JISC RSC YH Exchange News

On the first advent week, my JISC Regional Support Centre brought to me….
…rewards that recognise regional success!
Our new Evolution Awards scheme is your chance to put forward a colleague that you think deserves recognition for their work in promoting learning through technology.
Each week before Christmas, we will feature two of the award categories – who [...]

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The UK is at risk of losing its world-leading reputation for education unless it continues to invest in digital technologies to meet the ever-changing needs of modern learners, researchers and the academic community, says JISC in its three-year strategy which launches today.
The strategy outlines a vision of the future whereby a robust technological infrastructure is [...]

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The Strategic Content Alliance is hosting a workshop introducing simple and inexpensive Audience Analysis techniques. This aims to improve your knowledge and understanding about how to measure and demonstrate the impact of you collection or website beyond a simple numeric value i.e. number of hits. The workshop offers delegates the opportunity to make the most [...]

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The Work-with-IT project is based at the University of Strathclyde and funded by JISC with an overall aim to gather up to date information on changing staff roles, relationships and associated skills brought about by the impact of the adoption of new technologies within UK FE and HE:

Are you currently using Web 2.0 technologies in an [...]

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From New Zealand to Dubai, 145 delegates from 12 different countries came together to interact with a single speaker, Charlie Leadbeater at the opening keynote session of the JISC online e-learning conference.
The session broke all previous records for delegate numbers at a JISC online conference session, demonstrating both the appeal of the speaker, a leading [...]

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Learning providers have always had a duty of care for their learners at the heart of their policies and practice. Now that duty of care needs to be extended to the safe use of technology. Organisations have a key role in helping learners to develop the skills they need to keep themselves safe, secure and [...]

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The UK can only maintain its worldwide reputation for quality research, if researchers take advantage of the digital revolution, says JISC.
Today, JISC is launching a year-long campaign called ‘Research 3.0 – driving the knowledge economy’, to debate how digital technologies are changing not only what research we do, but how it can be carried out.
Professor [...]

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Budding historians are set to benefit from a new online project which will revolutionise the way we search for historical sources on the internet, thanks to a £198,977 cash boost from JISC.
The ‘Connected Histories’ project, which is a partnership between the Universities of Sheffield and Hertfordshire, the Institute of Historical Research, and King’s College London, will create [...]

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The British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC) holds a range of courses promoting subjects related to the use of moving image in learning, teaching and research.  Forthcoming events:
Copyright Clearance for Print, Broadcast and Multimedia Production
The essential one-day starter course for those needing to copy and use existing content in their new productions and services.
Next [...]

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JISC ITT: SYNTHESIS ON OUTCOMES FROM AND BENEFITS OF DIGITISED RESOURCES
The JISC invites tenders to undertake a synthesis study to collate evidence relating to the development and use of digitised resources, articulating both the benefits of such resources and the broader outcomes arising from their creation. The study should be primarily considered in the [...]

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