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JISC’s largest conference to date with 780 actual and 300-plus virtual delegates generated over 1,300 ‘tweets’ (messages posted on the Twitter website), making it Twitter’s most discussed event for 48 hours – globally – surrounding the conference itself on 24 March 2009.
New JISC chair Professor Sir Tim O’Shea opened proceedings by summarising a successful year [...]

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A Symposium for the Creative Production, Adaptation and Delivery of Learning Resources
This event will be held on Tuesday 28th April 2009 at Austin Court, 80 Cambridge Street,  Birmingham, B1 2NP. What’s more, it’s completely free.
All of the colleges who responded to the FENC-sponsored AoC Beacon Award for 2008-09 have been invited to come along and [...]

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BarCamp Apache Oxford 2009
4-5 April, University Club, Mansfield Road
(Main event on the 5th; pre-BarCamp party on the evening of the 4th)
http://www.barcamp.org/BarCampApacheOxford

OSS Watch, Torchbox, Nearly Done and The Apache Software Foundation are pleased to announce Barcamp Apache Oxford 2009, an opportunity for people involved in the computing and technology fields to meet informally and find [...]

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New date: Moving Image and Sound for Learning and Teaching – sources, search strategies, appraisal and use
Presenters: BUFVC specialists – Sergio Angelini, Marianne Open, Luis Carrasqueiro, Murray Weston
Wednesday 13th May 2009
This course looks at the acquisition and use of audio-visual content for learning and research. Participants will explore sources of content and forms of delivery. [...]

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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 £275,000 is available for the digitisation of catalogues and manuscripts related to Islamic Studies.
The deadline for proposals in response to this call is 12:00 noon on [...]

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People who want to organise their own groups and classes will be supported by a new national campaign for learning, Government announced yesterday. Public and private buildings all over the country will throw open their doors to learners in the evening and weekends, from pubs, shops, cafes and churches to workplaces, libraries and galleries. The [...]

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Over 800 education and research professionals at JISC’s annual conference in Edinburgh will discuss how opening up resources, adopting a greener approach to IT and how small changes can have a large impact in making teaching, learning and research accessible to all.
In his first speaking opportunity as JISC Chair, Professor Sir Tim O’Shea, will be [...]

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The latest case study from our region has gone live on the Excellence Gateway.
Harrogate College: RFID in the Library
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) systems are typically used in higher education libraries. This case study is an example of how RFID can work in a further education environment. RFID has many organisational advantages over using only a [...]

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Staff from JISCmail and Procureweb have been working together and are pleased to offer access to ‘Procureweb’ from the JISCmail Tools area of all list homepages from 31/03/09.
Procureweb is a JISC procurement support service, for the UK Higher Education Sector, UK Further Education Sector and Research Councils. Based at Cardiff University, Procureweb provides tools, information and [...]

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Interactive whiteboards are becoming increasingly popular in today’s lecture theatres, classrooms and meeting spaces, have you got one?
•       If you have, are you using yours to its’ full potential?
•       Do you know what it can do, besides using it as a projector screen?
•       Would you like to know more about making effective use of your [...]

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