JISC RSC YH Exchange News

The Association for Learning Technology (ALT) and JISC TechDis will be holding a national one day conference in Nottingham on 9 February 2010 for any staff whose work and role affects learners and learning:
Rewiring Inclusion: Strategies, Tools and Techniques to promote barrier-free learning
If you or your organisation has good practice to share in the inclusive [...]

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Erica’s students text messages in class. James lets his learners play video games. Sophie’s learners are chatting on Facebook.
And the result?
Erica receives instant feedback from students. James’s learners with disabilities have improved co-ordination. Sophie knows when her learners are struggling with coursework.
Do you know someone using technology to make an impact [...]

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AbilityNet run one-day courses of interest to professionals in public services, education, personnel, occupational health, equal opportunities and staff welfare, who wish to help people with all types of disabilities or difficulties such as “RSI”, eye strain, etc.
Courses are run in various venues in the UK throughout the year.
Forthcoming courses:
Accessibility in Microsoft Windows Vista and [...]

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Across the Board: Autism support for families, a Leeds library project which helps local families whose children have autism has won the CILIP Libraries Change Lives Award 2009.
Children with autism have difficulty with social communication and interaction. This can result in unpredictable behaviour and means that parents of autistic children may not see libraries as [...]

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AccessApps is an initiative supported by the JISC Regional Support Centres and JISC TechDis. It consists of over 50 open source and freeware Windows applications, running from a USB stick.  AccessApps provides a range of solutions to support writing, reading and planning as well as sensory, cognitive and physical difficulties.
The developers now wish to receive feedback [...]

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JISC RSC Scotland North & East were invited to Barcelona last month to pick up an accolade for AccessApps! The occasion was the annual conference hosted by the IMS Global Learning Consortium and AccessApps is a project which had caught the judges’ eye.
AccessApps is an initiative supported by the JISC Regional Support Centres and JISC [...]

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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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We are happy to announce details of our e-Learning Conference 2009, which takes place on Tuesday 2nd June 2009 at York Racecourse!
The event this year will be bigger than ever, following a ‘hands-on’ format of workshops, interactive zones, an extended exhibition and ‘How To’ sessions. The themes are: Engaging All Learners, Assessing Learning, and Learning [...]

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The deadline for contributions to our e-Learning Conference 2009 has been extended to Friday 24th April 2009.
This is an opportunity to share your work and generate discussion with colleagues in the region.  

Contributors to the conference will be able to enthusiastically demonstrate approaches to using technology that bring practical solutions and have achieved a measurable [...]

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A suite of new learning resources is now available online thanks to JISC TechDis, courtesy of the successful JISC/ Higher Education Academy Collaboration initiative. Each module shows how resources and methods can be adapted with technology, to deliver teaching more inclusively to the widest possible audience.
The modules in the JISC TechDis ‘Teaching Inclusively Using Technology’ [...]

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