colleges for [...]

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New technologies offer amazing opportunities to create, reuse and share content in learning materials.
However this also means that staff involved in the development of online learning materials are more likely than ever to have to engage with intellectual property rights (IPR) and copyright.  
As a result, the JISC CASPER project has produced a number of [...]

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These free, one day events offer you the chance to extend and refresh your skills. They are available to tutors who have been on the E-Guides training programme or have had the programme cascaded to them within their organisation. Support is available during the day if you need help and support writing your cascade action [...]

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This Friday, 27th Feb in Manchester: Speak to a Geek – “facebook, twitter, internet marketing advice panel for non-profits”
2-4pm, Friday, 27th Feb, Central Manchester – a panel of internet experts in
Manchester are waiving their fees, and  offering their expertise to
non-profit/charity/voluntary organisations.
Register for the last few places: http://speaktoageek.wordpress.com
Many decision makers are already signed up to learn [...]

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Due to the weather, NIACE postponed one of the Online Learning Matters training days. This event has now been rescheduled for the 12th March 2009, in Derby, and as a result of the rescheduling, there are spaces available. 
The one-day training event is aimed at post-16 teaching staff, especially those working in a community setting, who [...]

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