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The US Congress has given the go-ahead for a new centre to explore ways advanced computer and communications technologies can improve learning.
The National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies will focus on "bringing education into the 21st century."
Supporters said classrooms have failed to keep up with technology innovations.
For the full BBC report, [...]

The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) is a specialist residential College of further education and training, working with people from the age of 16, who are blind or partially sighted, to promote their independence and potential. RNC provides a range of full time programmes and short courses designed to prepare people for progression [...]

The Quality Improvement Agency’s (QIA) Excellence Gateway (EG), a complete online service for all those working in FE & Skills in England, has been going from strength to strength and helping colleges and providers in their pursuit of excellence, innovation and improvement.
EG gives everyone working in the further education system the opportunity to improve their [...]

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 [...]

Edexcel Policy Watch is a service that aims to provide anyone with an interest in education and skills with regular, easy to read and simple summaries of education developments.
If you would like further information, would like to be removed from, or would like anyone added to this mailing list at any point, simply send an [...]

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 [...]

The QIA Excellence Gateway now has a dedicated area for all e-learning case studies produced by the JISC Regional Support Centres across England.
You can access it from the link on the home page, e-learning case studies or simply go to
http://excellence.qia.org.uk/casestudies
It features all of the e-learning case studies that have been published to date which have [...]

The University of Bolton have contacted us with details of a new Masters in Learning with Technology, developed in the new Institute for Educational Cybernetics (home of the JISC-CETIS service).
The degree is innovative in taking a work-focussed approach to maintain the highest possible relevance to students’ practice. The expectation of an exhibition as a final [...]

Becta has launched its Next Generation Learning campaign. The website is dedicated to outlining "the positive impact that technology can have in education, how it can help all learners fulfil their potential and build a better future for the nation".
Accompanying this, there is a checklist for practitioners on how to start realising the [...]

The JISC RSC YH e-Learning Conference 2008 took place yesterday at the University of Bradford.
“Learning Excellence: Making It Happen” inspired a full house of delegates, with thoughtful and, at times, provocative keynote talks from George Trow (Principal & Chief Executive, Rotherham College of Arts & Technology), Laura Overton (MD, Towards Maturity) and Will Stewart (e-Learning [...]