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Join Graham Attwell, Martin Weller (The Open University) and Rob Howe (University of Northampton), session facilitator, John Traxler, and other delegates in this year’s JISC online conference, Innovating e-Learning 2009 to debate the future of education on the 24th November.
As part of the pre-conference buzz, Martin Weller has produced a short video interviewing his [...]

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With Armistice Day fast approaching a JISC project team has taken an unusual approach to ensuring that people continue to learn about the First World War.
The First World War Poetry Digital Archive and the Learning Technologies Group at Oxford University have collaborated on an exciting new venture in the 3D virtual world Second Life to [...]

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JISC Legal has upgraded their website and want to highlight some of the changes and features which make accessing their guidance more straightforward, helping you to avoid legal barriers to the development and use of ICT in education.
They have produced a short homemade video to point out some of the new features which aim to [...]

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The Excellence Gateway has many resources to support CPD, including sections on:
CPD Requirements
Requirements for educators to maintain their professional status.
Using the Excellence Gateway to support CPD
How educators, departments and organisations can make use of Excellence Gateway tools and resources to support and develop their CPD programmes.
Programmes to support CPD
How participation in one or more programmes [...]

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Students are being encouraged to go wireless in lectures, using the University of Hull’s Wireless Interactive Lecture Demonstrator (WILD) to interact with their subject.
Dr Darren Mundy and his colleagues at the University’s Scarborough School of Arts and New Media are developing a range of cutting-edge software to encourage students to be more involved during lectures [...]

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Want to learn how to shoot better video?  Three new advice documents have recently been added to the JISC Digital Media website.
The advice covers videoing interviews and lectures, as well as how to use a Flip digital camera.
More details are on the JISC Digital Media blog.

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Previously unpublished recordings of Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) talks from the 1980s have gone online at the JISC-funded Archival Sound Recordings website of the British Library at http://sounds.bl.uk
Featuring talks and debates with top cultural, artistic and political figures of the day, this latest addition the archive offers a chance to explore in detail [...]

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In all parts of education and training, handheld devices such as games consoles, smart-phones, and net-books, connected to the Internet, are altering the experience of learners and the practices of teachers and trainers.
Successful deployment of such devices can have powerful beneficial effects on learning, and there are many examples of excellent practice; but education and [...]

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Engaging for Success: Enhancing Performance through Employee Engagement
25th November 2009
Manchester
The publication of the MacLeod Report on Employee Engagement brings a new focus to this vital topic. As the economy of the UK comes out of recession, it’s essential that organisations ensure that their employees are fully engaged in their work. It’s not just on the [...]

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Becta has launched the exciting Next Generation Learning Awards: Technology Excellence in FE & Skills.
Now in their second year, they will look to reward all types of learning provider in the FE and Skills sector and seek to identify those across the whole system who are fully confident in the use of technology.
Not only will [...]

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