JISC RSC YH Exchange News

For those new to writing and developing strategy, a new JISC briefcase of resources is launched today to support people through the increasing scale of challenges facing learning providers.
http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/strategy
The ‘strategy infokit’ produced by the JISC-funded advisory service JISC InfoNet covers all aspects of the strategy process: from articulating your institution’s vision and the characteristics of [...]

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JISC Collections are working with JISC and EDINA to review the provision of digital image, film and sound content to their members.
The content they have purchased / licensed is currently within 4 discreet collections:
1. Film & Sound Online – http://www.filmandsound.ac.uk
2. Education Image Gallery – http://edina.ac.uk/eig
3. NewsFilm Online – http://www.nfo.ac.uk
4. Digital Images for Education – http://imagesforeducation.org.uk
They [...]

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The Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies has announced the final Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009 – created from the contributions of 278 learning professionals worldwide.
Topping the list is Twitter, followed by Delicious and YouTube.
Jane Hart, who compiled the list, said:
“I think this year’s list, once again, is a great demonstration of how learning [...]

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The Power of the VHS
A BUFVC one-day meeting
9 December 2009
bfi Southbank
The humble VHS is, rightly, regarded as a disposable commodity and not an archive medium, but the recordings on these cassettes are sometimes unique and irreplaceable. Since 1989 UK Universities and Colleges have created sizeable collections of valuable recordings on VHS. Today however many universities [...]

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The latest case study from our region has gone live on the Excellence Gateway!
T-centrix: A solution to digital signatures
T-centrix has created secure digital signatures. For the first time, online items can be reliably authorised by a signatory. Learners’ work can be securely assessed online and administration processes can become paper-free.
To read more, go to www.excellencegateway.org.uk/259958
Links [...]

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In 2008 John Denham, Secretary of State for the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills launched a consultation called the Higher Education Debate, to seek expert thinking, fresh ideas and comments on the future of higher education for the next ten to fifteen years.
The new HE Framework – Higher Ambitions – was launched earlier [...]

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Ever wondered what cloud computing is and means?
Common Craft has released the latest in its series of videos: “Cloud Computing in Plain English”.
The video is an easy-to-understand explanation of how cloud computing can help make your technology infrastructure more efficient and flexible.
View the video at: www.commoncraft.com/cloud-computing-video
Common Craft have a series of great videos on various [...]

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The UK’s first online commercial radio sound archive has been launched with JISC funding, preserving over 5,000 searchable recordings including the first hour of UK commercial radio in 1973, coverage of five UK general elections and the end of apartheid.
The collection is available online for researchers, lecturers and students at the LBC / Independent [...]

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A BETT-award winning range of interactive toolkits for managers to help learning and skills providers raise standards is now available free of charge from the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS). Earlier versions cost more than £500 per organisation.
The Leadership Toolkits comprise a suite of bespoke online, interactive resources tailored to meet the needs of [...]

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The Excellence Gateway has developed a new content theme to support numeracy.
The Leitch Review of Skills recently highlighted that numeracy plays a very important role in the economic development of the UK. The Review proposes that, by 2020, 95% of adults should have numeracy skills at Entry Level 3 – identified as the minimum skills [...]

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