JISC RSC YH Exchange News

If you are baffled by what copyright law permits and does not permit you to do with digital and print resources, then this webcast is for you.
This webcast, to be delivered on Wednesday 6 May 2009 at 2pm, will examine the legal issues surrounding copyright licences and digital content such as texts, images, sounds, and [...]

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The JISC website is now sporting a brand new look, complete with an easy-to-use, topic-based navigation system that will help you find the information you want more quickly and easily.
The redesign has been informed by an Audience Experts Panel of Librarians and e-Learning practitioners, who took part in focus groups last year.  JISC also collated [...]

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The JISC Regional Support Centre Scotland (North and East) team, developers of the popular Access Apps USB stick containing over 50 free assistive technology applications, has added more open source and freeware solutions specifically for teachers and learners.
EduApps extends the AccessApps philosophy of free portable software in your pocket to include bundles of applications specifically [...]

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JISC is inviting proposals from institutions for pilot projects in Relationship Management.  Total funding of £900,000 is available for pilots in the following areas:
Up to 12 Customer/Partner Relationship Management (CRM/PRM) process improvement projects which  will  pilot and extend the CRM Self  Analysis Framework developed as Phase 1 of JISC’s Business and Community  Engagement CRM work. [...]

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JISC invites proposals from institutions to undertake work in the following areas as part of its Flexible Service Delivery Programme:
Call 1. Join a new Strategic Technologies Group
Expressions of interest are invited from institutions to participate in the Strategic Technologies Group. The Group will bring together representatives from individual institutions and across institutional consortia, [...]

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The JISC invites tenders to produce a series of short videos and podcasts to support and disseminate the work of the JISC Film and Sound Think Tank.
Funding of between £40,000 and £45,000 (including VAT, travel and subsistence) is available for this work.
The successful bidder will be expected to start work by the end of May [...]

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The new eCPD Programme’s Online learning space (OLS) is a growing community of practice. It is being developed on behalf of LSIS with representatives from the whole FE system to enable practitioners to make effective use of technology to support and enhance learning.
Register now at http://ecpd.bdplearning.com to access the following:

A new interactive eCPD framework and [...]

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The 9th content theme: e-Safety – Safeguarding FE learners in a digital world is now live on the Excellence Gateway.
This theme highlights materials and resources which can support different aspects of online safety for adult learning providers, exploring how organisations can protect learners and staff from risk of
misuse of new technologies, while making the most [...]

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Sheffield College’s Online College is now recruiting for two online professional development courses, both starting in June –  *LeTTOL* and *Getting to Grips with Moodle*
LeTTOL (Learning to Teach Online) will start on 25 June 2009, and finish in late October 2009. Two/three week holidays in August can be accommodated.
The core facts about the course are [...]

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Several new dates for JANET Training’s new course Virtualisation Fundamentals have been added to the 2009 schedule.  ***See the JISC RSC YH website for details on how you could get this training FREE!***
These include:
July 21st in Manchester
October 13th in London
December 15th in Newcastle
 
Course Overview
This course introduces the topic of virtualisation, focusing on the successful implementation [...]

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