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ALT-C 2008: Rethinking the digital divide
9-11 September 2008, Leeds, UK
*ALT Conference 2008 - booking deadline extended to Friday, 22 August 2008 at 12 noon BST*
To book a place to attend the conference:
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2008/registering.html
This conference will explore and extend the debate over the digital divide, providing an opportunity to develop both thinking and practice. The premise to [...]

Following the introduction of government reforms in 2007, learning providers that deliver further education provision through a contract or funding agreement with the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) are required to ensure that all their trainers, tutors and teachers:

register as members of the Institute for Learning (IfL) by 30 September 2008
undertake at least 30 hours’ [...]

UK FEDERATION REGIONAL EVENT – LEEDS
Explore your options and share experiences with your peers!
JANET (UK) will be hosting a regional UK Access Management Federation event on the 28th October 2008, at Weetwood Hotel and Conference Centre, Leeds.
The aim of the event is to provide an opportunity for delegates to identify and discuss the anticipated challenges [...]

The JISC e-Learning Programme will be running its third international Online Conference Innovating e-Learning 2008 between 4th – 7th November. The theme for this year’s event is Learning in a Digital Age - Are we prepared?
Theme 1: Embracing the future now asks us to assess how prepared we really are for models of learning and [...]

NTI have announced their new programme of courses for Summer 2008, covering project management, creative media and web development. All courses take place in the Old Broadcasting House in Leeds. Prices include lunch, refreshments and course materials and the courses do not attract VAT.
Courses include Adobe Dreamweaver, InDesign, Flash and Photoshop.
For more details, visit [...]

Learning Lab Showcase Event: a journey through the world of mobile and emergent learning technologies
Date: Wednesday 17th September 2008, 2.00-6.30pm
Venue: Learning Lab, Telford Campus, University of Wolverhampton, Priorslee, Telford. TF2 9NT.
The Learning Lab is pleased to introduce its first Showcase Event, designed to offer delegates an insight into current and emergent learning technologies and how [...]

As part of their regional workshop programme Netskills are delivering the following workshop at Newcastle University in September:
CSS: A Complete Web Style Toolkit, 18th September
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This workshop and offers a complete, practical guide to the use of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to deliver professional-looking, accessible and cost-effective web content. If you are familiar with the basics [...]

E-Guides Forum (Yorkshire & Humber)
Thursday 9th October 2008
AIDC, Halifax
10:00 - 15:00
The E-Guide Forum is a new way for E-Guides in Yorkshire & Humber to receive support, share good practice and help bring e-learning forward in their organisations.
The forum will be a mix of online discussion and face to face meetings.
Online discussion takes place on the [...]

Virtualisation - An Online Primer
Friday 10th October 2008
Venue: Your Desk! (Online event)
14:00 - 15:00
Virtualisation aims to maximise the use of resources by hosting multiple virtual servers on one or more physical servers. The benefit of this can be in reduced costs through less power consumption, less required space, and less frequent purchase of hardware.
This [...]

ALT-C 2008: Rethinking the digital divide
9-11 September 2008, Leeds, UK
*Bookings close Friday, 15th August 2008 - book soon to confirm your place!*
This conference will explore and extend the debate over the digital divide, providing an opportunity to develop both thinking and practice. The premise to be explored in the conference is that the digital divide [...]